Dispatch: July 7, 2023

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

PROMOTED Doug MacRae, to manager, Deloitte.

APPOINTED Jon Foreman, (founder, Foreman & Company) to the board of directors for The Advocates’ Society (four-year term).

ANNOUNCED By Huron Shores Area Transit, addition of Saturday and Sunday direct express bus between London and Grand Bend (four return trips a day, July 1 to August 27, 2023).

OPENED Japanese bar and restaurant Mori, 147 Wortley Road.

PROMOTED Arlene MacDougal, to associate professor, departments of psychiatry and epidemiology and biostatistics, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at Western University.

CLOSED Lone Star Texas Grill, 660 Richmond Street.

NAMED Kelly Meighen (president, Toronto-based Meighen Family Foundation), chancellor, Western University (effective July 1, 2023, for a four-year term).

ANNOUNCED By The Brick, grand re-opening of its 51,527-square-foot London showroom, 1040 Wharncliffe Road South.

APPOINTED Nick van der Velde, finance manager, Indwell.

APPOINTED Dr. Eric Wong, professor, Department of Family Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry.

ANNOUNCED By Metrolinx, end of Go Train service between London and Toronto (effective October 13, 2023).

APPOINTED Sara Ghebremusse, Cassels Brock Chair in Mining Law and Finance, Faculty of Law, Western University.

July 11: TechAlliance: Founders House

July 12: Responding to Substance Use and Mental Health Crises in the Workplace

July 12: Starting A Small Business Seminar (Virtual)