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Seasoned Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) Expert Joins Allied as Chief Commercial Officer
Seasoned Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) Expert Joins Allied as Chief Commercial Officer.
About this update from Allied Corp.
[{"type":"text","content":"\n 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. About Allied Corp. – CLICK HERE Click here for Allied Inside™ business model website: CLICK HERE 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 ad...