On March 5 at the Chamber’s 166th Annual General Meeting, Louise Dompierre, President and CEO of the Art Gallery of Hamilton, was elected Chair of the Board.  Vasudha Seth of ArcelorMittal Dofasco was elected Vice-Chair and John Pryke of KPMG was re-elected as Treasurer.  New Directors elected to the Board were David Kissick of TD, Kelly McGiffin of FirstOntario Credit Union, Rami Reda of Big Bee Corporation and Bruce Wood of the Hamilton Port Authority.  Demetrius Tsafaridis, of CareGo Innovative Solutions became Past Chair, while the following Directors retired from the Board: Richard Koroscil, Hamilton International Airport, Andrew Furgal, BMO, Nick Markettos, McMaster University and Dan Rodrigues.

I hope you like the new look of the Chamber!  We are featuring our members and their stories on our website, through our social media and in our publications.  It is a bold way of telling the stories of Hamilton’s business sector and the impact you have on jobs and economic vitality in our community.  Our goal is to build and present a more dynamic Chamber to better represent our members and deliver results.  And this new website with its fresh design and enhanced functionality is the electronic “face of the Chamber”.  We know the importance of having an inviting, engaging and clean website. We hope we’ve delivered for you – please let me know what you think of the new look!

David Adames

On Monday March 26, the Hamilton Chamber is partnering with the City’s Economic Development Department to offer “A Celebration of Business” – a full day to mark business excellence in Hamilton.