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Avant Brands Strengthens its Leadership Team with the Appointment of Industry Executive Miguel Martinez as CFO and Sylvia Lee as Board Member
Industry Executive Miguel Martinez appointed as CFO (formerly VP Finance at Pure Sunfarms) S...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Avant Brands Strengthens its Leadership Team with the Appointment of Industry Executive Miguel Martinez as CFO and Sylvia Lee as Board MemberIndustry Executive Miguel Martinez appointed as CFO (formerly VP Finance at Pure Sunfarms)Sylvia Lee to stand for election at the 2023 AGM (formerly in-house counsel at Keg Restaurants Ltd.), replacing Ruairi TwomeyKELOWNA, BC / ACCESSWIRE / May 4, 2023 / Avant Brands Inc (TSX:AVNT)(OTCQX:AVTBF)(FRA:1BU0) (\"Avant\" or the \"Company\"), a leading producer of innovative and award-winning cannabis products, is pleased to announce that it has appointed industry finance veteran, Miguel Martinez, as Chief Financial Officer of Avant. Miguel will be replacing Matthew Whitt who resigned as Chief Financial Officer of Avant.\"On behalf of the Company's board of directors and management team, we share an immense thank you to Matt for his many contributions to Avant,\" said Norton Singhavon, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Avant. \"Matt was instrumental in elevating our financial reporting and disclosures and supporting us through a period of rapid growth and success. We wish Matt all the best and plenty of success in his future endeavours.\"Miguel Martinez brings over a decade of experience in agriculture, working with Village Farms, and has been actively working in the Canadian cannabis market since 2017. Miguel served as the VP Finance for Pure Sunfarms, helping to build the company from its initial start-up to generating over $100 million in revenues while maintaining strong profits in a rapid growth environment and being compliant with Sarbanes-Oxley internal control standards. Miguel is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) who began his finance career with PricewaterhouseCoopers in their audit and assurance group where his industry of focus was financial services.\"We are thrilled to announce the appointment of Miguel as Avant's Chief Financial Officer,\" continued Singhavon. \"With a proven track record of being an operationally focused finance leader in the cannabis industry, we are confident that Miguel will be a valuable asset to our management team, as we enter our next phase of growth through the recent Flowr acquisition. We look forward to the operational focus that Miguel will bring to the table, as we continue on our mission to become a global leader in ultra-premium cannabis...