Halo Collective Inc. announced the appointment of Avtar Dhaliwal and Quinn Field-Dyte to the Company's Board of Directors. Effective March 2, 2022, both will join the Board as independent non-executive directors. The Company also announced the resignation of Peter McRae and Andrew Turman from the Board. Mr. Avtar Dhaliwal is a third-generation farmer that has managed over 1,000 acres of land and overseen the growth and cultivation of a wide variety of cash crops for retail and wholesale across Canada. Recently, Mr. Dhaliwal was instrumental in navigating companies through compliance and regulatory hurdles of listing products and large-scale distribution. His experience will be an asset to Halo from seed to sale, including cultivation, extraction, manufacturing, distribution and quality control of cannabis flower, oils, and concentrates. Mr. Avtar has been appointed as Chair of Halo's Compensation Committee. Mr. Field-Dyte's career spans decades in the public markets. He has led financings of hundreds of millions of dollars, including recently being instrumental in a vegan start-up's successful $25-million financing.
Halo also announced that Peter McRae and Andrew Turman, who have served on Halo's Board since September 2018 and July 2019, respectively, have stepped down from the Board for personal reasons, including retirement and significant other responsibilities.