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Plantify Foods Enhances Leadership Team with Diversification of Board and Appointment of Suzette Ramcharan as CEO
(TheNewswire) Vancouver, British Columbia - TheNewswire - September 5, 2023 - Plantify ...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Plantify Foods Enhances Leadership Team with Diversification of Board and Appointment of Suzette Ramcharan as CEO\n \n \n (TheNewswire)\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Vancouver, British Columbia -\nTheNewswire - September 5, 2023 -\n \n \n Plantify\nFoods, Inc.\n \n \n (TSXV:PTFY)\n \n \n (\"\n \n \n Plantify\n \n \n Foods\n \n \n \" or the \"\n \n \n Company\n \n \n \"), a clean label food company\ndedicated to providing consumers with nutritious and natural food\noptions, is pleased to announce the appointment of Suzette Ramcharan\nas its new Chief Executive Officer (“\n \n \n CEO\n \n \n ”) along with\ntwo new appointments to the Board of Directors (effective September 1,\n2023). These new appointments reinforce Plantify Foods’ dedication\nto assembling a diverse and accomplished leadership team to drive the\nCompany's vision of innovating and creating clean, healthy, and\ndelicious plant-based foods.\n \n \n \n \n Ms. Ramcharan brings to Plantify Foods over 21 years of\ndiverse experience in capital markets, encompassing investor\nrelations, brand management, business development, and M&A\ntransactions. Most notably, Ms. Ramcharan founded and led DRNK\nBeverage Corp., a non-alcoholic beverage company that gained national\ndistribution in 2022. Under her guidance, DRNK Beverage Corp.\ndeveloped and launched low-sugar mocktails in a convenient\nready-to-drink format. This venture provided Ms. Ramcharan with\ninvaluable insights into the consumer-packaged goods landscape within\nthe food and beverage industry. Ms. Ramcharan is a founding member and\ndirector of a Canadian tech start-up, Jot Technology Solutions Inc.,\nthat launched a mobile CRM in July 2021. During her 21 years in\ncapital markets, Ms. Ramcharan held progressively senior roles with\nsmall to large-cap companies, mainly in metals and mining.\n \n \n \n \n \"On behalf of the Board of Directors and\nmanagement, we are pleased to welcome Ms. Ramcharan as her dual\nexpertise in both the capital markets and the food and beverage\nindustry made her a natural choice for this position as we embark on\nour next phase of growth,” said Rowland Wallenius, Chairman of\nPlantify Foods. “Plantify Foods is more than just a plant-based food\ncompany. Our goal is ...