George O’Neill has been appointed CEO of The Realtors Association of Hamilton-Burlington (RAHB).
O’Neill was managing partner and broker of record of O’Neill Advisors in Toronto. Having an avid interest in the role of social media in marketing, he successfully lobbied the Real Estate Council of Ontario (RECO) on the importance of social media and wrote the Social Media Marketing Course for Real Estate as a continuing education credit course, the association says.
He delivered the course to members of organized real estate across Ontario. He also organized and chaired annual conferences on real estate marketing and founded the Real Estate Marketing Toronto group for information sharing about marketing topics.
O’Neill was also previously vice president, advisory services with PricewaterhouseCoopers, where among other responsibilities, he advised Boards of Directors and senior management teams on effective corporate governance structures and policies. He also served as senior manager, strategy and operations management consulting with Deloitte Consulting, and as director of IT client services and mergers and acquisitions with HydroOne.
O’Neill will join the association effective Aug. 24. Current RAHB CEO Ross Godsoe will retire on Aug. 31 after serving the association since 2001.
