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Third party attestation or validation is a strong level of comfort afforded to the typical retail investor because of the tendency for confirmation bias to creep into decisions. Tilray and VIVO have done their due diligence as has ATB Financial, based on a thorough due diligence have invested in Westleaf.
From day 1, we have stressed the importance of investing in the team. Tilray, VIVO, and ATB Financial have done just that as have all of the current investors in Westleaf. A cursory review of their Board and Executive team is all that is needed to understand why. I encourage you to read the biographies provided in material and on its wesbite, these two are indicative of the leadership qualities:
Scott Hurd
Founder, President, Chief Executive Officer & Director
Scott is a co-founder of Westleaf and brings significant leadership, business development, and principal investing / capital markets expertise. Prior to Westleaf, Scott served as the Vice President of Business Development at Grafton Asset Management, a leading Canadian asset management firm where he was involved in raising, investing and managing over $1 bn of capital focused on real-asset investments in North America. Previously, Scott worked for Macquarie Energy Capital’s principal investing group where he focused on the origination and execution of investments in domestic and international structured and mezzanine debt, public and private equities, and joint venture transactions. Scott has also worked for CIBC World Markets in the global energy investment banking group. Scott is a CFA Charterholder and holds a Bachelor of Commerce with a major in Finance from the University of Calgary.
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