Seasoned Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) Expert Joins Allied as Chief Commercial Officer
Allied Corp (OTCQB: ALID) has appointed Mr. Jay McMillan as Chief Commercial Officer for its Consumer Packaged Goods division. In this role, he will focus on national sales and distribution while overseeing the manufacturing supply chain. With 25 years of international experience, McMillan previously helped HEXO Corp become a top licensed producer. His expertise aligns with Allied’s retail brands: Tactical Relief, Equilibrium Bio, and MaXXa. The company continues to pursue growth in the expanding cannabis market, preparing for potential U.S. legalization while focusing on product development.
- Appointment of Jay McMillan as Chief Commercial Officer indicates growth strategy.
- McMillan brings 25 years of experience, potentially strengthening market position.
- Focus on national sales aligns with retail brands Tactical Relief, Equilibrium Bio, and MaXXa.
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KELOWNA, British Columbia, Dec. 03, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Allied Corp. ("Allied" or the “Company”) (OTCQB: ALID) is pleased to announce the signing of Mr. Jay McMillan as the Chief Commercial Officer (Consumer Packaged Goods) for Allied.
Mr. McMillan’s role will be to lead the consumer-packaged goods vertical for Allied with a focus on national level sales and distribution. Mr. McMillan will provide additional leadership overseeing the manufacturing supply chain of all retail ready products.
Mr. McMillan is an accomplished corporate development and M&A executive with a passion for product innovation. Leveraging 25 years of international markets experience, Jay has an extensive background in new market development and strategic engagements with Fortune 500 organizations in consumer packaged goods, technology, and consumer electronics industries. Mr. McMillan’s most recent role was as Chief Development Officer with HEXO Corp, a leading Licensed Producer in Canada, where he played a pivotal role over the last 6.5 years in helping to grow HEXO to a top 3 licensed producer by market share. There he headed up identifying Strategic Business Development opportunities for M&A, joint ventures and key partnerships in addition to being responsible for R&D, innovation and commercialization. The expanding cannabis market continues to be where Mr. McMillan focuses as a Principle with UberGreen, a cannabis consulting firm focused on growth strategies, market consolidation and product development.
“We are excited to welcome Mr. McMillan to the Allied family. Having a seasoned CPG expert like Jay join the team is perfectly timed with the sales and distribution efforts surrounding our three retail brands: Tactical Relief, Equilibrium Bio and MaXXa,” said Mr. Calum Hughes, CEO and Chairman of Allied Corp.
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Allied Corp. is an international cannabis company with its main production center in Colombia and is one of the few companies that has exported from Colombia internationally. In preparation for the possible legalization of cannabis by the US Federal Government, Allied also has the option to purchase a US cannabis license in the US (Nevada) exercisable if such were to happen. In addition to this, Allied has three CBD-brands to market with products selling in the United States. Lastly, Allied has both Cannabinoid and psilocybin products in the pharmaceutical development track seeking pharma drug indications for depression, anxiety and PTSD.
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There can be no assurance that the underlying opinions, estimates and assumptions will prove to be correct. Risk factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from forward-looking information in this release include: the Company’s exposure to legal and regulatory risk; the effect of the legalization of adult-use cannabis in Canada and Colombia on the medical cannabis industry is unknown and may significantly and negatively affect the Company’s medical cannabis business; that the medical benefits, viability, safety, efficacy, dosing and social acceptance of cannabis are not as currently expected; that adverse changes or developments affecting the Company’s main or planned facilities may have an adverse effect on the Company; that the medical cannabis industry and market may not continue to exist or develop as anticipated or the Company may not be able to succeed in this market; risks related to completion of the greenhouse construction in Colombia, risks related to market competition; risks related to the proposed adult-use cannabis industry and market in Canada and Colombia including the Company’s ability to enter into or compete in such markets; that the Company has a limited operating history and a history of net losses and that it may not achieve or maintain profitability in the future; risks related to the Company’s current or proposed international operations; risks related to future third party strategic alliances or the expansion of currently existing relationships with third parties; that the Company may not be able to successfully identify and execute future acquisitions or dispositions or successfully manage the impacts of such transactions on its operations; risks inherent to the operation of an agricultural business; that the Company may be unable to attract, develop and retain key personnel; risks resulting from significant interruptions to the Company’s access to certain key inputs such as raw materials, electricity, water and other utilities; that the Company may be unable to transport its cannabis products to patients in a safe and efficient manner; risks related to recalls of the Company’s cannabis products or product liability or regulatory claims or actions involving the Company’s cannabis products; risks related to the Company’s reliance on pharmaceutical distributors; that the Company, or the cannabis industry more generally, may receive unfavorable publicity or become subject to negative consumer or investor perception; that certain events or developments in the cannabis industry more generally may impact the Company’s reputation or its relationships with customers or suppliers; that the Company may not be able to obtain adequate insurance coverage in respect of the risks that it faces, that the premiums for such insurance may not continue to be commercially justifiable or that there may be coverage limitations and other exclusions which may result in such insurance not being sufficient; that the Company may become subject to liability arising from fraudulent or illegal activity by its employees, contractors, consultants and others; that the Company may experience breaches of security at its facilities or losses as a result of the theft of its products; risks related to the Company’s information technology systems; that the Company may be unable to sustain its revenue growth and development; that the Company may be unable to expand its operations quickly enough to meet demand or manage its operations beyond their current scale; that the Company may be unable to secure adequate or reliable sources of necessary funding; risks related to, or associated with, the Company’s exposure to reporting requirements; risks related to conflicts of interest; risks related to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; risks related to the Company’s potential exposure to greater-than-anticipated tax liabilities; risks related to the protection and enforcement of the Company’s intellectual property rights, or the intellectual property that it licenses from others; that the Company may become subject to allegations that it or its licensors are in violation of the intellectual property rights of third parties; that the Company may not realize the full benefit of the clinical trials or studies that it participates in; that the Company may not realize the full benefit of its licenses if the licensed material has less market appeal than expected and the licenses may not be profitable; as well as any other risks that may be further described in and the risk factors discussed in the Company's continuous disclosure including its Management's Discussion and Analysis sections in its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Annual Reports on Form 10-K and Current Reports on Form 8-K filed under the Company's profile at www.sec.gov.
Although management has attempted to identify important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking information in this presentation, there may be other risk factors not presently known to the Company or that the Company presently believes are not material that could also cause actual results or future events to differ materially from those expressed in such forward-looking information in this presentation. There can be no assurance that such information will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such information. Accordingly, readers and viewers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information, which speaks only as of the date made. The forward-looking information contained in this release represents the Company’s expectations as of the date of this release or the date indicated, regardless of the time of delivery of the presentation. The Company disclaims any intention, obligation or undertaking to update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required under applicable securities laws.
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