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Governmental Cannabis Retailer Welcomes First Female CEO
The governmental cannabis retail monopoly in the Canadian province of Quebec, the Société québécoise du cannabis (SQDC), has a new president and CEO.
Suzanne Bergeron will take up her duties on Nov. 27.
She has more than two decades of experience in strategic management, talent development and strategic planning of executive succession, having worked at worked at Sodexo.
Bergeron holds a McGill-HEC Montréal Executive MBA, governance training from the IGOPP (Institute for Governance of Private and Public Organizations) and an Executive Leadership Certificate from Cornell University.
Morocco Takes Charge Of Cannabis Regulations With New Director
In October, Moroccan King Mohammed VI named Mohamed El Guerrouj as the general director of the Morocco National Agency for Regulating Cannabis Related Activities (ANRAC). El Guerrouj has been temporarily in this role since September 2022.
King Mohammed VI and a council of ministers convened on Oct. 19 to address matters including the Morocco 2024 Finance Bill, international agreements and official appointments, reported by Morocco World News.
El Guerrouj began his career in 1991 at SOGETA, where he served as the deputy director for the Technical Department, followed by multiple high-ranking positions in the country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.
New Leadership At Massachusetts Cannabis Commission
Back in the U.S., the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission (CCC) recently named new Chief People Officer Debra Hilton-Creek as its acting executive director, until Shawn Collins gets back from a parental leave, reported NBC Boston.
The leadership change comes on the heels of the state treasurer Deborah Goldberg suspending Cannabis Control ...