Future Farm Names David Lenigas Non-Executive Chairman
February 20 2019 - 7:00AM
via NEWMEDIAWIRE -- Future Farm Technologies Inc. (the “Company” or
“Future Farm”) (
CSE: FFT) (
OTCQB:
FFRMF) is pleased to announce that it has agreed to expand
its board to add Mr. David Lenigas, who will serve as Non-Executive
Chairman. Future Farm will draw on Mr. Lenigas’s decades of
experience in building successful businesses to help evaluate the
numerous opportunities the Company is receiving for capital funding
and acquisitions, as well as to help assure that Future Farm’s
existing robust portfolio of cannabis businesses progress as
rapidly as possible.
Mr. Lenigas has extensive experience operating in global public
markets having served in a senior executive capacity on many public
company boards. Among his other positions, he currently serves as
Co-Chairman of LGC Capital, a Montreal-based company investing
internationally in facilities that allow for large scale
cultivation of cannabis and production of legal products within
regulatory environments that allow such activity, including Canada,
Australia, Jamaica, Italy and Switzerland. Mr. Lenigas served as
the Executive Chairman of Rare Earth Minerals plc until December
2015 and was responsible for the company’s significant involvement
in the discovery of the Sonora Lithium Project in Northern Mexico
with its joint venture partner Bacanora Minerals Limited. He also
served as Executive Chairman of London main board listed
conglomerate Lonrho Plc for seven years until September 2012 and
was responsible for its expansion into more than 20 countries in
Africa in sectors covering agriculture, infrastructure, hotels, IT
and aviation.
Mr. Lenigas holds a Bachelor of Applied Science
(Mining Engineering) with Distinction from Curtin University’s
Western Australian Kalgoorlie School of Mines and also holds an
unrestricted first class mine manager’s certificate from the Western
Australian Government. He still actively participates in the
resources industry, mainly in the oil and gas sectors in the UK and
Australia, and was responsible for the significant new oil
discovery near London’s Gatwick international Airport when he was
Executive Chairman of UK Oil & Gas Investments Plc.
“David’s track record in three key areas; capital
markets, growth by M&A and operations, and his extensive
experience in large agriculture operations and global
agri-logistics, will be a great addition to the Future Farm team as
we continue to grow operations and seek new opportunities,” says
William A. Gildea, CEO of Future Farm.
“Future Farm and its management have amassed an
incredible portfolio of US assets in the legal cannabis and CBD
sectors in California, Massachusetts, Florida, Maine, Puerto Rico
and Newfoundland, which are now primed for significant growth in
2019,” says Mr. Lenigas. “Also, with the passing of the 2018 US
Farm Bill, I see great potential to significantly expand Future
Farm’s operations into the fast growing high CBD and low THC
markets, especially when you see what is happening with the growth
of Cannabis Light and CBD products all over Europe. There is also a
great opportunity for Future Farm to actively pursue M&A
opportunities, as I see so many great US companies that are
significantly undervalued when compared to Canadian market
metrics.”
For further information, contact Investor
Relations at investor@futurefarmtech.com or (888)
387-3761 Ext. 710.
On behalf of the Board,
Future Farm Technologies Inc.
William Gildea, Director and CEO
About Future Farm Technologies
Inc.
Future Farm is a Canadian company with holdings
throughout North America including California, Massachusetts,
Florida, Maine, Puerto Rico and Newfoundland. The Company’s mission
is to advance sustainable agriculture through production of
wholesale and retail cannabis products, including hemp. As a leader
in its field, Future Farm is committed to using only the highest
quality processes and products. Towards this goal, the Company
acquires or partners with licensed cannabis operators, and acquires
or develops leading technologies in cannabis production, breeding,
genetics, and Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA). Future
Farm’s scalable, indoor CEA systems utilize minimal land, water and
energy resources. The Company holds an exclusive, worldwide license
to use a patented vertical farming technology that, when compared
to traditional plant production methods, generates yields up to 10
times greater per square foot of land.
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