Tilting Capital (TLL.H-V) Appointments To The Board Of Directors And CEO
May 7, '20 -NR
Tilting Capital Corp. has appointed Adam Cegielski as chief executive officer and a director of the company and Joel Shaker to the board of directors.
Mr. Cegielski has over 20 years of experience in the venture capital industry ranging from mineral exploration, technology, health care and education. He started his career developing an industrial mineral project in Uganda that he later sold to Rio Tinto PLC in 2007. Mr. Cegielski was then founding director of Cayden Resources Inc., which was sold to Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. for $205-million in November, 2014. He is currently founder, chief executive officer and director of Eyecarrot Innovations Corp., a neurotechnology company focused on driving higher levels of human performance through its Binovi technology. Eyecarrot was founded in 2014 and has developed and commercialized the Binovi platform, which is now used in over 20 counties and by elite athletes globally.
Mr. Shacker has worked extensively in the cannabis and finance space over the past six years. Taking over as chief executive officer of Primary Energy Metals in early 2019, Mr. Shacker implemented a new vision for the company. Under his guidance, the company transitioned from a mining and acquisition asset to a vertically integrated fully licensed non-psychoactive cannabidiol (CBD) business based out of Vancouver, B.C., now Mota Ventures Corp., with wholly owned subsidiaries in Colombia. Under his current tenure, Mr. Shacker has overseen and been intimately involved in several critical milestones for the company. These include the acquisition of a fully licensed Colombian producer, Ihuana, and onboarding Sativida, a premium leader in the European CBD space, as well the acquisition of First Class CBD. In early 2020, Mr. Shacker transitioned his role from CEO to president. As president, Mr. Shacker works to execute the long-term vision to build Mota Ventures into a leader in the non-psychoactive cannabis space globally. Mr. Shacker is currently the CEO of RewardStream Solutions Inc and previously sat on the board of directors for publicly trading cannabis lifestyle company Weekend Unlimited Inc. Mr. Shacker holds a business administration degree (honours) from Ivey Business School, specializing in finance.
The appointment of the new board members is subject to the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange. In connection with the appointments, the company also announces the resignation from the board of Ross Wilmot and Kenneth Taylor. The company thanks Mr. Wilmot and Mr. Taylor for their service and wishes them the best in their future endeavours.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTOR
STILTING CAPITAL CORP.
Adam CegielskiChief Executive Officer
For further information contact:
Adam Cegielski
Telephone: (905) 510-8890 |
