Brian O’Connell is the Senior Vice President of Team Member Services at Whole Foods Market. Brian joined Whole Foods Market in 2001 as the Director of Finance for the Northern California Region. He moved to Austin, Texas in 2007 to take on the role of Global Vice President of Finance. In January 2018, after serving for more than 16 years in financial leadership roles, he shifted gears and now leads Team Member Services at Whole Foods Market supporting more than 100,000 Team Members.

Brian has a bachelor’s degree from Boston College and is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of California.

Brian serves on the board of the Whole Planet Foundation, which is dedicated to alleviating poverty through microcredit in communities around the world that supply Whole Foods Market stores with products. He resides in Austin, Texas, with his wife, Meg and their three children, Maeve, Sam and Nelle.