Phivida Holdings Inc. has announced new appointments to its Board of Directors and Executive management team.
Peter Simeon LLB, an active Phivida Board member, has been appointed as the chairman of the Board of Directors. Simeon is a partner of Gowling WLG Law specializing in corporate, commercial and securities law.
Simeon has extensive experience as an officer and director of public companies, including as a chairman, and his legal practice is focused on corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, and structure. He holds a BA degree from Queens University and earned his law degree at York University, Osgoode Hall.
The company is also pleased to appoint Vito Piazza to the Board of Directors. Piazza is a founding partner of the Toronto office of Sid Lee, a Montreal-based creative advertising agency operating globally for internationally recognized brands. Piazza earned his bachelors degree in marketing and his MBA from McGill University.
Jim Bailey assumes the role of president, in addition to his current role as CEO. John-David Belfontaine will continue his role as a Board member, and assumes the role of VP of Corporate Development. George Kovalyov continues as the company’s VP of Finance, and will step down from the Board for proper corporate governance and financial reporting requirements.
“Since launching as a public company in late 2017, Phivida continues to develop a specialized management team and to exercise good corporate governance at both the Board of Directors and Executive management levels,” said Mr. Bailey. “We continue to ready ourselves for the significant opportunities that lay ahead as the entire industry undergoes sweeping legal and regulatory changes in U.S. and Canada. We are pleased to welcome Vito to our Board, who brings a wealth of strategic brand building know-how, acquired over 20 years of international experience. Our shareholders will continue to benefit from Peter’s expertise in stewarding good corporate governance as we continue our growth in the rapidly emerging cannabis and CBD markets.”
