Founders, Board of Directors & Advisors
- 24 years of mergers and acquisitions experience
- Strong track record in raising venture capital for private and public equities, specializes in NASDAQ IPO’s
- Founder of Pacific Seaboard Investments Ltd.
- Founder of CoTerra Labs, an agrichemical company with products specially formulated for cannabiS;
- Founder Augusta Hemp Corp, industrial hemp company with over 1,000 acres of cultivation
- Founder of Nimbus Cannabis, a Canadian Dispensary Company
- Board Member of the BC Craft Farmers Co-Op
- Chairman and CEO of AMTC Limited, a Private Equity firm investing in projects internationally where funds are syndicated from high-net-worth individuals mainly form the Middle East.
- Working in International Finance for over 24 years, Smith has worked with global market leaders in numerous sectors which also includes working with governments and royal families.
- Smith holds a Bachelor’s degree in Law, Master’s degree in International Law, and a Master’s degree in Economics and Business
- 25 years experience in plant science, horticulture, pharmaceutical research, and manufacturing of natural health products
- Established 4 commercial plant biotechnology laboratories in Canada
- Developed sustainable management techniques for high value and medicinal crops
- 30 years management experience, working in BC & AB Canada, Central Asia and Africa
- Horticultural carreer started in South Africa, vast experience in project managemet, nursery development and production, landscape construction and maintenance, forest restoration and cultavation.
- 3 year National Diploma in Landscape Horticulture from Tswane University of Technology in Pretoria South Africa.
- 6 years experience with setting up and operating cannabis cultivation in licensed jurisdictions
- Design and installation of 50,000 square feet indoor cannabis production facility
- Oversight of large outdoor organic cannabis production from seed to finished product
- 15 years experience in finance at management level and holds a National Diploma of Accounting.
- Experienced in multiple sectors from property management, education and community development and dealing with local authorities.
- Specialties; financial reports, stock management, audits, procurement and policy development.
- Farai is a banker with a career spanning over 25 years in the field.
- Held positions as Exports Manager, Trade Finance Manager, Head Corporate Banking, Head of Exchange Control, Treasury Executive and currently holds the position of Divisional Director Corporate & Investment Banking.
- 10 years of experience in sales, business development, investor relations and marketing.
- Having built relationships, created opportunities and closed sales on 5 continents across the globe.
- Stella holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics, another in Business Management, and a Master’s degree in Environmental Economics.
