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 Vice President and Chief Counsel, M&A and Licensing at Pfizer. Her work covers mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, venture capital investments, and other complex transactions, including cross-border and international deals. She has experience leading cross-functional teams and working with both internal groups and external partners.

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.

Michael McCain is an Executive Business Partner and Head of Office Operations at SE Ventures (Schneider Electric Ventures). Over more than 20 years, he has worked with executives at organizations including Google, Meta, Silver Lake, and TCV, focusing on executive operations, strategic planning, workplace operations, executive communications, and cross-functional execution. His work includes an interest in the application of AI to executive partnership and operational workflows.

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.

Alexandria Gentry is Senior Vice President, Marketing & Innovation at Maple Leaf Foods Inc, where she leads a $2.5 billion North American Prepared Foods business with responsibility for revenue growth, margin, and brand-led innovation across Retail and Foodservice in Canada and the United States. Over more than 20 years, she has worked as a strategy consultant at Boston Consulting Group and held general management roles at Maple Leaf Foods spanning supply chain planning, marketing, and P&L leadership. Bilingual in English and French, she is based in Toronto and oversees initiatives including the Mighty Protein and Musafir platform launches, the Look for the Leaf campaign, and the company's role as Team Canada's Official Protein Partner.

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

Jeb Spencer is President and Chief Operating Officer of Maple Leaf Foods Inc. (TSX: MFI), a publicly traded Canadian protein company with more than 12,000 employees. In this role, he oversees the company's Commercial functions—including Retail and Foodservice Sales, Marketing, R&D, and Revenue Management—as well as its Manufacturing, Engineering, and Supply Chain teams, and serves as an officer of the company.

Nadeen Alzohri is Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Communications and Corporate Secretary at Maple Leaf Foods Inc. Her responsibilities span the Legal, Risk, Human Resources, and Communications functions, and she advises the Board, executive team, and employees. Her experience includes managing business acquisitions and supporting growth in emerging areas of the company.

Toshihiro Kishihara serves as Chief Technology Officer at Maple Leaf Foods Inc. His experience includes leading information systems organizations across multiple geographies and industries, including consumer packaged goods, aerospace and defense, chemical, and mining. He has managed global ERP implementations, mergers and acquisitions, outsourcing initiatives, and the design and construction of a manufacturing facility in Queretaro, Mexico.

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