Coming Sept 1st 2020 Zenabis Global Appoints Former President Of McCain Foods, Canada As CEO
Zenabis Global (TSX: ZENA) this morning announced the appointed of a permanent CEO, replacing Kevin Coft whom was in the role on an interim basis for a number of months now. Shai Altman, previously President of McCain Foods, Canada, will be taking over the role on a full time basis effective September 1, 2020.
Altman appears to be well experienced within the consumer packaged goods business, relative to that of many of his peers within the cannabis space. During his time at McCain, he was responsible for turning the operating around, resulting in the reversal of a decade-long sales decline and improvements in both margin and EBITDA growth.
Prior to McCain Foods, altman also spent time at Wrigley/Mars, where he cut his teeth as an executive in a number of roles. Here he served a number of roles, including General Manager of India, General Manager of Israel, as well as President of Wrigley Canada. Collectively, Altman has over 20 years worth of experience within the management of consumer packaged goods operations.