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Industry veteran becomes Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Cathal J. O’Connor
Peter Sharpe, President and CEO of Cadillac Fairview Corporation, is pleased to announce that Cathal O’Connor has been appointed Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer.
Mr. O’Connor will be responsible for directing the company’s overall financial management and oversee planning, reporting, treasury, corporate taxation, credit and collection functions for the organization.
Mr. O”Connor is an accomplished senior financial executive who has spent his 25 year career with KPMG LLP. During that time he held progressive positions of the practice but specialized in real estate. Cathal was appointed Partner at KPMG in 1995, and shortly thereafter, led their national REIT and Income Trust practice.
Mr. O’Connor holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the National University of Ireland, Galway, and is a Chartered Accountant.
Cadillac Fairview is one of North America’s largest investors, owners and managers of commercial real estate with an international portfolio valued at more than $16 billion. Cadillac Fairview is wholly-owned by the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board.