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Paul Gurney is a Managing Director at BMO Capital Markets in London, UK, leading BMO’s coverage of large institutional equity clients in Europe and Asia Pacific. Paul has 15 years of capital markets experience, researching companies, syndicating transactions, structuring deals, and providing value-added advice to institutional and corporate clients across multiple sectors. In early 2018, Bank of Montreal (BMO) became the first major bank to underwrite the cannabis sector, leading a US$175m equity financing for the world’s largest cannabis company, Canopy Growth. Paul has been closely involved in the sector in Europe ever since, helping raise US$153m for Tilray, the first ever NASDAQ listed cannabis company, and the third best performing IPO in the US in 2018. Paul spearheads BMO’s investment efforts for cannabis companies in Europe, and Australia, introducing investors to sector heavyweights like Aphria, Aurora, Canopy Growth and Tilray, while actively developing the next generation of pre-IPO cannabis companies. Paul’s early involvement in the sector has helped him develop a deep network of industry and client contacts, making him one of the thought leaders for the sector in Europe.

Catherine is UK Representative & Member of the Board of Advisors of the European Industrial Hemp Association. EIHA was formed 19 years ago and is the only pan-European membership organization in the industrial hemp sector. Our secretariat offices in Brussels and the UK representation protect and support our membership of 200+, primarily farmers, processors and manufacturers; representing the entire chain from seed to shelf. Our primary objective is to monitor EU/UK hemp related policies and to provide the decision makers with accurate and reliable information across different spheres of competencies. Currently we monitor the following policies: CAP reform, Hemp extracts/Novel Food regulation, THC limits in feed and food, Life Cycle Assessment of hemp materials, CO2 impacts, environmental concerns and cosmetics. In addition, EIHA formed the largest novel food consortium and pending a successful outcome, EIHA consortium member company’s products will be allowed to be marketed in the UK/EU with an exclusivity on the study that will last 5 years.

Mr Tamir is a cannabis entrepreneur with seven years of hands-on experience in multiple cannabis ventures and has vast experience in consulting for international cannabis projects. Mr Tamir began his career and built his reputation as a senior strategy consultant at Accenture. He is also the founder of Teva Nature, the leading vaporizer company in Israel.
Mr Tamir founded Kanabo Research in 2016 and since then has served as its CEO of the company. He has led the company to list on London Stock Exchange by way of RTO, formulating Kanabo Group, Plc as the first public medical cannabis company in the UK. His expertise includes biotechnology, new agriculture and agro-tech, and other breakthrough technologies in the dynamic field of Medical Cannabis.

Golan is leading the Univo Pharmceutical talented and experienced team. At Univo Pharmceutical we take pride in our work and strive for consistent excellence. Golan has over 20 years of senior managerial roles in the Israel Ministry of Defense and as an officer in the IDF Special Forces. Golan Implemented and managed large scale multi-million dollar projects for the Israel Government. ☘ Univo Pharmceutical – Our Goals is to grow high-quality cannabis, in particular, to develop new cannabis strains and produce a wide range of GMP grade cannabis-based products for distribution and export to international markets. ☘ Univo Pharmceutical- Using one of the largest *cannabis databases* we are able to cater to the individualized needs of our customers and match the specific multi-faceted cannabis strain best suited to their individual needs. ☘ Univo Pharmceutical- Innovative *scientific formulas* Provides wide range of cannabis-based products, which are developed using new and innovative *scientific formulas*.

Franziska Katterbach is an accomplished business executive and legal expert (zugelassene Rechtsanwältin) who brings extensive experience working within Europe’s emerging cannabis industry. After completing her legal studies at Universität Leipzig and Landgericht Darmstadt, Franziska joined the corporate law firm Dentons, where she was involved in high-profile deals in the cannabis sector across multiple jurisdictions. Franziska later served as Director of Legal for Canopy’s European operations, before joining Khiron. With 8+ years of regulatory expertise and 4+ as business executive in the European emerging cannabis industry, Franzska has well rounded knowledge in the industry. Franziska is considered a pioneer of the medical cannabis market in Germany, working in the medical cannabis industry in Europe on executive level since the very beginning in 2016.

High performance executive with extensive experience leading the development & execution of effective strategies across the healthcare sector.

Assisting Organisations improve Customer and Employee Engagement and manage Business Outcomes through the deployment of best in breed technology and consulting with an emphasis on building and maintaining strong relationships. For almost 30 years i have been supporting many Organisations achieve their business objectives of reducing/ removing cost, increasing revenues and sales and improving the way they interact with their Customers and employees.

Gari Gono is Head of Solutions for INSTANDA. Leading the global strategic platform roadmap he enables insurers, brokers and MGAs successfully design, build and deploy world-class digital insurance solutions that create value. Gari believes that no code digital insurance platforms are fundamental to transforming the insurance industry. He has deep domain insurance expertise following leading Solutions Architect and Technology Consultant roles at Zurich and Deloitte Digital. In addition to leading Solutions at INSTANDA, Gari is the podcast creator and host of ‘More Brown in Town, a podcast that addresses diversity and tackles conversations about racial diversity within the workplace.