RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Awards Recognizes Eve & Co’s Melinda Rombouts as a ‘One to Watch’ Award Winner
November 21 2019 - 02:10PM
Eve & Co Incorporated (“Eve & Co” or the “Company”) (TSX-V:
EVE; OTCQX: EEVVF) Eve & Co is proud to announce that Melinda
Rombouts, President and CEO, accepted the Ones to Watch Award at
the 2019 RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Awards, presented by Women
of Influence, on Wednesday evening. The RBC Canadian Women
Entrepreneur Awards are the pre-eminent national business awards
recognizing the country’s leading female entrepreneurs.
“We are proud and honoured to recognize the incredible
achievements of this year’s award recipients,” says Alicia Skalin,
Co-CEO & Head of Events, Women of Influence. “As we embark on
the start of a new decade in 2020, the success that has been
achieved by this group of innovators and change makers is a strong
testament to the bright future of Canadian business.”
Melinda Rombouts was selected out of 9,000 nominees from across
Canada to submit an application to the judging committee and be
subject to a due diligence process by KPMG for the award. She is
recognized as an agricultural entrepreneur and the first woman
founder and CEO to receive a licence to cultivate under what is now
referred to as the Cannabis Act.
“I am very humbled to accept the 2019 RBC Women
of Influence Ones to Watch Award. At Eve, we put such emphasis on
supporting women both personally and professionally. Achievements
and milestones, such as this award, are a result of the hard work
and dedication of our amazing team.” said Melinda Rombouts,
President and Chief Executive Officer of Eve.
The 2019 RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Awards are presented by
RBC. Award sponsors include The Diversity Institute, RBC, TELUS and
our official Due Diligence partner KPMG.
ABOUT EVE & CO
Eve & Co, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Natural MedCo
Ltd., holds cultivation and processing licences under the Cannabis
Act (Canada) for the production and sale of various cannabis
products. Natural MedCo Ltd. was Canada’s first female founded
licensed producer of medicinal marijuana and received its
cultivation licence from Health Canada in 2016. Eve & Co is led
by a team of agricultural experts and has a 220,000 sq. ft.
greenhouse licensed for the production, processing and sales of
dried cannabis, cannabis plants and processing of cannabis oil
located in Strathroy, Ontario.
Eve & Co has completed construction of an additional 780,000
sq. ft. expansion, bringing Eve & Co’s total greenhouse
capacity to 1,000,000 sq. ft.
The Company’s website can be visited at www.evecannabis.ca.
ABOUT THE RBC CANADIAN WOMEN ENTREPRENEUR
AWARDS
The RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Awards are the pre-eminent
national business awards recognizing the country’s leading female
entrepreneurs. The awards are an initiative of Women of Influence,
an award-winning organization dedicated to advancing women
globally.
ABOUT WOMEN OF INFLUENCE
Women of Influence, now in its 25th year, is one of North
America’s leading organizations offering solutions to further
women’s career advancement. With courses in executive leadership,
global events, and print and digital content, Women of Influence
annually reaches over 300,000 professional women and men across
Canada and internationally. Signature events include the Women of
Influence Luncheon Series and the RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur
Awards. For more information, please visit
www.womenofinfluence.ca.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its regulation
services provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the
TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or
accuracy of this release.
For further information, please contact:
Melinda Rombouts President and Chief Executive Officer Eve &
Co Incorporated Telephone: (855) 628-6337
Landon Roedding Chief Financial Officer Eve & Co
Incorporated Telephone: (855) 628-6337
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