An 11-month vacancy on the civilian board that oversees London's police service has now been filled.
London businessman Jeffery Lang has been appointed by the province to the seven-member London Police Services Board for a three-year term.
Lang is the president and CEO of Jetfloat Ltd., a manufacturer of modular floating docking systems and platforms and Exi-Plast Custom Moulding Ltd., a contract plastics manufacturer. The fourth generation Londoner is the co-founder and board chair of the Canadian Economic Development Assistance for South Sudan. He previously served as vice president of Ronald McDonald House Charities, president of Boys & Girls Club of London, board chair of the Alzheimer Foundation of London, and board member of Pathways Skills Development and the London Food Bank.
“The board is excited to welcome Mr. Lang to the London Police Services Board. I expect that his business and community experience will be strong assets to the board and the community," Police Board Chair Mo Salih said in a statement. "2019 is a busy and extremely important year for our board with the impending recruitment of a new Chief of Police, labour contract negotiations and approval of the next multi-year budget.”
Lang joins Mayor Ed Holder, Councillor Jesse Helmer, lawyer Susan Toth, Indigenous health-care advocate Vanessa Ambtman-Smith, and child psychiatrist Dr. Javeed Sukhera, in addition to Salih, on the board.
He will be sworn in next week. His term runs until March 6, 2022.