John Griese

John Griese has over 25 years of experience in sales, manufacturing and supply chain with some of the world’s most successful food companies. Past roles include head of supply chain for Canada at Frito-Lay (a division of Pepsico), head of supply chain for a $4.5B frozen food division of Nestle USA, and Toronto-based Sofina Foods. Mr Griese worked in the world’s largest and most developed cannabis market as chief operating officer of Bloom Farms, a California-based manufacturer of cannabis and cannabis-derived products with strong brand recognition within the cannabis sector and was responsible for developing and putting in place structures and processes to support an effective end-to-end business operation and for assuring full compliance within the newly regulated industry.