A Wallaceburg lawyer, and former Municipal Councillor, has been re-appointed to the Board of Directors for Infrastructure Ontario.
“We are pleased to announce the re-appointment of Jeff Wesley to IO’s Board of Directors,” stated David Lindsay, Board Chair and Michael Lindsay, President and CEO, in an email.
“Jeff serves as the Committee Chair of the Governance and Compensation Committee and as a Member of both the Infrastructure and Commercial Projects Committee and the Real Estate and Lending Committee. Jeff’s extensive experience and expertise have been an asset to the Board since he was first appointed in 2019.”
David Lindsay and Michael Lindsay added: “We look forward to continuing to serve alongside Jeff.”
Wesley is a lawyer with the Anderson Law Group with offices in Wallaceburg and Chatham.
IO officials say for over 30 years, Wesley worked within the Union Gas Major Projects Group, where he developed and implemented a groundbreaking Indigenous Relations Program and was instrumental in achieving timely approvals for large diameter pipe installations with specific accountabilities for municipalities and the Niagara Escarpment Commission.
He was also an elected official for over two decades, serving the community of Wallaceburg as Mayor and as a Councillor in Chatham-Kent.
He chaired the Public Utilities Commission and local hospital board and led the Save Our Sydenham Committee, which was instrumental in saving the local hospital, IO officials say.
Wesley has a Honors B.A. from Western University and a LL.B from the University of Windsor.
For his work on behalf of his community, he was honoured with the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012, IO officials added.
IO is a Crown agency of the Province of Ontario that supports the Ontario government’s initiatives to modernize and maximize the value of public infrastructure and real estate.
IO upholds the government’s commitment to renew public services and does so in co-operation with the private sector.
