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Group at Merrill Lynch and CFO of
eTag Technology, a tech startup.
Garrity is currently the chief
operations officer for the Rudd
Collection, which includes Press
Restaurant, Rudd Estate and
Crossroads by Rudd. Before that,
he was vice president of strategy at
3Q Digital, a marketing agency in
the Bay Area.
Most recently, Clarke served
as chair and CEO at Innovation
Technologies, a medical device
company. He also served as CEO at
Inviro Medical Devices.
Indus Financing Followed
by Executive Changes
Concurrent with a $15.1 million
convertible debenture financing
completed in April, Salinas,
California-based Indus Holdings,
a vertically integrated cannabis
company, made changes to its
leadership team and board.
Robert Weakley resigned as
CEO and chair of the board, though
he will remain
on the board
as a director.
Mark Ainsworth
(pictured), who
co-founded the
business in 2014
and had been
chief operating officer and executive
vice president, was appointed CEO.
Ainsworth is the co-founder of
Pastry Smart, an organic bakery in
California that supplied Whole Foods
Market and other businesses before
closing in 2014.
Steve Neil was appointed CFO.
His pre-Indus resume includes CFO
stints at Stockton, California-based
Diamond Foods, eyewear brand Sola
International and the international
division of Perrigo Co., a major Irish
pharmaceutical firm.
Kelly Crampton was appointed
senior vice president of distribution.
Before joining Indus, Crampton
served as a board member and
strategic adviser for several
multichannel product distribution
companies in industries that included
consumer goods, customer service,
food products and agriculture. He
also spent 27 years with Excelligence
Learning Corp., a distributor of
educational products, including nine
years as CEO.
George Allen, founder of Geronimo
Capital, an Indus investor, was
appointed chair of the board, which
added Brian Shure and Kevin
McGrath. Arthur Maxwell resigned
from the board.
Neptune Nabs CPG Vet,
Walmart Exec for Top Spots
Neptune Wellness Solutions, a
marijuana and hemp production
and processing company based in
Quebec, has tapped executives from
Unilever and Walmart for its U.S. sales
and health and wellness efforts.
Neptune appointed Russell Jay as
vice president of U.S. sales. Jay joins
Neptune from Liviva Foods, a plantbased
food company where he was
chief customer officer for West Coast
operations. Before Liviva, Jay served
as vice president of sales strategy
at Henkel Consumer Goods, where
he led sales strategy and planning
for Henkel's laundry, home care and
beauty brands, including Dial. Jay
also spent more than a decade at
Unilever as a customer marketing
manager.
Robert DiPede joined Neptune
as senior vice president of the company's
Biodroga business unit and
recently-formed health and wellness
innovation division. Neptune acquired
Biodroga in 2016. DiPede joins Neptune
from Walmart, where he was
director of territory and global export
sales.
CEO Now Permanent
Clear Cannabis, a Denver-based
distributor that also licenses
The Clear concentrates, promoted
Tom Brooksher to CEO in May.
Brooksher had served as interim CEO
since February. Before that, he was
chief learning officer at the Cannabis
Industry Institute, an employeetraining
organization in Denver.
MSO Gets New CEO
Body and Mind, a cannabis multistate
operator listed on the Canadian
Securities Exchange, promoted
Michael Mills from interim CEO to
CEO. The company has operational
assets in Arkansas, California and
Nevada and is developing assets in
Illinois and Ohio.
A Celestial CEO for Supreme
Beena Goldenberg, former CEO
of Hain-Celestial Canada, a leading
organic and natural products
company, was appointed president
and CEO of The Supreme Cannabis
Co. in Toronto.
Goldenberg succeeds interim
President and CEO Colin Moore, who
had been at the helm since January.
The company credited Moore in a
statement for reducing overhead
while expanding product offerings.
Moore will stay on through July as a
director and to support the transition.
Goldenberg has also been appointed
to Supreme's board.
Goldenberg had served as HainCelestial
Canada's CEO since 2016
and held leadership positions with
the company since 2005.
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