IBAO is proud to announce that long-time Board and Executive member, Mr. Peter Burns, BES has been elected as IBAO’s 68th President.
As most of you know, Peter was officially inducted at the association’s 90th convention in October. He will officially begin his post on January 1st, 2011.
Peter has been apart of our industry since the early 1990’s. Before that, however, Peter graduated from University of Waterloo with a Bachelor of Environmental Studies and worked in the community newspaper business. In fact, he was one of the founders of the Tillsonburg Indepenent, a community newspaper now owned by Sun Media.
Peter began his career in insurance when he joined Anderson & Benner, a small, three-person Insurance and Financial Services Brokerage in Tillsonburg. Shortly after, he served on the Board of Directors for the Oxford County Insurance Brokers Association for ten years, five of those being spent as President. In 2005, Peter was elected to the IBAO Board of Directors and in 2008 was elected to the Executive Committee of this board. He has chaired Education, Membership, Broker Management & Long Range Planning in the past for IBAO & served on the IBAC BIP committee.
Today, Peter is the President of Burns, Demeyere & Associates in Tillsonburg, Ontario.
Peter is also incredibly active in his community through various sponsorships and volunteering on board committees. Other community involvement includes Chamber of Commerce, local golf and curling clubs, Tillsonburg Lions Club as well as coaching numerous minor hockey & baseball teams.
IBAO CEO Randy Carroll said today that, “we are very grateful to have Peter as IBAO’s newest President. His experience both in the insurance industry and his obvious commitment to his community make him the perfect candidate to the position.”
Peter shares this latest journey with his wife Lynne and two children, Andrew and Kaitlin, who he credits as his definite support system. “I am excited to take this next step in my career,” said Peter. “IBAO represents a group of dedicated, informed and enthusiastic insurance brokers committed to the industry and devoted to consumers. I am so proud to be President of this incredible association.”