HempFusion Wellness promotes Maria Leal to interim chief financial officer

HempFusion Wellness Inc (TSE:CBD.U) (OTCQX:CBDHF) (FRA:8OO), a top CBD and probiotic supplements company, said it has promoted Maria Leal, the company’s VP and controller, to interim chief financial officer (CFO). Leal holds a CPA and an MBA and has a strong track record in financial management having served in various senior financial accounting positions during her more than 20-year career. Leal has been with HempFusion since July 2019 and has been helping in every aspect of the company’s financial reporting. The Denver, Colorado-based health and wellness company thanked Bruce Valentine for his service to HempFusion. Valentine stepped down as CFO on June 16, 2021, due to the unexpected passing of his mother and the resulting duties that ensued. READ: HempFusion Wellness launches Probulin Probiotics products in Ireland “On behalf of the company and the employees of HempFusion, we send our deepest condolences to Bruce and his family for their loss,” HempFusion co-founder and CEO Jason Mitchell said in a statement. “I would like to thank Bruce for his contributions to the company. The board has begun a process to appoint a successor to Valentine and a further announcement will be made in due course. In the meantime, the board has full confidence that Ms Leal will succeed in shepherding HempFusion’s finance and accounting functions.” Mitchell noted that Leal has been “an integral part” of the development and implementation of HempFusion’s financial planning and accounting functions over the past several years. HempFusion Wellness enjoys high visibility as its family of brands — HempFusion, Probulin Probiotics, Biome Research, and HF Labs — are widely distributed to some 4,000 retailers spread across the US and international locations. Contact the author Uttara Choudhury at uttara@proactiveinvestors.com Follow her on Twitter: @UttaraProactive