Marijuana Business Magazine October 2018

Noel Lyons , an independent nonexecutive director of the company, resigned. Wearing previously was chair of Ideagen, a British soft- ware firm, where he will stay on as nonexecutive direc- tor. He also spent eight years in Citibank London’s corpo- rate banking division, providing debt finance for growth and acquisition purposes, and later moved to Citicorp’s London investment bank, where he served as a director in the corporate finance department. Kerr is a capital markets professional who currently serves as a senior adviser at Zeus Capital, an independent investment bank, and is also chair of North Berwick SA, a business that consolidates portfolios of company-owned life insurance. He also has worked as head of midmarket advisory and brokerage at Credit Suisse and was head of UK ECM Dresdner Kleinwort. Veterinarian Joins British Columbia MJ Company True Leaf Medicine International, a wellness brand for people and their pets, appointed veterinarian Katherine Kramer as founding chair of its Vet- erinary Advisory Board. Kramer, an advocate for the research and thera- peutic use of cannabis for animals, is the medical director at the VCA Vancouver Animal Wellness Hospital and has been practicing veterinary medicine for 16 years. Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance Gets New Executive Director The Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance has a new executive director, Ted Haney . He is a veteran agribusiness execu- tive who most recently established an international beef export and transportation company. Haney also served on the board of the Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance for eight years and was elected to the International Meat Secretariat’s board of directors. The Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance is establishing an office in Calgary, where Haney initially will be based. ◆ Katherine Kramer / LEON ® / LED / NEON / NON-ILLUMINATED / CHALKBOARDS / PRODUCT DISPLAYS / TACKERS / 3 0 3 - 6 6 6 - 9 4 0 0 STAND OUT. WWW.ZEON.COM / WE SOLVE PROBLEMS & CREATE POSSIBILITIES / October 2018 • Marijuana Business Magazine • 115