Choom Appoints Vice President of People & Culture

Canada NewsWire

VANCOUVER, Sept. 17, 2019

VANCOUVER, Sept. 17, 2019 /CNW/ - Choom™ (CSE: CHOO; OTCQB: CHOOF), an emerging adult use cannabis company that has secured one of the largest national retail networks in Canada, is pleased to announce that it has appointed Daphne Kao as Vice President of People & Culture. Daphne joins Choom with over 10 years of Human Resources experience in both corporate and start-up environments across the real estate, technology, E-Commerce and retail industries. 

Most recently, Daphne was the Head of People & Culture at Knixwear, an E-Commerce women's apparel company based out of Toronto with retail pop-up stores.  At Knixwear, Daphne was accountable for the foundational build out of all HR processes, policies and programs, the day-to-day HR operations and leading all culture initiatives.  Prior to Knixwear, Daphne was at Aritzia where she led as the HR partner for various areas of the business during her tenure, including Retail Operations, Customer Service, Store Development, E-Commerce, Marketing and Retail Stores in Ontario.  Daphne's previous experience also touched on the technology sector, having led the Canadian HR function for AOL (now Verizon Media).  Daphne holds an Honours Bachelor of Science from the University of Toronto, is a Certified Human Resources Leader, and has been trained through the Coaches Training Institute. 

Corey Gillon, President of Choom states, "We are thrilled to be able to attract someone of Daphne's caliber to Choom.  Daphne has had the opportunity to work with some of Canada's most admired and respected brands.  She understands how to develop and execute on an HR strategy both at the corporate and start-up level.  As one of the key executives in our business, she will enable us to deliver on our immediate and long-term plans."

Say hello to Choom™
Choom™ is an emerging adult use cannabis company whose mission is to establish one of the largest retail networks in Canada. The Choom brand is inspired by Hawaii's "Choom Gang"—a group of buddies in Honolulu during the 1970's who loved to smoke weed—or as the locals called it, "Choom". Evoking the spirit of the original Choom Gang, our brand caters to the Canadian adult use market with the ethos of 'cultivating good times'. Choom™ is focused on delivering an elevated customer experience through our curated retail environments, offering a diversity of brands for Canadians across a national retail network. 

"Chris Bogart"
Chief Executive Officer

Cautionary Statement:

NEITHER THE CANADIAN SECURITIES EXCHANGE NOR ITS REGULATIONS SERVICES PROVIDER HAVE REVIEWED OR ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THIS RELEASE.  

Forward-looking information          
This news release contains forward-looking information relating to the Company's proposed activities and other statements that are not historical facts. Forward-looking information relates to management's future outlook and anticipated events or results, and include statements or information regarding the future plans or prospects of the Company. Although management of the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward looking information, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. These factors include risks and uncertainties associated with or arising as a result of delays in obtaining or an inability to obtain required regulatory approvals, access to sufficient quantities of cannabis, the results of diligence investigations, the actions of third parties, the results of negotiations with third parties, developments in the cannabis sector, the ability to access sufficient capital from internal and external sources, reliance on key personnel, regulatory risks and delays and other risks and uncertainties discussed in the management discussion and analysis section of the Company's interim and most recent annual financial statement or other reports and filings, including those made with the CSE and applicable Canadian securities regulators. There can be no assurance that such forward looking information will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward looking information.

SOURCE Choom Holdings Inc.

View original content to download multimedia: http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/September2019/17/c2011.html