Leadership

Paul Glavine​

  • Designation: CO-Founder

Peter Rhodes

  • Designation: Chief Financial Officer

Stephen Alicandro

  • Designation: Chief Operations Officer

Sylvie Levesque

  • Designation: Commercial Strategy Advisor

Simon Rudland

  • Designation: Strategic FMCG Tobacco Industry Veteran

Steve Hawkins

  • Designation: North American Capital Markets Expert

Andrew Muckersie

  • Designation: Tobacco Supply & Value Chain Expert

Orville Powell

  • Designation: Business Development & Branding Specialist

PAUL GLAVINE

Strategic Advisor

  • Co-Founder of Cybin (NEO:CYBN), a leading biotech company focused on the treatment of mental health disorders through psychedelic medicines. Current market cap of over $300 million USD.
  • Co-Founder of the cannabis startup TruVerra, the medicinal cannabis brand of The Supreme Cannabis Company Inc. (TSX:FIRE). Recently Acquired by Canopy Growth (NASDAQ: CGC).
  • Has advised on M&A and financings in excess of $150M.
  • Serial entrepreneur and investor with vast experience in the biotech and cannabis sectors.

STEPHEN ALICANDRO

Chief Operations Officer

  • Extensive experience in the cannabis sector.
  • Five year financial experience working for one of Canada’s largest factoring companies.
  • Former director of Sales & Procurement for Canadian Clinical Cannabinoids.
  • Generated and processed upwards of 30-75 five-figure transactions weekly, averaging a net profit of 13-20% per transaction.
  • Led operations team on various sophisticated and collaborative projects servicing key areas/ stakeholders throughout Canada.

PETER RHODES​

Chief Financial Officer

  • Chartered Accountant and experienced investment and project execution professional in the medicinal cannabis and mineral resources sectors.
  • Founded Premium Cannabis Corporation in 2019, which combines one of the world’s largest tobacco leaf supply and value chain managers with an emerging low cost cannabis cultivation group.
  • President of Zimbabwe’s Cannabis Industry Association.
  • Director for Altum Connect, a leading cannabis distribution & marketing partner in Asia Pacific.

SYLVIE LEVESQUE

Chief Operations Officer

  • Marketing & Sales executive with a 25-year career spanning consumer packaged goods, beverage/alcohol and cannabis.
  • Chief Marketing Officer at Newstrike Brands, Licenced Producer of the Up-Cannabis Brand in partnership with the Tragically Hip (acquired by Hexo).
  • General Management experience in Canada’s highly regulated import wine category.
  • Global experience on iconic wines brands such as Penfolds, Lindeman’s and 19 Crimes.
  • Senior sales, marketing and innovation roles at Johnson and Johnson, Pfizer, Molson and Unilever.