Dispatch
Dispatch: A summary of recent business appointments and announcements, plus upcoming events for the week ahead
APPOINTED Deborah Crowe (fractional chief heart & operations officer, Davwill Consulting Inc.), president, London Affordable Housing Foundation.
MOVED BLUE Forest Realty Inc., Brokerage, to 629 Wellington Street.
APPOINTED Lawrence Chamberlain, global senior vice president, investor and stakeholder relations, VersaBank.
ANNOUNCED By Doug Tarry Homes (St. Thomas), official groundbreaking for the 90 for 90 LifeARK all-electric home, a fundraising initiative in support of the Project Tiny Hope in partnership with the YWCA St. Thomas-Elgin.
APPOINTED Christian Otte, vice president, digital health and chief information officer St. Joseph’s Health Care London.
APPOINTED Tanushree Prasad, marketing specialist, Ivey Business School.
OPENED The House on Queens Downtown Kitchen & Bar, 219 Queens Avenue.
APPOINTED Hannah Robins, associate, wills and estates practice group, Lerners LLP.
ANNOUNCED By McCabe Promotional, opening of Ottawa space at 47 Antares Drive, Unit #1.
APPOINTED Michael Tomazincic, principal planner & director of planning, Siv-ik Planning & Design.
APPOINTED Roberta de Freitas Franca, convention tourism assistant, Tourism London.
OPENED Ivory Event Design House,1910 Blue Herron Drive
DONATED By Craig Combe and Ken MacMaster, $2.4-million gift to expand access to specialized cancer treatment at the Verspeeten Family Cancer Centre at London Health Sciences Centre.
August 17 – Newcomer Build Your Business Class
August 18 – Innovation Farms Ontario x AIVA Network Demo Day
August 18 – Refrigeration System Ammonia Leaks | Virtual
August 18 – Win Search Results in an AI-First World
August 18 – Inclusive Hiring and Recruitment
August 19 – The Case for Reconnecting Canada’s Manufacturing Economy
August 20 – Workers’ Health & Safety: Onboarding and Workplace Postings
August 20 – Foodpreneur Advantage: Starting a Food Business & Regulatory Compliance
August 20 – Training for Retention and Adaptability
August 20 – Water Strategies and Conservation in Manufacturing
August 20 – London Chamber of Commerce 2026 Business After Five – August
August 21-23 – Airshow London SkyDrive 2026