Dispatch

Dispatch

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

PROMOTED Brooke Armstrong, to account manager, agency services, and Jessica Johnston, to sales manager, Matrix Team, Voices.

APPOINTED Hoang Nguyen, technologist, City of London.

PROMOTED Abeer Aoun, client delivery associate, BMO.

AWARDED Geoff Smith (executive chair, board of directors, EllisDon Corporation), 2025 Toronto Region Builder Award.

ANNOUNCED By the Children’s Aid Society of London and Middlesex, closing of its medical clinic (effective April 25, 2025).

APPOINTED Mark McAuley, partner, Lerners LLP.

ANNOUNCED By the Ontario government, funding to expand the non-urgent Nazem Kadri Surgical Centre at London Health Sciences Centre (746 Base Line Road) from two operating rooms to six.

PROMOTED Julie Fraser, to assistant vice president, workspace solutions technology (wealth), Canada Life.

APPOINTED Arturo Gomez, vice president of engineering, Aduro Clean Technologies Inc.

ANNOUNCED By BlueStone Properties Inc., groundbreaking of 133-suite residential tower development at 133 Pond Mills Road.

APPOINTED Nathan Lyons, associate, insurance claims & loss litigation, Davis Martindale LLP.

AWARDED StarTech.com, Gold Medal from EcoVadis, placing them in the top five per cent of companies worldwide for sustainability. 

January 20Retail Refresh: Turning Customer Experience into Results

January 20OYAP Employer Dinner

January 21WILL Immploy Immigration Consultants Information Session for Employers

January 21Connector Session: From Idea to Impact: Insights from MedTech Leaders

January 22Prototype and Design Thinking

January 22BioNext Innovation Challenge: Dig a Little Deeper

January 23State of the City Address 2025

January 23Foodpreneur Advantage: Starting a Food Business & Regulatory Compliance

January 24 – 26Lifestyle Home Show

January 24PwC Canada’s Connect Series: Anatomy of a Ransomware event and the building blocks of an effective response

January 25Google Devfest 2024

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