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Dispatch

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

APPOINTED Alex Purdom, wealth advisor, CIBC Wood Gundy.

NAMED Western University engineering professor Martha Dagnew, to the 2024 3M 25 Women in Science cohort.

CLOSING The Rhino Lounge at Museum London (effective May 24, 2024).

APPOINTED Huma Shareef, learning experience specialist, Ivey Business School at Western University.

PROMOTED Jeff Stephenson, to advisor experience consultant, Canada Life.

RELOCATED Finch Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram, to 658 Wharncliffe Road South.

APPOINTED Rick Doerr, senior wealth advisor, portfolio manger, John Kys, senior wealth advisor, portfolio manger, Amanda Yip, business development associate, and Kurtis Hackett, business development associate, Scotia Wealth Management.

ELECTED Western University professor Adrian Owen, to the Fellowship of the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of science.

OPENED Northwest London Resource Centre, 1225 Wonderland Road North.

APPOINTED Brett Gatt, associate executive director, Boys & Girls Club of London (effective June 3, 2024).

ANNOUNCED By Odd Burger Corporation, signing of its second U.S. Area Representative Agreement for the development of 40 locations in Florida over the next eight years.

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