Dispatch

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

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AWARDED With 2024 Ontario Coaching Excellence Awards: Jeff Francis (Lucan-Ilderton Athletics and North London Baseball) and Yulissa Agudelo (Bushido Boxing).

APPOINTED Diane Dou, chief operating officer, Libro Credit Union.

ANNOUNCED Recipients of the 2024 Middlesex Law Association Awards. 2024 Rising Star Award: Bayly Guslits (partner, Harrison Pensa LLP). 2024 Distinguished Service Awards: Doug Ferguson (self-employed) and Michael Lerner (partner, Lerners LLP). 2024 Philanthropy Award: Vicki Edgar (partner, Cohen Higley LLP).

APPOINTED Vera Dokter, associate lawyer, corporate, commercial and real estate, Cohen Highly LLP.

PROMOTED Brett Gatt, to chief executive officer, Boys and Girls Club of London.

APPOINTED Karey Prashad, tenant services manager, London & Middlesex Community Housing.

ANNOUNCED By General Motors Canada and Unifor Local 88, a tentative labour agreement at CAMI Assembly in Ingersoll (subject to ratification).

APPOINTED Keith Thompson, mirror committee member, Standards Council of Canada.

AWARDED With 2024 Western Research Excellence Awards from Western University: Emma Duerden (Outstanding Emerging Scholar Award); Ryan Liss (Outstanding Emerging Scholar Award); Isha DeCoito (Outstanding Scholar Award); Arghya Paul (Outstanding Scholar Award); Jing Jiang (Lifetime Achievement Award); and Veronica Pacini-Ketchabaw (Lifetime Achievement Award).

APPOINTED Veronica MacLean, constituency assistant for London West MP Arielle Kayabaga.

APPOINTED Brad J. Wallace, associate lawyer, Spero Law.

ANNOUNCED By Western University, agreement with the Fields Institute to create a new satellite campus called the Centre for Network Science.

APPOINTED Nick Hollinger, to the board of directors, Big Brothers Big Sisters of London and Area.

APPOINTED Ahmed Al-Jaishi, research scientist, Western University.

APPOINTED Giovanna Rolim, staff accountant, accounting & assurance; Luis Velasquez Garcia, staff accountant, accounting & assurance; Matthew Sattler, associate, business valuation & litigation; Davis Martindale LLP.