Friends’ Board Now Includes Henry D’Auchapt

In October Henry D’Auchapt was invited to join the board. Under our bylaws the directors are empowered to appoint additions to their numbers between Annual Meetings to maintain board strength. Directors are elected, or re-elected, by the membership at the Annual Meeting in June.

Henry is a vice-president of SCOR Canada Reinsurance, a subsidiary of a global French reinsurer. He has 25 years of experience in the field, which included a temporary posting in France. A graduate of Royal Military College in 1976 with a degree in International Studies, he served as an officer with the 2nd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment, based in Gagetown, NB. His duties as an infantry platoon commander included a tour of duty with the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus; later he was deputy-commander of a heavy weapons platoon. His last posting was staff officer at the 5th Canadian Brigade-Group HQ in Valcartier, QC.

Henry’s membership on the board of the Wellington Place Neighbourhood Association will strengthen our connections with the area around Victoria Square. His interest in cycling is going to be useful as we position Fort York as a hub for cycling in the downtown. He trains regularly and most recently completed the Friends for Life Bikerally, cycling from Toronto to Montreal as a fundraiser for the Toronto People with AIDS Foundation.