董事介绍
注:董事持股数取自最新公司公告
| 姓名 | 性别 | 职位 | 年龄 | 薪酬 | 持股数(万股) | 截止日期 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry DeMott | 男 | Director | 54 | 未披露 | 未持股 | 2021-10-14 |
| Seth Farbman | 男 | Director | 54 | 未披露 | 未持股 | 2021-10-14 |
| Vikas Desai | 男 | Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board | 30 | 未披露 | 未持股 | 2021-10-14 |
| Merrick Friedman | 男 | Chief Investment Officer, Corporate Secretary and Director | 32 | 未披露 | 未持股 | 2021-10-14 |
| Mark A. Pelson | 男 | Director | 58 | 未披露 | 未持股 | 2021-10-14 |
| Timothy J. Seymour | 男 | Director | 55 | 未披露 | 未持股 | 2021-10-14 |
| Kevin K. Albert | 男 | Director | 68 | 未披露 | 未持股 | 2021-10-14 |
高管介绍
注:高管持股数取自最新公司公告
| 姓名 | 性别 | 职位 | 年龄 | 薪酬 | 持股数(万股) | 截止日期 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vikas Desai | 男 | Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board | 30 | 未披露 | 未持股 | 2021-10-14 |
| Merrick Friedman | 男 | Chief Investment Officer, Corporate Secretary and Director | 32 | 未披露 | 未持股 | 2021-10-14 |
| Mitchell Hara | 男 | Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer | 56 | 未披露 | 未持股 | 2021-10-14 |
董事简历
中英对照 |  中文 |  英文- Harry DeMott
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Harry DeMott曾在几家公司的董事会任职。他是媒体、体育和娱乐行业的长期运营商和投资者。他是Raptor Ventures I LP的联合创始人,在那里他自2011年2月起担任普通合伙人。此外,Demott先生是Australis Capital,Inc.的董事会成员。CNX:AUSA;OTCQB:AUSAF,SecurityPoint Media and Ticket Evolution。他也担任Hamerle Investments公司(家族投资公司)的创始人兼管理合伙人。在共同创立Raptor Ventures之前,Demott先生从2006年到2011年担任Pandora Media,Inc.的董事会成员。此前,他曾担任Knighthead Capital Management公司的高级分析师、King Street Capital Management公司的分析师、Bourgeon Capital Management公司的投资组合经理和Gothic Capital Management公司的管理成员兼创始人。在这16年期间,Demott先生专注于寻找、培育和投资破坏性技术公司。他此前曾任职First Boston公司(现称为Credit Suisse公司)9年,在那里他曾担任股票研究部门的董事,专门从事广播、电视、户外广告和信号塔。Demott先生是Temerity Media Inc.D/B/A Proper的创始人兼执行主席。他于1988年获得Princeton University的经济学文学学士学位,并于1991年获得New York University的金融工商管理硕士学位。
Harry DeMott is a long-time operator and investor in the media, sports and entertainment industries. He is the co-founder of Raptor Ventures I LP, where he has been a General Partner since February 2011. In addition, Mr. DeMott is a member of the Board of Directors of Proper where he also serves as executive Chairman, Hi.Fi, SecurityPoint Media, Australis and Ticket Evolution. He also serves as founder and managing partner for Hamerle Investments, a family investment company. Prior to co-founding Raptor Ventures, Mr. DeMott served on the Board of Directors of Pandora Media, Inc. from 2006 through 2011. Earlier, he served as senior analyst at Knighthead Capital Management, analyst at King Street Capital Management, portfolio manager at Bourgeon Capital Management and managing member and founder at Gothic Capital Management. During this 16-year period, Mr. DeMott focused on finding, fostering and investing in disruptive technology companies. He previously spent nine years at First Boston (now Credit Suisse), where he was a director in the equity research division specializing in radio, TV, outdoor advertising and cell towers. Mr. DeMott is the founder and Executive Chairman of Temerity Media Inc. d/b/a Proper. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Princeton University in 1988 and an MBA in finance from New York University in 1991. - Harry DeMott曾在几家公司的董事会任职。他是媒体、体育和娱乐行业的长期运营商和投资者。他是Raptor Ventures I LP的联合创始人,在那里他自2011年2月起担任普通合伙人。此外,Demott先生是Australis Capital,Inc.的董事会成员。CNX:AUSA;OTCQB:AUSAF,SecurityPoint Media and Ticket Evolution。他也担任Hamerle Investments公司(家族投资公司)的创始人兼管理合伙人。在共同创立Raptor Ventures之前,Demott先生从2006年到2011年担任Pandora Media,Inc.的董事会成员。此前,他曾担任Knighthead Capital Management公司的高级分析师、King Street Capital Management公司的分析师、Bourgeon Capital Management公司的投资组合经理和Gothic Capital Management公司的管理成员兼创始人。在这16年期间,Demott先生专注于寻找、培育和投资破坏性技术公司。他此前曾任职First Boston公司(现称为Credit Suisse公司)9年,在那里他曾担任股票研究部门的董事,专门从事广播、电视、户外广告和信号塔。Demott先生是Temerity Media Inc.D/B/A Proper的创始人兼执行主席。他于1988年获得Princeton University的经济学文学学士学位,并于1991年获得New York University的金融工商管理硕士学位。
- Harry DeMott is a long-time operator and investor in the media, sports and entertainment industries. He is the co-founder of Raptor Ventures I LP, where he has been a General Partner since February 2011. In addition, Mr. DeMott is a member of the Board of Directors of Proper where he also serves as executive Chairman, Hi.Fi, SecurityPoint Media, Australis and Ticket Evolution. He also serves as founder and managing partner for Hamerle Investments, a family investment company. Prior to co-founding Raptor Ventures, Mr. DeMott served on the Board of Directors of Pandora Media, Inc. from 2006 through 2011. Earlier, he served as senior analyst at Knighthead Capital Management, analyst at King Street Capital Management, portfolio manager at Bourgeon Capital Management and managing member and founder at Gothic Capital Management. During this 16-year period, Mr. DeMott focused on finding, fostering and investing in disruptive technology companies. He previously spent nine years at First Boston (now Credit Suisse), where he was a director in the equity research division specializing in radio, TV, outdoor advertising and cell towers. Mr. DeMott is the founder and Executive Chairman of Temerity Media Inc. d/b/a Proper. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Princeton University in 1988 and an MBA in finance from New York University in 1991.
- Seth Farbman
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Seth Farbman是Spotify Technology S.A.的首席营销官。他负责监督Spotify品牌、用户体验以及全球所有营销和外部沟通。在加入Spotify之前,Farbman先生曾于2011年至2015年担任Gap的全球首席营销官。2005年至2011年,他还在OgilvyEarth担任过多个职位,包括创始人、总裁、高级合作伙伴,并领导多家无线运营商的营销团队。他目前是J。法布曼先生拥有伊萨卡学院的新闻学学士学位和雪城大学S.I.NeWHOWS公共传播学院的通信学硕士学位。
Seth Farbman is one of our directors. Mr. Farbman is an Executive Fellow at Yale University, primarily within the School of Management. In addition to lecturing, he provides real-world insights on business, marketing and technology to students, faculty and administration. He joined the university in November 2018 before retiring from Spotify in January 2019 where he served as Chief Marketing Officer from March 2015. During his four year tenure, Spotify grew to over 250 million customers in 65 countries, becoming the world’s largest music streaming service and one of the 100 most valuable global brands. Mr. Farbman managed Spotify’s B2C and B2B marketing teams, as well as public relations, customer support, brand, creative and design, marketing sciences and analytical teams. In 2018 Mr. Farbman helped Spotify accomplish one of the most successful public offerings in years. In June 2018 Mr. Farbman was named World’s Most Innovative CMO by Business Insider, and, for the eighth year in a row, ranked on of Forbes’ Most Influential CMO’s. He was also recognized among the 50 most creative people in the world by Creativity. While at Spotify, Mr. Farbman built a best-in-class marketing and communications team that has been recognized for its unique combination of deep data and world-class creativity, which led to the internal creative team being named Advertising Age’s 2018 Agency of the Year. At the Cannes Lions International Festival for Creativity, Spotify was awarded 11 Lions and named the 2018 Brand of the Year. Prior to joining Spotify, Mr. Farbman was the Chief Marketing Officer of Gap, then the world’s largest specialty apparel company. In his five years at Gap, he drove a turnaround that returned the company to growth for the first time in a decade and increased the company’s share price almost three-fold. He helped achieve the results by reshaping the entire global marketing function and shifting the product and marketing development to a new, younger segment of customers. He also oversaw the expansion of the Gap brand into new markets, such as China and South Africa. Before Gap, Mr. Farbman was the co-founder and President of OgilvyEarth, one of the first sustainability-focused marketing consultancy and party of the WPP/Ogilvy agency network. Recognizing the new opportunity in the sustainability movement, Mr. Farbman worked with global companies, such as DuPont, GE, Unilever, IBM, Coca-Cola and Siemens to help guide their product development roadmaps and marketing strategies to address customer demand for more environmentally and socially responsible products and services. Additionally, at the request of the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, he created the largest-ever pro bono consumer campaign to raise support for the U.N. effort to secure a multi-lateral environmental agreement between its member countries. Mr. Farbman began his marketing career at two mobile communications startups that merged with carriers Verizon Wireless and AT&T Wireless. He led national marketing and communications teams during the most rapid expansion of the mobile industry. Mr. Farbman is a trained journalist, working primarily for ABC and NBC television stations in the six years immediately after graduate school. Mr. Farbman currently services as a member of the board of directors of Snagajob and Dashlane, and also served as the interim Chief Executive Officer from September 2020 to February 2021. He is senior advisor to several high growth companies, including Peloton, Grubhub, Perfect Day Foods, Sunwink, Noom and The New York Times. He has an M.S. in Journalism from the S.I. Newhouse School of Communications at Syracuse University. - Seth Farbman是Spotify Technology S.A.的首席营销官。他负责监督Spotify品牌、用户体验以及全球所有营销和外部沟通。在加入Spotify之前,Farbman先生曾于2011年至2015年担任Gap的全球首席营销官。2005年至2011年,他还在OgilvyEarth担任过多个职位,包括创始人、总裁、高级合作伙伴,并领导多家无线运营商的营销团队。他目前是J。法布曼先生拥有伊萨卡学院的新闻学学士学位和雪城大学S.I.NeWHOWS公共传播学院的通信学硕士学位。
- Seth Farbman is one of our directors. Mr. Farbman is an Executive Fellow at Yale University, primarily within the School of Management. In addition to lecturing, he provides real-world insights on business, marketing and technology to students, faculty and administration. He joined the university in November 2018 before retiring from Spotify in January 2019 where he served as Chief Marketing Officer from March 2015. During his four year tenure, Spotify grew to over 250 million customers in 65 countries, becoming the world’s largest music streaming service and one of the 100 most valuable global brands. Mr. Farbman managed Spotify’s B2C and B2B marketing teams, as well as public relations, customer support, brand, creative and design, marketing sciences and analytical teams. In 2018 Mr. Farbman helped Spotify accomplish one of the most successful public offerings in years. In June 2018 Mr. Farbman was named World’s Most Innovative CMO by Business Insider, and, for the eighth year in a row, ranked on of Forbes’ Most Influential CMO’s. He was also recognized among the 50 most creative people in the world by Creativity. While at Spotify, Mr. Farbman built a best-in-class marketing and communications team that has been recognized for its unique combination of deep data and world-class creativity, which led to the internal creative team being named Advertising Age’s 2018 Agency of the Year. At the Cannes Lions International Festival for Creativity, Spotify was awarded 11 Lions and named the 2018 Brand of the Year. Prior to joining Spotify, Mr. Farbman was the Chief Marketing Officer of Gap, then the world’s largest specialty apparel company. In his five years at Gap, he drove a turnaround that returned the company to growth for the first time in a decade and increased the company’s share price almost three-fold. He helped achieve the results by reshaping the entire global marketing function and shifting the product and marketing development to a new, younger segment of customers. He also oversaw the expansion of the Gap brand into new markets, such as China and South Africa. Before Gap, Mr. Farbman was the co-founder and President of OgilvyEarth, one of the first sustainability-focused marketing consultancy and party of the WPP/Ogilvy agency network. Recognizing the new opportunity in the sustainability movement, Mr. Farbman worked with global companies, such as DuPont, GE, Unilever, IBM, Coca-Cola and Siemens to help guide their product development roadmaps and marketing strategies to address customer demand for more environmentally and socially responsible products and services. Additionally, at the request of the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, he created the largest-ever pro bono consumer campaign to raise support for the U.N. effort to secure a multi-lateral environmental agreement between its member countries. Mr. Farbman began his marketing career at two mobile communications startups that merged with carriers Verizon Wireless and AT&T Wireless. He led national marketing and communications teams during the most rapid expansion of the mobile industry. Mr. Farbman is a trained journalist, working primarily for ABC and NBC television stations in the six years immediately after graduate school. Mr. Farbman currently services as a member of the board of directors of Snagajob and Dashlane, and also served as the interim Chief Executive Officer from September 2020 to February 2021. He is senior advisor to several high growth companies, including Peloton, Grubhub, Perfect Day Foods, Sunwink, Noom and The New York Times. He has an M.S. in Journalism from the S.I. Newhouse School of Communications at Syracuse University.
- Vikas Desai
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Vikas Desai自成立以来一直是我们董事会的成员和首席执行官。2018年初,他创立了专注于大麻行业的风险投资公司Achari Ventures的前身Welcan Capital。Achari Ventures投资于早期阶段的工厂触摸和辅助业务中具有高影响力的基础公司,目前在该平台中有21家公司。在加入Welcan之前,德赛先生于2015年6月至2017年6月担任橡树资本管理公司(Oaktree Capital Management)的私人股本投资者,该公司是一家价值1000亿美元的另类资产管理公司,他在该公司完成了超过20亿美元的交易。Desai先生从2013年7月到2015年6月在摩根士丹利的投资银行部门开始他的职业生涯,专注于房地产并购和资本市场,在那里他完成了大约15笔交易,代表大约150亿美元的交易价值。他毕业于纽约大学斯特恩商学院,获得金融与环境研究理学学士学位。
Vikas Desai has been a member on our board of directors and the Chief Executive Officer since its inception. In early 2018 he founded Welcan Capital, or Welcan, a predecessor of Achari Ventures, a venture capital firm focused in the cannabis industry. Achari Ventures invests in high-impact, foundational companies across early-stage plant touching and ancillary businesses and currently has a portfolio of 21 companies within the platform. Prior to Welcan, Mr. Desai was a private equity investor at Oaktree Capital Management, a $100 billion alternative asset manager, from June 2015 to June 2017 where he completed over $2 billion in transactions. Mr. Desai began his career at Morgan Stanley in the Investment Banking division from July 2013 to June 2015 focusing on real estate mergers and acquisitions and capital markets, where he completed approximately 15 deals representing approximately $15 billion in transaction value. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Finance & Environmental Studies from the Stern School of Business at New York University. - Vikas Desai自成立以来一直是我们董事会的成员和首席执行官。2018年初,他创立了专注于大麻行业的风险投资公司Achari Ventures的前身Welcan Capital。Achari Ventures投资于早期阶段的工厂触摸和辅助业务中具有高影响力的基础公司,目前在该平台中有21家公司。在加入Welcan之前,德赛先生于2015年6月至2017年6月担任橡树资本管理公司(Oaktree Capital Management)的私人股本投资者,该公司是一家价值1000亿美元的另类资产管理公司,他在该公司完成了超过20亿美元的交易。Desai先生从2013年7月到2015年6月在摩根士丹利的投资银行部门开始他的职业生涯,专注于房地产并购和资本市场,在那里他完成了大约15笔交易,代表大约150亿美元的交易价值。他毕业于纽约大学斯特恩商学院,获得金融与环境研究理学学士学位。
- Vikas Desai has been a member on our board of directors and the Chief Executive Officer since its inception. In early 2018 he founded Welcan Capital, or Welcan, a predecessor of Achari Ventures, a venture capital firm focused in the cannabis industry. Achari Ventures invests in high-impact, foundational companies across early-stage plant touching and ancillary businesses and currently has a portfolio of 21 companies within the platform. Prior to Welcan, Mr. Desai was a private equity investor at Oaktree Capital Management, a $100 billion alternative asset manager, from June 2015 to June 2017 where he completed over $2 billion in transactions. Mr. Desai began his career at Morgan Stanley in the Investment Banking division from July 2013 to June 2015 focusing on real estate mergers and acquisitions and capital markets, where he completed approximately 15 deals representing approximately $15 billion in transaction value. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Finance & Environmental Studies from the Stern School of Business at New York University.
- Merrick Friedman
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Merrick Friedman自2021年2月起担任我们的首席投资官和公司秘书。在本次发行完成后,他还将担任我们的董事之一。弗里德曼先生于2019年6月加入Wellcan Capital。在加入Welcan Now Achari Ventures之前,弗里德曼先生从2015年1月到2019年初在Long Pond Capital工作了四年多,这是一家约30亿美元的多/空股票对冲基金,专注于基本面和价值导向型投资。在加入Long Pond之前,从2013年到2014年,Friedman先生在The Raine Group或Raine任职,这是一家全球商业银行。任职Raine公司期间,他曾负责提供并购咨询服务,并评估媒体、娱乐和电信行业的增长股权投资。在雷恩任职期间,弗里德曼完成的交易价值超过300亿美元。Friedman先生于2012年在德意志银行的自然资源投资银行集团开始了他的职业生涯。他以优异成绩毕业于宾夕法尼亚大学沃顿商学院,获得经济学理学学士学位。
Merrick Friedman has served as our Chief Investment Officer and Corporate Secretary since February 2021. He will also serve as one of our directors following the completion of this offering. Mr. Friedman joined Welcan Capital in June 2019. Prior to joining Welcan now Achari Ventures, Mr. Friedman spent over four years at Long Pond Capital, from January 2015 to early 2019 an approximately $3 billion long / short equity hedge fund focused on fundamental and value-oriented investing. Before joining Long Pond, from 2013 to 2014 Mr. Friedman was at The Raine Group, or Raine, a global merchant bank. At Raine, he was responsible for providing mergers and acquisitions advisory services and evaluating growth equity investments in the media, entertainment and telecommunications industries. While at Raine, Mr. Friedman completed over $30 billion in transaction value. Mr. Friedman began his career in 2012 at Deutsche Bank in the Natural Resources Investment Banking group. He graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. - Merrick Friedman自2021年2月起担任我们的首席投资官和公司秘书。在本次发行完成后,他还将担任我们的董事之一。弗里德曼先生于2019年6月加入Wellcan Capital。在加入Welcan Now Achari Ventures之前,弗里德曼先生从2015年1月到2019年初在Long Pond Capital工作了四年多,这是一家约30亿美元的多/空股票对冲基金,专注于基本面和价值导向型投资。在加入Long Pond之前,从2013年到2014年,Friedman先生在The Raine Group或Raine任职,这是一家全球商业银行。任职Raine公司期间,他曾负责提供并购咨询服务,并评估媒体、娱乐和电信行业的增长股权投资。在雷恩任职期间,弗里德曼完成的交易价值超过300亿美元。Friedman先生于2012年在德意志银行的自然资源投资银行集团开始了他的职业生涯。他以优异成绩毕业于宾夕法尼亚大学沃顿商学院,获得经济学理学学士学位。
- Merrick Friedman has served as our Chief Investment Officer and Corporate Secretary since February 2021. He will also serve as one of our directors following the completion of this offering. Mr. Friedman joined Welcan Capital in June 2019. Prior to joining Welcan now Achari Ventures, Mr. Friedman spent over four years at Long Pond Capital, from January 2015 to early 2019 an approximately $3 billion long / short equity hedge fund focused on fundamental and value-oriented investing. Before joining Long Pond, from 2013 to 2014 Mr. Friedman was at The Raine Group, or Raine, a global merchant bank. At Raine, he was responsible for providing mergers and acquisitions advisory services and evaluating growth equity investments in the media, entertainment and telecommunications industries. While at Raine, Mr. Friedman completed over $30 billion in transaction value. Mr. Friedman began his career in 2012 at Deutsche Bank in the Natural Resources Investment Banking group. He graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
- Mark A. Pelson
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Mark A.Pelson是我们的董事之一。Pelson先生是一位有着30多年经验的业务经理、企业家和投资者。自2009年以来,Pelson先生是PCI,LLC的普通合伙人,在那里他领导信息服务和电信的投资。在成立PCI,LLC之前,Pelson先生是Providence Equity Partners“;Providence Equity”;的董事总经理,他于1996年加入该公司。Providence Equity是一家领先的私人股本公司,专门从事媒体,通信,教育,软件和服务领域的成长型投资,管理着超过400亿美元的资产。Pelson先生曾在十几家Providence Equity投资组合公司的董事会任职,包括Consolidated Communications,American Cellular Corporation,Wireless One,Madison River Telephone Company,Language Line,Telcordia and Wired Inc.。Pelson先生负责Providence Equity公司在FCC无线拍卖、本地、长途和海底光纤基础设施供应商、无线数据服务、商业服务和无线电话方面的许多投资。在加入Providence Equity之前,Pelson先生于1994年联合创立了TeleCorp,Inc.,这是一家无线电信公司,该公司在早期的FCC频谱拍卖中投标。他此前曾担任AT&T公司的多种管理职务(从1989年到1994年),包括战略规划和并购总经理。Pelson先生获得了波士顿大学的法学博士学位和康奈尔大学的文学学士学位。
Mark A. Pelson is one of our directors. Mr. Pelson is a business manager, entrepreneur and investor with over 30 years of experience. Since 2009 Mr. Pelson is the General Partner of PCI, LLC, where he leads investments in information services and telecommunications. Prior to forming PCI, LLC, Mr. Pelson was a Managing Director at Providence Equity Partners “Providence Equity” which he joined in 1996. Providence Equity is a leading private equity firm specializing in growth-oriented investments in media, communications, education, software and services and has over 40 billion in assets under management. Mr. Pelson has served on the boards of over a dozen Providence Equity portfolio companies, including Consolidated Communications (NASDAQ:CNSL), American Cellular Corporation, Wireless One, Madison River Telephone Company, Language Line, Telcordia and Wired Inc. Mr. Pelson was responsible for many of Providence Equity’s investments in FCC wireless auctions, local, long haul and undersea fiber optic infrastructure providers, wireless data services, business services and wireless telephony. Prior to joining Providence Equity, Mr. Pelson co-founded TeleCorp, Inc., a wireless telecommunications company in 1994 which bid in early FCC spectrum auctions. He previously served from 1989 to 1994 in various management positions with AT&T, including general manager of strategic planning and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Pelson received a Juris Doctorate from Boston University and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Cornell University. - Mark A.Pelson是我们的董事之一。Pelson先生是一位有着30多年经验的业务经理、企业家和投资者。自2009年以来,Pelson先生是PCI,LLC的普通合伙人,在那里他领导信息服务和电信的投资。在成立PCI,LLC之前,Pelson先生是Providence Equity Partners“;Providence Equity”;的董事总经理,他于1996年加入该公司。Providence Equity是一家领先的私人股本公司,专门从事媒体,通信,教育,软件和服务领域的成长型投资,管理着超过400亿美元的资产。Pelson先生曾在十几家Providence Equity投资组合公司的董事会任职,包括Consolidated Communications,American Cellular Corporation,Wireless One,Madison River Telephone Company,Language Line,Telcordia and Wired Inc.。Pelson先生负责Providence Equity公司在FCC无线拍卖、本地、长途和海底光纤基础设施供应商、无线数据服务、商业服务和无线电话方面的许多投资。在加入Providence Equity之前,Pelson先生于1994年联合创立了TeleCorp,Inc.,这是一家无线电信公司,该公司在早期的FCC频谱拍卖中投标。他此前曾担任AT&T公司的多种管理职务(从1989年到1994年),包括战略规划和并购总经理。Pelson先生获得了波士顿大学的法学博士学位和康奈尔大学的文学学士学位。
- Mark A. Pelson is one of our directors. Mr. Pelson is a business manager, entrepreneur and investor with over 30 years of experience. Since 2009 Mr. Pelson is the General Partner of PCI, LLC, where he leads investments in information services and telecommunications. Prior to forming PCI, LLC, Mr. Pelson was a Managing Director at Providence Equity Partners “Providence Equity” which he joined in 1996. Providence Equity is a leading private equity firm specializing in growth-oriented investments in media, communications, education, software and services and has over 40 billion in assets under management. Mr. Pelson has served on the boards of over a dozen Providence Equity portfolio companies, including Consolidated Communications (NASDAQ:CNSL), American Cellular Corporation, Wireless One, Madison River Telephone Company, Language Line, Telcordia and Wired Inc. Mr. Pelson was responsible for many of Providence Equity’s investments in FCC wireless auctions, local, long haul and undersea fiber optic infrastructure providers, wireless data services, business services and wireless telephony. Prior to joining Providence Equity, Mr. Pelson co-founded TeleCorp, Inc., a wireless telecommunications company in 1994 which bid in early FCC spectrum auctions. He previously served from 1989 to 1994 in various management positions with AT&T, including general manager of strategic planning and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Pelson received a Juris Doctorate from Boston University and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Cornell University.
- Timothy J. Seymour
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Timothy J.Seymour是我们的董事之一。Seymour先生是Seymour Asset Management(资产和财富管理的注册投资顾问)的创始人兼首席投资官(2014年1月以来)。他拥有25年的投资经验,担任多个资产类别的投资组合经理、配置人员和资本市场专业人员。西摩拥有新兴市场和新资产类别的背景,他是大麻行业的早期投资者和参与者,可追溯到2016年。他已经确立了自己的思想领袖和业内人士的地位,并在该行业的多个咨询委员会任职。自2019年7月以来,Seymour先生一直担任Amplify Seymour Cannabis ETF的投资组合经理纽约证券交易所代码:CNBS,这是一种积极管理的策略,可在高增长和不断发展的大麻行业提供主题投资,也是JW Asset Management的高级顾问和投资委员会成员,这是一家市值18亿美元的公司,专门从事公共和私人股本中的大麻对冲基金产品。2008年5月至2013年9月,Seymour先生是Triogem Asset Management的首席投资官和联合创始人,该公司的旗舰基金是一只多空全球股票策略。Triogem的投资方法植根于低波动性投资组合,该投资组合管理自上而下的风险,同时采用严格的研究流程自下而上地选股。加入Triogem之前,2005年2月至2007年7月,Seymour先生是Red Star Asset Management或Red Star的联合创始人兼管理合伙人,该公司在该公司管理着一支投资于俄罗斯和东欧的多策略基金。在推出Red Star之前,从1998年8月到2004年12月,他是Troika Dialog(或Troika)的合伙人兼董事总经理,该公司后来被俄罗斯国家银行俄罗斯联邦储蓄银行收购。在Troika,Seymour先生担任过各种职务,包括运营固定收益销售和交易集团,创立该公司的美国经纪/交易商集团,并监督所有美国资本市场活动。Seymour先生于1996年11月在纽约的UBS Securities,LLC或UBS开始他的职业生涯,专注于国际宏观,直到1998年4月他离开。他在Fordham University获得国际金融工商管理硕士学位,之后完成了UBS’;Capital Markets Trading Program,并在Georgetown University获得本科学位。
Timothy J. Seymour is one of our directors. Mr. Seymour is the founder and Chief Investment Officer of Seymour Asset Management, a registered investment advisor for both asset and wealth management, since January 2014. Mr. Seymour was an early investor and participant in the cannabis sector dating back to 2016. He has established himself as a thought leader and industry insider, and has served on multiple advisory boards in the sector. Since July 2019 Mr. Seymour has served as the Portfolio Manager of Amplify Seymour Cannabis ETF NYSE: CNBS, an actively managed strategy that provides thematic exposure in the high growth and evolving cannabis sector, and a Senior Advisor and member of the investment committee at JW Asset Management, a $1.8 billion firm specializing in cannabis hedge fund products in both public and private equity, since. Mr. Seymour was the Chief Investment Officer and co-founder of Triogem Asset Management, or Triogem, where the firm's flagship fund was a long short global equity strategy, from May 2008 to September 2013. Triogem's investment approach was rooted in running a low volatility portfolio that managed top down risks while employing a rigorous research process to bottom up stock picking. Prior to Triogem, Mr. Seymour was co-founder and Managing Partner at Red Star Asset Management, or Red Star, where the firm managed a multi-strategy fund investing across Russia and Eastern Europe, from February 2005 to July 2007. Before launching Red Star, from August 1998 to December 2004 he was a Partner and Managing Director at Troika Dialog, or Troika, which was later bought by Sberbank, a Russian state bank. At Troika, Mr. Seymour served various roles, including running the fixed income sales and trading group, launching the firm's US broker/dealer group and over overseeing all U.S. capital markets activity. Mr. Seymour started his career in November 1996 at UBS Securities, LLC, or UBS, in New York, focusing on international macro, until he left in April 1998. Mr. Seymour received his MBA in International Finance from Fordham University, after which he completed UBS'capital markets trading program, and his undergraduate degree from Georgetown University. - Timothy J.Seymour是我们的董事之一。Seymour先生是Seymour Asset Management(资产和财富管理的注册投资顾问)的创始人兼首席投资官(2014年1月以来)。他拥有25年的投资经验,担任多个资产类别的投资组合经理、配置人员和资本市场专业人员。西摩拥有新兴市场和新资产类别的背景,他是大麻行业的早期投资者和参与者,可追溯到2016年。他已经确立了自己的思想领袖和业内人士的地位,并在该行业的多个咨询委员会任职。自2019年7月以来,Seymour先生一直担任Amplify Seymour Cannabis ETF的投资组合经理纽约证券交易所代码:CNBS,这是一种积极管理的策略,可在高增长和不断发展的大麻行业提供主题投资,也是JW Asset Management的高级顾问和投资委员会成员,这是一家市值18亿美元的公司,专门从事公共和私人股本中的大麻对冲基金产品。2008年5月至2013年9月,Seymour先生是Triogem Asset Management的首席投资官和联合创始人,该公司的旗舰基金是一只多空全球股票策略。Triogem的投资方法植根于低波动性投资组合,该投资组合管理自上而下的风险,同时采用严格的研究流程自下而上地选股。加入Triogem之前,2005年2月至2007年7月,Seymour先生是Red Star Asset Management或Red Star的联合创始人兼管理合伙人,该公司在该公司管理着一支投资于俄罗斯和东欧的多策略基金。在推出Red Star之前,从1998年8月到2004年12月,他是Troika Dialog(或Troika)的合伙人兼董事总经理,该公司后来被俄罗斯国家银行俄罗斯联邦储蓄银行收购。在Troika,Seymour先生担任过各种职务,包括运营固定收益销售和交易集团,创立该公司的美国经纪/交易商集团,并监督所有美国资本市场活动。Seymour先生于1996年11月在纽约的UBS Securities,LLC或UBS开始他的职业生涯,专注于国际宏观,直到1998年4月他离开。他在Fordham University获得国际金融工商管理硕士学位,之后完成了UBS’;Capital Markets Trading Program,并在Georgetown University获得本科学位。
- Timothy J. Seymour is one of our directors. Mr. Seymour is the founder and Chief Investment Officer of Seymour Asset Management, a registered investment advisor for both asset and wealth management, since January 2014. Mr. Seymour was an early investor and participant in the cannabis sector dating back to 2016. He has established himself as a thought leader and industry insider, and has served on multiple advisory boards in the sector. Since July 2019 Mr. Seymour has served as the Portfolio Manager of Amplify Seymour Cannabis ETF NYSE: CNBS, an actively managed strategy that provides thematic exposure in the high growth and evolving cannabis sector, and a Senior Advisor and member of the investment committee at JW Asset Management, a $1.8 billion firm specializing in cannabis hedge fund products in both public and private equity, since. Mr. Seymour was the Chief Investment Officer and co-founder of Triogem Asset Management, or Triogem, where the firm's flagship fund was a long short global equity strategy, from May 2008 to September 2013. Triogem's investment approach was rooted in running a low volatility portfolio that managed top down risks while employing a rigorous research process to bottom up stock picking. Prior to Triogem, Mr. Seymour was co-founder and Managing Partner at Red Star Asset Management, or Red Star, where the firm managed a multi-strategy fund investing across Russia and Eastern Europe, from February 2005 to July 2007. Before launching Red Star, from August 1998 to December 2004 he was a Partner and Managing Director at Troika Dialog, or Troika, which was later bought by Sberbank, a Russian state bank. At Troika, Mr. Seymour served various roles, including running the fixed income sales and trading group, launching the firm's US broker/dealer group and over overseeing all U.S. capital markets activity. Mr. Seymour started his career in November 1996 at UBS Securities, LLC, or UBS, in New York, focusing on international macro, until he left in April 1998. Mr. Seymour received his MBA in International Finance from Fordham University, after which he completed UBS'capital markets trading program, and his undergraduate degree from Georgetown University.
- Kevin K. Albert
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Kevin K. Albert, 自2010年他在本公司担任董事。他现任Pantheon US 公司的董事总经理和私人股权基金的基金经理,他还是证券交易委员会的注册投资顾问。他于2010年进入Pantheon公司。自2005年,他在Elevation Partners这家私募股权投资机构担任董事总经理。自1981年,他在Merrill Lynch & Co公司任职。自1993年,他在Merrill Lynch & Co公司担任董事总经理,负责管理全球私募股权方面的业务。他获得位于洛杉矶的加尼福尼亚大学(the University of California)的学士学位和工商管理硕士学位。
Kevin K. Albert is one of Achari Ventures Holdings Corp. I directors. Mr. Albert is a retired investment banker. He is currently managing a portfolio of private investments, the majority of which are in the legal cannabis industry. He serves on the boards of directors of Harborside Inc. CSE:HBOR since October 2020 and Octavius Group Holdings Inc., (doing business as "Flow Kana") January 2020 a private company in the cannabis industry. He also serves as the Chairman of the board of Osiris Ventures, Inc. dba, NorCal Cannabis Company. Mr. Albert is also an independent director on the board of Neighborhood Holdings, Inc. a private real estate management company which enables renters to build financial equity in their homes and neighborhoods. From 2010 until his retirement in December 2019 Mr. Albert was a Senior Partner of Pantheon Ventures LLC and a member of its six-person Partnership Board. For most of his tenure at Pantheon, Mr. Albert was responsible for the firm's global business development, including all product marketing and business development activities. During this time, Pantheon's assets under management increased from approximately $25 billion to approximately $50 billion. Prior to joining Pantheon, he was a Managing Director and co-founder of Elevation Partners, a private equity firm that made investments in market-leading consumer-tech businesses such as Facebook and Yelp. Prior to Elevation, Mr. Albert worked in the investment banking division of Merrill Lynch & Co. for 24 years where, for most of this time, he served as a Managing Director and the Global Head of the Private Placement Group managing the market leading private equity fund placement business. From 2006 until 2017 Mr. Albert served as an independent director on the board of Merrill Lynch Ventures, LLC ("Merrill"), a series of private equity partnerships offered to key Merrill Lynch employees. From 1999 to 2000 he also was responsible for the middle market mergers and acquisitions group at Merrill, advising on sell-side mergers and acquisitions, primarily for clients of the firm's brokerage side. Beginning in 2010 Mr. Albert was an independent director, chairman of the audit committee and a member of the corporate governance and nominating committee of Dover Saddlery, Inc. the leading multichannel equestrian retailer in the United States prior to its purchase and take-private transaction by a private equity firm in 2015. Mr. Albert has a BA and an MBA from the University of California, Los Angeles where he continues to be involved as the Chair of the Board of Visitors of the Economics Department. - Kevin K. Albert, 自2010年他在本公司担任董事。他现任Pantheon US 公司的董事总经理和私人股权基金的基金经理,他还是证券交易委员会的注册投资顾问。他于2010年进入Pantheon公司。自2005年,他在Elevation Partners这家私募股权投资机构担任董事总经理。自1981年,他在Merrill Lynch & Co公司任职。自1993年,他在Merrill Lynch & Co公司担任董事总经理,负责管理全球私募股权方面的业务。他获得位于洛杉矶的加尼福尼亚大学(the University of California)的学士学位和工商管理硕士学位。
- Kevin K. Albert is one of Achari Ventures Holdings Corp. I directors. Mr. Albert is a retired investment banker. He is currently managing a portfolio of private investments, the majority of which are in the legal cannabis industry. He serves on the boards of directors of Harborside Inc. CSE:HBOR since October 2020 and Octavius Group Holdings Inc., (doing business as "Flow Kana") January 2020 a private company in the cannabis industry. He also serves as the Chairman of the board of Osiris Ventures, Inc. dba, NorCal Cannabis Company. Mr. Albert is also an independent director on the board of Neighborhood Holdings, Inc. a private real estate management company which enables renters to build financial equity in their homes and neighborhoods. From 2010 until his retirement in December 2019 Mr. Albert was a Senior Partner of Pantheon Ventures LLC and a member of its six-person Partnership Board. For most of his tenure at Pantheon, Mr. Albert was responsible for the firm's global business development, including all product marketing and business development activities. During this time, Pantheon's assets under management increased from approximately $25 billion to approximately $50 billion. Prior to joining Pantheon, he was a Managing Director and co-founder of Elevation Partners, a private equity firm that made investments in market-leading consumer-tech businesses such as Facebook and Yelp. Prior to Elevation, Mr. Albert worked in the investment banking division of Merrill Lynch & Co. for 24 years where, for most of this time, he served as a Managing Director and the Global Head of the Private Placement Group managing the market leading private equity fund placement business. From 2006 until 2017 Mr. Albert served as an independent director on the board of Merrill Lynch Ventures, LLC ("Merrill"), a series of private equity partnerships offered to key Merrill Lynch employees. From 1999 to 2000 he also was responsible for the middle market mergers and acquisitions group at Merrill, advising on sell-side mergers and acquisitions, primarily for clients of the firm's brokerage side. Beginning in 2010 Mr. Albert was an independent director, chairman of the audit committee and a member of the corporate governance and nominating committee of Dover Saddlery, Inc. the leading multichannel equestrian retailer in the United States prior to its purchase and take-private transaction by a private equity firm in 2015. Mr. Albert has a BA and an MBA from the University of California, Los Angeles where he continues to be involved as the Chair of the Board of Visitors of the Economics Department.
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中英对照 |  中文 |  英文- Vikas Desai
Vikas Desai自成立以来一直是我们董事会的成员和首席执行官。2018年初,他创立了专注于大麻行业的风险投资公司Achari Ventures的前身Welcan Capital。Achari Ventures投资于早期阶段的工厂触摸和辅助业务中具有高影响力的基础公司,目前在该平台中有21家公司。在加入Welcan之前,德赛先生于2015年6月至2017年6月担任橡树资本管理公司(Oaktree Capital Management)的私人股本投资者,该公司是一家价值1000亿美元的另类资产管理公司,他在该公司完成了超过20亿美元的交易。Desai先生从2013年7月到2015年6月在摩根士丹利的投资银行部门开始他的职业生涯,专注于房地产并购和资本市场,在那里他完成了大约15笔交易,代表大约150亿美元的交易价值。他毕业于纽约大学斯特恩商学院,获得金融与环境研究理学学士学位。
Vikas Desai has been a member on our board of directors and the Chief Executive Officer since its inception. In early 2018 he founded Welcan Capital, or Welcan, a predecessor of Achari Ventures, a venture capital firm focused in the cannabis industry. Achari Ventures invests in high-impact, foundational companies across early-stage plant touching and ancillary businesses and currently has a portfolio of 21 companies within the platform. Prior to Welcan, Mr. Desai was a private equity investor at Oaktree Capital Management, a $100 billion alternative asset manager, from June 2015 to June 2017 where he completed over $2 billion in transactions. Mr. Desai began his career at Morgan Stanley in the Investment Banking division from July 2013 to June 2015 focusing on real estate mergers and acquisitions and capital markets, where he completed approximately 15 deals representing approximately $15 billion in transaction value. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Finance & Environmental Studies from the Stern School of Business at New York University.- Vikas Desai自成立以来一直是我们董事会的成员和首席执行官。2018年初,他创立了专注于大麻行业的风险投资公司Achari Ventures的前身Welcan Capital。Achari Ventures投资于早期阶段的工厂触摸和辅助业务中具有高影响力的基础公司,目前在该平台中有21家公司。在加入Welcan之前,德赛先生于2015年6月至2017年6月担任橡树资本管理公司(Oaktree Capital Management)的私人股本投资者,该公司是一家价值1000亿美元的另类资产管理公司,他在该公司完成了超过20亿美元的交易。Desai先生从2013年7月到2015年6月在摩根士丹利的投资银行部门开始他的职业生涯,专注于房地产并购和资本市场,在那里他完成了大约15笔交易,代表大约150亿美元的交易价值。他毕业于纽约大学斯特恩商学院,获得金融与环境研究理学学士学位。
- Vikas Desai has been a member on our board of directors and the Chief Executive Officer since its inception. In early 2018 he founded Welcan Capital, or Welcan, a predecessor of Achari Ventures, a venture capital firm focused in the cannabis industry. Achari Ventures invests in high-impact, foundational companies across early-stage plant touching and ancillary businesses and currently has a portfolio of 21 companies within the platform. Prior to Welcan, Mr. Desai was a private equity investor at Oaktree Capital Management, a $100 billion alternative asset manager, from June 2015 to June 2017 where he completed over $2 billion in transactions. Mr. Desai began his career at Morgan Stanley in the Investment Banking division from July 2013 to June 2015 focusing on real estate mergers and acquisitions and capital markets, where he completed approximately 15 deals representing approximately $15 billion in transaction value. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Finance & Environmental Studies from the Stern School of Business at New York University.
- Merrick Friedman
Merrick Friedman自2021年2月起担任我们的首席投资官和公司秘书。在本次发行完成后,他还将担任我们的董事之一。弗里德曼先生于2019年6月加入Wellcan Capital。在加入Welcan Now Achari Ventures之前,弗里德曼先生从2015年1月到2019年初在Long Pond Capital工作了四年多,这是一家约30亿美元的多/空股票对冲基金,专注于基本面和价值导向型投资。在加入Long Pond之前,从2013年到2014年,Friedman先生在The Raine Group或Raine任职,这是一家全球商业银行。任职Raine公司期间,他曾负责提供并购咨询服务,并评估媒体、娱乐和电信行业的增长股权投资。在雷恩任职期间,弗里德曼完成的交易价值超过300亿美元。Friedman先生于2012年在德意志银行的自然资源投资银行集团开始了他的职业生涯。他以优异成绩毕业于宾夕法尼亚大学沃顿商学院,获得经济学理学学士学位。
Merrick Friedman has served as our Chief Investment Officer and Corporate Secretary since February 2021. He will also serve as one of our directors following the completion of this offering. Mr. Friedman joined Welcan Capital in June 2019. Prior to joining Welcan now Achari Ventures, Mr. Friedman spent over four years at Long Pond Capital, from January 2015 to early 2019 an approximately $3 billion long / short equity hedge fund focused on fundamental and value-oriented investing. Before joining Long Pond, from 2013 to 2014 Mr. Friedman was at The Raine Group, or Raine, a global merchant bank. At Raine, he was responsible for providing mergers and acquisitions advisory services and evaluating growth equity investments in the media, entertainment and telecommunications industries. While at Raine, Mr. Friedman completed over $30 billion in transaction value. Mr. Friedman began his career in 2012 at Deutsche Bank in the Natural Resources Investment Banking group. He graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.- Merrick Friedman自2021年2月起担任我们的首席投资官和公司秘书。在本次发行完成后,他还将担任我们的董事之一。弗里德曼先生于2019年6月加入Wellcan Capital。在加入Welcan Now Achari Ventures之前,弗里德曼先生从2015年1月到2019年初在Long Pond Capital工作了四年多,这是一家约30亿美元的多/空股票对冲基金,专注于基本面和价值导向型投资。在加入Long Pond之前,从2013年到2014年,Friedman先生在The Raine Group或Raine任职,这是一家全球商业银行。任职Raine公司期间,他曾负责提供并购咨询服务,并评估媒体、娱乐和电信行业的增长股权投资。在雷恩任职期间,弗里德曼完成的交易价值超过300亿美元。Friedman先生于2012年在德意志银行的自然资源投资银行集团开始了他的职业生涯。他以优异成绩毕业于宾夕法尼亚大学沃顿商学院,获得经济学理学学士学位。
- Merrick Friedman has served as our Chief Investment Officer and Corporate Secretary since February 2021. He will also serve as one of our directors following the completion of this offering. Mr. Friedman joined Welcan Capital in June 2019. Prior to joining Welcan now Achari Ventures, Mr. Friedman spent over four years at Long Pond Capital, from January 2015 to early 2019 an approximately $3 billion long / short equity hedge fund focused on fundamental and value-oriented investing. Before joining Long Pond, from 2013 to 2014 Mr. Friedman was at The Raine Group, or Raine, a global merchant bank. At Raine, he was responsible for providing mergers and acquisitions advisory services and evaluating growth equity investments in the media, entertainment and telecommunications industries. While at Raine, Mr. Friedman completed over $30 billion in transaction value. Mr. Friedman began his career in 2012 at Deutsche Bank in the Natural Resources Investment Banking group. He graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
- Mitchell Hara
Mitchell Hara是我们的首席运营官和首席财务官。Hara先生是一位成功的公司高管,投资银行家和投资者,在大麻,消费品和零售行业的动态和破坏性环境中拥有超过30年的经营经验。在他的整个职业生涯中,他在合并,收购,资产剥离,重组,杠杆收购以及结构性债务和股权融资中发起,结构化和谈判超过600亿美元,并在公共和私人公司的执行职位上帮助创造了超过12亿美元的股东价值。从2019年3月至2021年3月,Hara先生担任Hand In Hand Soap或HIHS的高级顾问,HIHS是一家高增长,以ESG为中心的个人护理品牌,致力于可持续发展和回馈,他还担任该公司的临时首席执行官从2020年9月至2020年12月。从2019年到2020年,Hara先生在Clever Leaves International,Inc.(前身为Northern Swan Holdings,纳斯达克代码:CLVR)担任顾问5个月后,担任同一家公司的并购和业务开发主管,他被认为是全球范围内最大的有执照的大麻种植者和提取者之一,在那里他负责公司的所有投资,收购和业务开发工作。连同他的其他咨询工作,Hara先生拥有3年的大麻行业经验。从2016年到2018年,Hara先生担任Beekman1802的首席执行官,这是一家高增长的优质品牌消费品公司,他在该公司发起并执行了对其最大被许可人的收购,创造了巨大的股东价值。从2011年到2015年,Hara先生担任HSN, Inc.的企业战略/并购高级副总裁,该公司当时是一家上市公司,现在是Qurate Retail Group(纳斯达克市场代码:QRTEA)的一部分。在HSN,Inc.Hara先生推出了其风险投资孵化器,通过并购优化了其目录投资组合,并启动和实施了其股息和股票回购计划,创造了可观的股东价值。在他的经营生涯之前,Hara先生从2007年到2010年是Peter J. SolomonCompany并购和重组集团的董事总经理,从1996年到1999年是副董事。从2004年到2007年,Hara先生担任花旗集团专业零售投资银行业务主管。从2003年到2004年,他是Hill Street Capital的高级成员。从1999年到2001年,Hara先生是Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.零售投资银行集团的董事。从1993年到1996年,他是Wasserstein Perella&Co.,Inc.消费者并购集团的合伙人。Hara先生的职业生涯始于1986年至1989年担任Citicorp Investment Bank的财务分析师,负责杠杆融资和银团,并于1989年至1991年被借调至东京的Citicorp International,KK,负责建立私募和贷款银团。他目前在Grand Slam Partners,Greenwave Advisors,Kirsh Helmets和IBP Institute的咨询委员会任职,是HBS Start Up Partners的导师,也是HBS Alumni Angels of Greater New York的成员。Hara先生拥有哈佛商学院的工商管理硕士学位和雪城大学的金融学士学位。
Mitchell Hara is our Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Hara is an accomplished corporate executive, investment banker and investor with over 30 years of experience operating in dynamic and disruptive environments in the cannabis, consumer products and retail industries. Throughout his career, he has originated, structured and negotiated over $60 billion in mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, restructurings, leveraged buyouts and structured debt and equity financings, and has helped create over $1.2 billion in shareholder value in executive roles in public and private companies. From March 2019 to March 2021 Mr. Hara served as Senior Advisor at Hand In Hand Soap, or HIHS, a high-growth, ESG-centric personal care brand with a dedicated mission of sustainability and give-back, where he also served as Interim Chief Executive Officer from September 2020 to December 2020. on a global scale, where he was responsible for all of the company's investments, acquisitions and business development efforts. Together with his other consulting endeavors, Mr. Hara has 3 years of cannabis industry experience. From 2016 to 2018 Mr. Hara was Chief Executive Officer of Beekman 1802 a high-growth, premium branded consumer products company, where he originated and executed the acquisition of its largest licensee, creating immense stockholder value. From 2011 to 2015 Mr. Hara was SVP of Corporate Strategy/Mergers and Acquisitions at HSN, Inc., then a publicly traded company, and now part of Qurate Retail Group (NASDAQ: QRTEA). At HSN, Inc. Mr. Hara launched its VC Incubator, optimized its catalog portfolio via mergers and acquisitions, and initiated and implemented its dividend and share buyback programs, creating substantial stockholder value. Prior to his operating career, Mr. Hara was a Managing Director in the Mergers & Acquisitions and Restructuring Group at Peter J. Solomon Company, from 2007 through 2010 and an Associate Director from 1996 to 1999. From 2004 to 2007 Mr. Hara was Head of Specialty Retail Investment Banking at Citigroup. From 2003 to 2004 he was a Senior Member at Hill Street Capital. From 1999 through 2001 Mr. Hara was a Director in the Retail Investment Banking Group at Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. From 1993 through 1996 he was an Associate in the Consumer M&A Group at Wasserstein Perella & Co., Inc. Mr. Hara began his career as a Financial Analyst at Citicorp Investment Bank in Leveraged Finance and Syndication from 1986 through 1989 and was seconded to Citicorp International, KK, in Tokyo, to build the Private Placement & Loan Syndication desk from 1989 to 1991. He currently serves on the advisory boards at Grand Slam Partners, GreenWave Advisors, Kirsh Helmets and IBP Institute, and is a mentor at HBS Start Up Partners and a member of HBS Alumni Angels of Greater New York. Mr. Hara has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS in Finance from Syracuse University.- Mitchell Hara是我们的首席运营官和首席财务官。Hara先生是一位成功的公司高管,投资银行家和投资者,在大麻,消费品和零售行业的动态和破坏性环境中拥有超过30年的经营经验。在他的整个职业生涯中,他在合并,收购,资产剥离,重组,杠杆收购以及结构性债务和股权融资中发起,结构化和谈判超过600亿美元,并在公共和私人公司的执行职位上帮助创造了超过12亿美元的股东价值。从2019年3月至2021年3月,Hara先生担任Hand In Hand Soap或HIHS的高级顾问,HIHS是一家高增长,以ESG为中心的个人护理品牌,致力于可持续发展和回馈,他还担任该公司的临时首席执行官从2020年9月至2020年12月。从2019年到2020年,Hara先生在Clever Leaves International,Inc.(前身为Northern Swan Holdings,纳斯达克代码:CLVR)担任顾问5个月后,担任同一家公司的并购和业务开发主管,他被认为是全球范围内最大的有执照的大麻种植者和提取者之一,在那里他负责公司的所有投资,收购和业务开发工作。连同他的其他咨询工作,Hara先生拥有3年的大麻行业经验。从2016年到2018年,Hara先生担任Beekman1802的首席执行官,这是一家高增长的优质品牌消费品公司,他在该公司发起并执行了对其最大被许可人的收购,创造了巨大的股东价值。从2011年到2015年,Hara先生担任HSN, Inc.的企业战略/并购高级副总裁,该公司当时是一家上市公司,现在是Qurate Retail Group(纳斯达克市场代码:QRTEA)的一部分。在HSN,Inc.Hara先生推出了其风险投资孵化器,通过并购优化了其目录投资组合,并启动和实施了其股息和股票回购计划,创造了可观的股东价值。在他的经营生涯之前,Hara先生从2007年到2010年是Peter J. SolomonCompany并购和重组集团的董事总经理,从1996年到1999年是副董事。从2004年到2007年,Hara先生担任花旗集团专业零售投资银行业务主管。从2003年到2004年,他是Hill Street Capital的高级成员。从1999年到2001年,Hara先生是Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.零售投资银行集团的董事。从1993年到1996年,他是Wasserstein Perella&Co.,Inc.消费者并购集团的合伙人。Hara先生的职业生涯始于1986年至1989年担任Citicorp Investment Bank的财务分析师,负责杠杆融资和银团,并于1989年至1991年被借调至东京的Citicorp International,KK,负责建立私募和贷款银团。他目前在Grand Slam Partners,Greenwave Advisors,Kirsh Helmets和IBP Institute的咨询委员会任职,是HBS Start Up Partners的导师,也是HBS Alumni Angels of Greater New York的成员。Hara先生拥有哈佛商学院的工商管理硕士学位和雪城大学的金融学士学位。
- Mitchell Hara is our Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Hara is an accomplished corporate executive, investment banker and investor with over 30 years of experience operating in dynamic and disruptive environments in the cannabis, consumer products and retail industries. Throughout his career, he has originated, structured and negotiated over $60 billion in mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, restructurings, leveraged buyouts and structured debt and equity financings, and has helped create over $1.2 billion in shareholder value in executive roles in public and private companies. From March 2019 to March 2021 Mr. Hara served as Senior Advisor at Hand In Hand Soap, or HIHS, a high-growth, ESG-centric personal care brand with a dedicated mission of sustainability and give-back, where he also served as Interim Chief Executive Officer from September 2020 to December 2020. on a global scale, where he was responsible for all of the company's investments, acquisitions and business development efforts. Together with his other consulting endeavors, Mr. Hara has 3 years of cannabis industry experience. From 2016 to 2018 Mr. Hara was Chief Executive Officer of Beekman 1802 a high-growth, premium branded consumer products company, where he originated and executed the acquisition of its largest licensee, creating immense stockholder value. From 2011 to 2015 Mr. Hara was SVP of Corporate Strategy/Mergers and Acquisitions at HSN, Inc., then a publicly traded company, and now part of Qurate Retail Group (NASDAQ: QRTEA). At HSN, Inc. Mr. Hara launched its VC Incubator, optimized its catalog portfolio via mergers and acquisitions, and initiated and implemented its dividend and share buyback programs, creating substantial stockholder value. Prior to his operating career, Mr. Hara was a Managing Director in the Mergers & Acquisitions and Restructuring Group at Peter J. Solomon Company, from 2007 through 2010 and an Associate Director from 1996 to 1999. From 2004 to 2007 Mr. Hara was Head of Specialty Retail Investment Banking at Citigroup. From 2003 to 2004 he was a Senior Member at Hill Street Capital. From 1999 through 2001 Mr. Hara was a Director in the Retail Investment Banking Group at Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. From 1993 through 1996 he was an Associate in the Consumer M&A Group at Wasserstein Perella & Co., Inc. Mr. Hara began his career as a Financial Analyst at Citicorp Investment Bank in Leveraged Finance and Syndication from 1986 through 1989 and was seconded to Citicorp International, KK, in Tokyo, to build the Private Placement & Loan Syndication desk from 1989 to 1991. He currently serves on the advisory boards at Grand Slam Partners, GreenWave Advisors, Kirsh Helmets and IBP Institute, and is a mentor at HBS Start Up Partners and a member of HBS Alumni Angels of Greater New York. Mr. Hara has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS in Finance from Syracuse University.