Shaping Leaders, Driving Results

Hugh O'Neill

Edward M. O'Herron, Jr. Distinguished Scholar; Associate Dean, EMBA Programs; Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship

McColl 4614
CB #3490
Chapel Hill, NC
27599-3490

office: (919) 962-3164

Hugh O'Neill is a strategic management professor and associate dean of Executive Evening and Weekend MBA Programs. 

His research interests include turnaround strategies, corporate governance, mergers, entrepreneurship in emerging and recovering economies and managerial decision making. 

He teaches courses and programs in quality management, corporate transformation and strategic management. He also has delivered executive programs for companies such as Wachovia Corporation, W.C. Bradley, Quintiles Transnational Corp., the U.S. Postal Service, U.S. Navy and U.S. Marines Corps.

Prior to joining UNC Kenan-Flagler, he served as founding director of the Wolff Family Program in entrepreneurship at the University of Connecticut. He was the founding director of the regional office of the Connecticut Small Business Development Center. 

He received his PhD from the University of Massachusetts, his MS from Polytechnic Institute of New York and his BA from Syracuse University.