Leadership

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.