Aleafia Health Appoints Tricia Symmes as CEO to Replace Geoffrey Benic
07 Febrero 2022 - 4:00PM
The Board of Directors of Aleafia Health Inc. (TSX: AH, OTCQX:
ALEAF) (“
Aleafia Health” or the
“
Company”) today announced that CEO Geoffrey Benic
will leave the Company, effective February 7, 2022. To succeed
Benic, the Board named Tricia Symmes, previously the Company’s
Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), as the Company’s new CEO.
“Geoff joined Aleafia in June 2018 at a turning point for the
Company,” said Mark J. Sandler, board chair. “He brought to Aleafia
Health a strong entrepreneurial background and helped the company
develop its diversified indoor, greenhouse and outdoor production
capabilities and its class-leading processing facilities. We wish
Geoff well as he moves on to pursue other business interests.”
Symmes became Aleafia Health’s CCO in August 2020 and led the
move into the branded recreation market, where the company recently
entered the top 10 in the key market categories. She has extensive
executive C-suite experience in the pharmaceutical, biotech,
consumer-packaged, and cannabis industries in both North American
and international markets. Before joining Aleafia, Symmes served as
Chief Operating Officer and General Manager of multinational
companies, including Alcon Canada and Novartis Pharmaceuticals, as
well as General Manager at CX Industries, a wholly owned subsidiary
of Entourage Health Corp. She is one of the first female CEOs in
the Canadian cannabis industry.
“Tricia is exactly the right person to rise to the challenges of
today’s market and lead the next phase of the company’s growth.
Leveraging her 20 years of experience as a senior executive in
salient industries, Aleafia has seen exponential growth in
adult-use cannabis net revenue in only 6 months, while the
company’s medical business has continued to move from
strength-to-strength, including through the unparalleled
partnership with Unifor,” said Sandler. “Her elevation to CEO is
part of the natural evolution of the company and is based on her
demonstrated achievements. We look forward to her continuing to
improve the company’s operational efficiency, and to profitably
building market share and brand recognition nationally and
globally.”
Symmes holds an MBA from Charles Sturt
University (Australia), and an Honours BSc in Kinesiology
(Western University).
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About Aleafia Health:
Aleafia Health, a vertically integrated and federally licensed
Canadian cannabis company, owns three licensed cannabis production
facilities, including the first large-scale, legal outdoor
cultivation facility in Canadian history, and operates a
strategically located distribution centre, all in the province of
Ontario. The Company produces a diverse portfolio of cannabis
derivative products including oils, capsules, edibles, sublingual
strips, and vapes, for sale in Canada in the adult-use and medical
markets and is pursuing opportunities in select international
jurisdictions. The Company owns and operates a virtual network of
medical cannabis clinics staffed by physicians and nurse
practitioners.
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