The Valens Company Inc. announced the appointment of and Adam Shea as its Chief Commercial Officer, effective May 17, 2021. Additionally, the Company also announced that it has nominated Dr. Guy Beaudin, Senior Partner at RHR nternational, and Drew Wolff, former Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, International and Channel Development at Starbucks Coffee Company, to stand for election to its Board of Directors (the "Board") at the Annual General and Special Meeting of the Shareholders of The Valens Company (the "Meeting") to be held on May 25, 2021. Nitin Kaushal has decided not to stand for re-election to the Board and his term as member of the Board will conclude on May 25, 2021, after having served the Company as a valued Independent Director since 2018. Most recently, he served as the Vice President, General Manager - North American Foodservice of leading bakery company Weston Foods Ltd., where he developed commercial strategies for a complex portfolio of bakery categories among some of the top food fast-food chains, operators, and distributors across Canada and the US. In his prior role with Weston Foods, Adam led the North American sales strategy group which included customer insights and shopper marketing, trade marketing, category management, sales planning and commercialization.