Dispatch

Dispatch: May 12, 2023

Dispatch: A summary of recent business appointments and announcements, plus upcoming events for the week ahead

APPOINTED Zoe Kinias, associate professor of organization behaviour, John F. Wood chair, centre director, Ivey Business School at Western University.

APPOINTED Geoffrey Sheeler, director, national accounts, Desjardins.

PROMOTED Branden Gay, to commercial relationship manager, RBC.

APPOINTED Riza Butio, accounting assistant, internal admin team, Davis Martindale LLP.

PROMOTED Jordin Finch, to CEO, Finch Auto Group.

ANNOUNCED By interVal, distribution partnership with London-based financial advisory firm Selectpath.

PROMOTED Derek Worden, to director, student experience, Ivey Business School.

AWARDED Fanshawe College instructor and chef Erin Circelli-Russell, $16,500 in prize money for winning an episode of the Food Network’s Guy’s Grocery Games (her second victory on the show).

ANNOUNCED By St. Joseph’s Health Care Foundation, receipt of $1.8-million donation from a London couple Kyle MacDonald and John Franklin.

ANNOUNCED By BBB Western Ontario, finalists for this year’s Torch Award for Ethics: Michelle Whelan Travel by Uniglobe Travel Ltd., KLB Consulting and Jessica’s Painting. And finalists for this year’s Spark Award for Emerging Entrepreneurs: Mint Health Spa and The Learning Hive.

May 11 & 12: 79th Annual Conference & Education Industry Show

May 16: Revolutionize Your Meetings: How to Use Liberating Structures to Improve Group Engagement

May 16: YMCA Women of Excellence Awards Gala

May 17: Canadian Club of London

May 17: Intercultural Competency Workshop

May 17: Small Business Centre: The Seven Steps of Sales Webinar

May 17: TechAlliance Circles | FEMME+

May 18: Foodpreneur Advantage Webinar – Marketing & Branding your Food Product

May 18: hirewesternu Lunchtime Learning Session Two: “What Do You Need to Succeed”

May 18: TechAlliance: Customer Segmentation

May 18: FOR NEWCOMERS – Starting A Small Business in Canada

May 18: Business After Five (May 2023)

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