Greenlane Holdings, Inc. (“Greenlane”) (NASDAQ:GNLN) and KushCo Holdings, Inc. (”KushCo”) (OTCQX:KSHB) today announced the enterprise leadership team that will helm the proposed combined Greenlane and KushCo businesses following the consummation of the proposed merger (the “Transaction”).
As previously announced, Nick Kovacevich will lead the combined company as Chief Executive Officer. Greenlane’s Bill Mote will serve as Chief Financial Officer, with Greenlane Co-founder Aaron LoCascio serving as President and Greenlane Co-founder Adam Schoenfeld serving as Chief Strategy Officer.
Additionally, the following executives will join the combined company’s enterprise leadership team, reporting to Nick Kovacevich:
- William (Bill) Bine, Chief Operating Officer
- Rhiana Barr, Chief People Officer
- Douglas Fischer, General Counsel
- Richard Finlow, Managing Director, Europe
- Michael Cellucci, President CPG Sales
- Andrew Goodman, SVP Packaging
Additional senior leadership positions of the combined company will be named at a later date.
“We are thrilled to be assembling a best-in-class leadership team with decades of combined experience in cannabis and CPG. Collectively, we will form a leading ancillary cannabis company in our industry,” said Nick Kovacevich, KushCo’s Co-founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer.” This team is fully capable of leading the combined organization and executing on our core strategies, which include building a world-class product and service platform, cross-selling to our complementary customer bases, and providing enhanced value to our amazing customers as they continue to expand and as the industry continues to evolve. This is an exciting and major step forward in the integration planning process, and I look forward to continue working with the rest of the leadership team to complete the planning process, build upon our high-performance teams and people first culture, and set the combined company up for success starting on day one.”
The companies anticipate that the Transaction will close by late second quarter or early third quarter 2021, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of all closing conditions, including the receipt of all necessary regulatory and stockholder approvals.
