Mr. Ron Lawless (right), Chairman of the Board and President of The Old Brewery Mission, welcomes James Hughes as Executive Director of Montreal’s largest charitable organization devoted to improving conditions for the homeless.

Montreal native James Hughes, 38, will serve as The Old Brewery Mission’s new Executive Director, following a two-year tenure with EPOC Montreal. He replaces the Reverend Robert Warren who left last November to accept a post with the diocese of Edinburgh in Scotland.