Chill Brands Group PLC Ex Mars General Counsel for IP Joins Chill Board (8289Z)
January 27 2022 - 1:05AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMCHLL
RNS Number : 8289Z
Chill Brands Group PLC
27 January 2022
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONTAINS INSIDE INFORMATION FOR THE PURPOSES
OF REGULATION 11 OF THE MARKET ABUSE (AMENDMENT) (EU EXIT)
REGULATIONS 2019/310.
27 January 2022
Chill Brands Group plc
("Chill Brands" or the "Company")
Former General Counsel Intellectual Property for Mars Inc. and
Assistant General Counsel of Philip Morris Companies Joins Chill
Brands Group Board of Directors
Chill Brands Group ("Chill Brands" or the "Company") the
international consumer packaged goods company, is proud to announce
the appointment of Mr. Scott E. Thompson to its Board of Directors,
as an Independent Non-Executive Director.
Mr. Thompson has almost forty years of intellectual property law
experience and is recognized by the World Trademark Reporter as one
of the top 300 trademark attorneys in the world (1) . He was most
recently General Counsel, Intellectual Property/Marketing
Properties for Mars Inc., where he oversaw global intellectual
property/marketing properties for all of the Company's businesses,
and enhanced the global licensing and compliance program for all
Mars brands, including M&M's World Stores.
Mr. Thompson served as counsel for some of the world's largest
brands including Philip Morris Companies, Colgate-Palmolive and
GlaxoSmithKline. At GlaxoSmithKline, Mr. Thompson served as Vice
President, Global Trademarks, and as global head of a 50-person
tri-location trademark department responsible for trademark,
copyright, unfair competition, and Internet and Intranet matters
for the world's second-largest pharmaceutical and consumer
healthcare company.
At Colgate-Palmolive, he served as Vice President and Associate
General Counsel, where he managed the department responsible for
global trademark, copyright, unfair competition, and Internet
matters.
At Philip Morris, Mr. Thompson served as Assistant General
Counsel, where he was responsible for trademark, copyright, unfair
competition, and advertising issues, and had jurisdiction over
tobacco products worldwide and food, beer, clothing, and
miscellaneous products outside of the United States.
In addition to acting as the lead lawyer for a number of the
world's largest brands, Thompson was also a partner at the global
law firm Greenberg Traurig and is currently a partner and Co-Chair
of the Intellectual Property Team at Lippes Mathias LLP. His
education includes a degree in communications from Cornell
University and a Juris Doctor degree from Brooklyn Law School.
Mr. Thompson commented, "I am pleased to be joining the Chill
Brands Board and look forward to working with the expert team they
are building. Chill is a powerful brand that has the potential to
become a household name. It requires a robust strategy to protect
its intellectual property and reach its true potential as a CPG
company. As a non-executive director, my task now is to keep the
team accountable and guide the Company as it grows."
Co-CEO and Founder of Chill Brands, Trevor Taylor, said: "We are
excited to welcome Scott E. Thompson to Chill Brands and are
confident in his ability to guide the Company as it becomes a
global consumer packaged goods brand. His appointment to the Board
shows that we are serious about our commitment to corporate
governance. When building a world class brand, you must have best
in class experience, talent and leadership. We have all three in
Scott E. Thompson."
The Board is considering a share-based compensation package in
relation to Mr. Thompson's appointment. Further details will be
announced in due course.
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(1)
(https://www.ip-portunity.com/our-team/scott-e-thompson/)
About Chill Brands Group PLC
Chill Brands Group plc is an international company focused on
the development, production, and distribution of best-in-class
hemp-derived CBD products, tobacco alternatives and other consumer
packaged goods (CPG) products. The Company operates primarily in
the US, where its products are distributed online and via some of
the nation's most recognisable convenience retail outlets. The
Group's strategy is anchored around lifestyle marketing that is
designed to enhance the popularity of its products, channelling
visitors to its landmark chill.com website.
More about Scott Thompson (www.viridianca.com/team/scott-thompson)
Publication on website
A copy of this announcement is also available on the Group's
website at http://www.chillbrandsgroup.com
Media enquiries:
Chill Brands Group plc contact@chillbrandsgroup.com
Allenby Capital Limited (Financial
Adviser and Broker) +44 (0) 20 3328 5656
Nick Harriss/Nick Naylor (Corporate
Finance)
Kelly Gardiner (Equity Sales)
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