ORBA Announces new Leadership Team

Mississauga, Ontario, July 31, 2023

The Ontario Road Builders’ Association (ORBA) today announced the appointment of Walid Abou-Hamde as Executive Director of ORBA effective August 1, 2023. On behalf of ORBA, President, Mario Villeneuve expressed “the Board’s pleasure that Walid has accepted this exciting and pivotal role at a time when the Province is embarking on an unprecedented investment in transportation infrastructure. This marks a significant new chapter in ORBA’s ongoing pursuit of excellence and innovation, underpinned by our commitment to being the leading advocate for sustainable transportation infrastructure that meets the needs of Ontarians”.

Further, Mario Villeneuve and the ORBA Board want to “extend their gratitude to Michael McSweeney who undertook a 12 month contract with ORBA and who worked tirelessly to restructure, reposition and realign ORBA’s priorities to better match those of the governments ORBA works with”. Michael will remain CEO of ORBA until October 31, 2023 at which time Walid will assume the position of ORBA CEO.