Management

Irwin D. Simon is Chairman and Chief Executive officer at Tilray Brands, Inc (NASDAQ: TLRY), a leading lifestyle and consumer packaged goods company with a diversified portfolio of consumer brands across medical and adult-use cannabis, wellness foods, and beverages including craft beer, spirits, and cannabis drinks.  Tilray’s unprecedented platform operates in over 20 countries and leads across markets as the #1 medical and adult-use cancranabis company in Canada, the largest federally legal cannabis market in the world, #1 in medical cannabis across Europe, and 4th largest craft brewer in the United States.  Before Tilray, Mr. Simon transformed Aprhia Inc. into a profitable global cannabis company.  

A transformative entrepreneur for over four decades, Mr. Simon is recognized as a forefather of the organic and natural products industry.   In 1993, he founded The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAIN), a leading organic and natural products company which he led as Founder, President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman, for 30 years and grew to $3.5 billion with operations in North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, providing consumers with A Healthier Way of Life™.  

Denise Faltischek is Head of International Business and Chief Strategy Officer at Tilray, Inc.  Before joining Tilray, she served as Chief Strategy Officer at Aphria Inc. and led the Company’s global strategy, a pivotal role in establishing Aphria as a global cannabis leader. An executive with extensive consumer-packaged goods experience,  Ms. Faltischek also served as Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer at The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAIN), a leading organic and natural products company with operations in North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. At Hain Celestial, Ms. Faltischek led the successful completion of more than 50 acquisitions and strategic transactions.  As Chief Strategy Officer, Ms. Faltischek collaborates with Mr. Simon on Tilray’s global strategy as the Company scales its operations internationally and explores further opportunities in the United States as well as overseeing its acquisitions and other strategic transactions.   As the Head of International, Ms. Faltischek  oversees Tilray’s international businesses.  She is also a director and the chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee of Whole Earth Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ: FREE), a global industry-leading platform, focused on the “better for you” consumer packaged goods and ingredients space.

Carl Merton is Chief Financial Officer at Tilray, Inc.  He brings over 25 years of financial and business experience, with almost 12 years combined with Ernst & Young LLP and KPMG LLP.  Mr. Merton joins Tilray from Aphria Inc. where he led as Chief Financial Officer transforming the company into a global cannabis leader.  Prior to Aphria, he served as Vice-President, Special Projects at Atlas Tube Canada ULC and Chief Financial Officer of Reko International Group Inc. (TSXV: REK).  Mr. Merton is a Chartered Professional Accountant, Chartered Accountant and is a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Business Valuators (the “CICBV”). As the Chief Financial Officer of Tilray Inc., Mr. Merton is responsible for leading the finance department, strategic acquisitions and divestitures, budgeting, and internal controls.

Mr. Merton holds an Honours Bachelor of Commerce in Sports Administration from Laurentian University. In addition, Mr. Merton has served as a past Chair of both the CICBV and the International Association of Professional Business Valuators.

Mr. Gendel joined Tilray Brands in July 2021, as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. Prior to joining Tilray, Mitch served as General Counsel of Emerald Holding, Inc, from April 2020 until July 2021, where he was responsible for all legal affairs including corporate governance, securities and compliance and litigation matters. Mitch also briefly served as Chief Restructuring Officer of Steel Partners LLP, from November 2019 until June 2020. Prior to that Mitch was General Counsel for fifteen years MDC Partners, Inc., a global, publicly-held advertising and communications company.

With over 30 years of experience, Roger Savell joins Tilray Brands from Ernst & Young, where as an Audit Partner he managed corporate governance, Sarbanes-Oxley, accounting, and auditing issues, for a variety of public and private companies. Roger has extensive experience, holding leadership roles including head of the New York’s Strategic Growth Markets group and Venture Capital Advisory group, Partner-in-Charge of the New York’s Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year awards program as well as Ernst & Young’s Long Island Office Managing Partner.