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Christine Willow

Christine Willow

CMC, RPR
Associate HR & Business Consultant

Christine is a Certified Management Consultant (CMC), a Registered Professional Recruiter (RPR), and a nationally certified E-merit Tourism Trainer. With over 35 years of consulting experience, she specializes in recruitment, training, and advisory services focused on operational leadership, human resources, and the tourism and hospitality sector. For 14 years, Christine was the co-owner of Chemistry Consulting Group and GT Hiring Solutions, where she built a reputation for delivering practical, results-driven solutions.

In recognition of her contributions to the business community, she was named Business Person of the Year by the Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce in 2018. She is also an active member of both the Chartered Professionals in Human Resources – BC & Yukon (CPHR BC & Yukon) and the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), the largest HR professional association in North America.

Before transitioning into consulting, Christine spent more than 20 years in the tourism and hospitality industry, holding senior management roles with leading organizations such as Four Seasons Hotels, Hilton Hotels, Trusthouse Forte Hotels, Ocean Pointe Resort, as well as several independently owned hotels and restaurants in Victoria, Toronto, the Caribbean, and Hawaii. Her management responsibilities spanned hotel operations ranging from 250 to 950 guest rooms and restaurants with seating capacities from 80 to 120.

Christine is also highly engaged in community leadership. She has served as Chair of the Board for the Victoria Airport Authority, the Tourism Industry Association of BC (TIABC), and Tourism Victoria, and as a Director with the Canadian Airports Council and the Victoria Police Board. In addition, she has contributed her expertise to the Canadian Tourism Human Resource Council and go2HR, The Resource for People in Tourism. She currently serves on the Boards of the Greater Victoria Harbour Authority, Destination Greater Victoria, and Tourism HR Canada.

As we conduct business throughout the nation, we would like to acknowledge that we live, work, meet and travel on the traditional territories of
Indigenous Peoples that have cared for this land, now called Canada, since time immemorial.

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Why Chemistry

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Professional Recruitment

Leadership Development & Coaching