Management
Marc Aneed
President & Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Aneed is an award-winning natural/wellness consumer products expert with a 20-year career in CPG, starting at The Quaker Oats Company/PepsiCo and working on iconic brands such as Gatorade and more. Prior to Eat Well, Mr. Aneed was at Glanbia PLC, a global nutrition company where he led Amazing Grass, a leading plant nutrition & supplement company with over $100M in retail sales, winning multiple corporate and industry awards for brand growth. Mr. Aneed also led Glanbia’s Sports Nutrition brands in North America, including Optimum Nutrition and Isopure, with over $750M in retail sales. He has launched dozens of successful consumer products driving over $1B in retail sales collectively, with scale in eCommerce where he oversaw the #1 portfolio of fast-growing Sports Nutrition brands and the #1 Greens Superfood on Amazon. Mr. Aneed holds an MBA from the Kellogg School at Northwestern University and a BA from the University of Pennsylvania.
Mark Coles
Chief Investment Officer
Mr. Coles is a veteran CPG senior executive specializing in the plant-based foods sector. Mr. Coles has spearheaded global plant-based start-up initiatives for the past decade, culminating in a 2020 acquisition from an international New York Stock Exchange-listed food ingredient company. Mark has over 25 years of experience in CPG-focused strategy, mergers & acquisitions, and project financing and will be instrumental in evaluating potential opportunities for the Company. Mark has extensive experience working in Canada with government agencies, domestic and international CPG distributors, food incubators, and the agricultural community.
Patrick Dunn
Vice President, Finance
Patrick Dunn, CPA, is a founding partner of Dunn, Pariser & Peyrot. He has a track record of building highly successful agribusinesses throughout North America and other international jurisdictions. As a partner of one of the top business management firms in Los Angeles, Mr. Dunn believes the business of plant-based nutrition will drive profitability through its unique properties in various business channels in food, cosmetics, and healthcare worldwide. As a testimony to his business portfolio work, Mr. Dunn and his firm have won multiple industry awards for accounting, finance, and business management.
Barry Didato
Vice President, Strategy
Mr. Didato is focused on the development of strategic revenue channels, sales partnerships, and international distribution. Mr. Didato brings extensive strategic sales capabilities and an extensive network of contacts in the industry. He served for 18+ years as a senior advisor for several ultra-high net worth family offices and numerous innovative wellness, nutrition, medical, and food businesses.
Board of Directors
Marc Aneed
President & Director
Mr. Aneed is an award-winning natural/wellness consumer products expert with a 20-year career in CPG, starting at The Quaker Oats Company/PepsiCo and working on iconic brands such as Gatorade and more. Prior to Eat Well, Mr. Aneed was at Glanbia PLC, a global nutrition company where he led Amazing Grass, a leading plant nutrition & supplement company with over $100M in retail sales, winning multiple corporate and industry awards for brand growth. Mr. Aneed also led Glanbia’s Sports Nutrition brands in North America, including Optimum Nutrition and Isopure, with over $750M in retail sales. He has launched dozens of successful consumer products driving over $1B in retail sales collectively, with scale in eCommerce where he oversaw the #1 portfolio of fast-growing Sports Nutrition brands and the #1 Greens Superfood on Amazon. Mr. Aneed holds an MBA from the Kellogg School at Northwestern University and a BA from the University of Pennsylvania.
Daniel Brody
Director
Mr. Brody brings 15 years of investment industry experience to Eat Well. Mr. Brody has been instrumental in capitalizing and publicly listing world-class companies, raising over $750,000,000 for five early-stage companies. Mr. Brody was licensed as an investment advisor in 2008 and spent six years at two leading independent Canadian brokerage firms. He holds a Chartered Investment Manager designation from the Canadian Securities Institute.
Patrick Dunn
Chief Financial Officer & Corporate Secretary
Patrick Dunn, CPA, is a founding partner of Dunn, Pariser & Peyrot. He has a track record of building highly successful agribusinesses throughout North America and other international jurisdictions. As a partner of one of the top business management firms in Los Angeles, Mr. Dunn believes the business of plant-based nutrition will drive profitability through its unique properties in various business channels in food, cosmetics, and healthcare worldwide. As a testimony to his business portfolio work, Mr. Dunn and his firm have won multiple industry awards for accounting, finance, and business management.
Nick Grafton
Director
Mr. Grafton has over 14 years of investment, finance, and public markets experience. Mr. Grafton was previously a Portfolio Manager, managing both cannabis and energy portfolios for a Canadian-based hedge fund. Prior to asset management, he worked as an Investment Banker at Canaccord Genuity Corp., where he helped finance and advise small to mid-cap companies. He is a CFA charter holder and has a degree from Michigan State University, with a major in finance.
Desmond Balakrishnan
Director
Mr. Balakrishnan is an experienced capital market and securities lawyer with extensive
experience advising clients in the food, beverage, agribusiness, gaming, entertainment and
hospitality sectors. He is one of the leading lawyers in Canada in gaming law and is recognized
in numerous legal directories for his work in these industries, most recently legal counsel for
Great Canadian Gaming. With a broad scope of expertise, Mr. Balakrishnan advises on private
equity investments, public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, and listed company maintenance.
He also acts as counsel on new issues and listings on all Canadian stock exchanges and
interlistings with several international exchanges. He is the national leader of McMillan's gaming
group.
experience advising clients in the food, beverage, agribusiness, gaming, entertainment and
hospitality sectors. He is one of the leading lawyers in Canada in gaming law and is recognized
in numerous legal directories for his work in these industries, most recently legal counsel for
Great Canadian Gaming. With a broad scope of expertise, Mr. Balakrishnan advises on private
equity investments, public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, and listed company maintenance.
He also acts as counsel on new issues and listings on all Canadian stock exchanges and
interlistings with several international exchanges. He is the national leader of McMillan's gaming
group.
Matthew Fish
Director
Mr. Fish is a practising securities lawyer focused on technology and resource issuers. He has
extensive experience with respect to public companies, capital markets and other facets
fundamental to issuers in emerging sectors. After beginning his legal career as a lawyer working
at prominent Toronto law firms, he spent two years in-house with a Canadian issuer traded on
the Canadian Securities Exchange. In 2018, Mr. Fish started his law firm, focused on advising
public companies on corporate and securities law matters, including regulatory compliance,
stock exchange listings and risk management. Mr. Fish has acted as officer and director of other
publicly and privately held companies, and was called to the Ontario bar in 2012.
extensive experience with respect to public companies, capital markets and other facets
fundamental to issuers in emerging sectors. After beginning his legal career as a lawyer working
at prominent Toronto law firms, he spent two years in-house with a Canadian issuer traded on
the Canadian Securities Exchange. In 2018, Mr. Fish started his law firm, focused on advising
public companies on corporate and securities law matters, including regulatory compliance,
stock exchange listings and risk management. Mr. Fish has acted as officer and director of other
publicly and privately held companies, and was called to the Ontario bar in 2012.
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