Maple Leaf Foods strategic venture activity

Andreas Liris is Chief Technology Officer at Maple Leaf Foods Inc., serving as Chief Technology and Information Officer. His experience includes defining and executing multiyear IS strategies across multiple geographies and industries, including consumer packaged goods, aerospace and defense, chemical, and mining. He has led work spanning mergers and acquisitions, global ERP implementations in the Americas and Europe, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, outsourcing initiatives, and the design and construction of a greenfield manufacturing facility in Queretaro, Mexico.

Curtis Frank is President and Chief Executive Officer of Maple Leaf Foods Inc., where he has worked for more than 20 years. Raised on a farm in Saskatchewan, he has built his career in the agri-food industry.

Gillian Akai serves as Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Communications and Corporate Secretary at Maple Leaf Foods Inc. Her experience spans the legal, risk, human resources, and communications functions, and she has advised the company's board, executive team, and employees. Her work has included managing business acquisitions and supporting growth in emerging areas of the business.

Josh Kuehnbaum serves as Senior Vice President, Foodservice, Sales & Marketing at Maple Leaf Foods Inc (MFI:TSX). His areas of focus include general management, sales and strategic account relationship management, financial management, and supply chain and category management.

Jumoke Fagbemi is the Chief Human Resources Officer and Senior Vice President of People at Maple Leaf Foods Inc. Her experience spans the financial services, automotive, healthcare, pharmaceutical, and FMCG industries, including work on start-ups, mergers and acquisitions integration, organization design, and business process transformation.

Patrick Lutfy is Senior Vice President of Marketing & Innovation at Maple Leaf Foods Inc, where he leads a $2.5B North American Prepared Foods business with responsibility for revenue growth, margin, and brand-led innovation across retail and foodservice in Canada and the U.S. Over more than 20 years, he worked as a strategy consultant at Boston Consulting Group before spending the past decade in general management roles at Maple Leaf Foods spanning supply chain planning, marketing, and P&L leadership. His recent work includes platform launches such as Mighty Protein and Musafir, the Look for the Leaf campaign, and a partnership designating the company as Team Canada's Official Protein Partner. He is bilingual in English and French and based in Toronto.

Managing Director and Head of Investments at Rithm, quoted on the firm's operational infrastructure advantage in asset creation and management.

Toshihiro Kishihara is the Managing Partner of GxPartners LLP, which he founded in 2018, and formed the Kyushu Open Innovation Fund in 2019. He previously established the accelerator Startup GoGo Inc in 2016 and served as the first executive committee chairman of Startup Go!Go! in 2014. His earlier career included managing the consulting company Growth Assist (2009–2018), working in the IPO-focused underwriting division at D.Brain Securities (1999–2009), and a role in the corporate planning department of Yaohan (1997–1999).

Supports SE Ventures' Accelerator Program as an entrepreneur in residence, mentoring and driving operational value with Schneider Electric.