Plantify Foods Announces Two New Appointments to the Board of Directors • Nelson Voice

Vancouver, British Columbia – TheNewswire – January 17, 2024 – Plantify Foods, Inc. (TSXV:PTFY) (“Plantify Foods” or the “Company“) Plantify Foods (TSXV:PTFY), a Clean Label food company dedicated to providing consumers with nutritious and natural food options, is pleased to announce two new appointments to the Board of Directors (effective January 16, 2024). These new appointments reinforce Plantify Foods’ dedication to assembling a diverse and accomplished leadership team to drive the Company’s vision of innovating and creating clean, healthy, and delicious Clean Label foods.

New Appointments to Board of Directors

Plantify Foods is pleased to announce two new appointments to the Board of Directors.

Yehonatan Shachar has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Heroic Media Ltd., a digital marketing agency that works with top Israeli e-commerce brands since February 2020. Before this role, from June 2019 until February 2021, Mr. Shachar served as the CEO of Chiron Refineries, where he lead a merger with Upsellon brands. Mr. Shachar has an LLB in Law and M.B.A in Business from the IDC International University in Herzliya, Israel. Mr. Shachar’s proven track record of driving growth and innovation in his previous ventures makes him a valuable addition to Plantify Foods’ leadership team. Mr. Shachar also serves as a director of Clearmind Medicine Inc. (Nasdaq: CMND).

Gabriel Kabazo is a seasoned finance and operations professional with over 20 years’ experience supporting accounting, financing and IT operations in complex corporate settings. Since July 2022 Mr. Kabazo has served as CFO for Plantify Foods, Inc. Since August 2020 Mr. Kabazo has served as CFO for BYND Cannasoft Enterprises Inc. (NASDAQ: BCAN, CSE: BYND). Mr. Kabazo received a B.A. in Accounting & Economics from Tel Aviv University in 1997 and earned his C.P.A. (Israel) designation in 1999. In 2006 he earned an MBA (Financing) from the University of British Columbia, Sauder School of Business.

Mrs. Liat Sidi has stepped down as director effective January 11, 2024.

About Plantify Foods, Inc.

Plantify Foods is committed to providing consumers with nutritious, Clean Label food options while pioneering innovation in the food and beverage industry. The Company has a simple mission: to ensure that everyone has access to high quality food alternatives that are clean and healthy, are nutritious and tasty, use whole natural ingredients, and are easy to prepare.

Plantify Foods, through its wholly owned Israeli subsidiary, currently sells its diverse range of products in Israel, and is actively expanding its footprint across Europe and North America. With its new manufacturing facility, the Company can increase production and create new clean-label food products to meet the growing demand of health-conscious consumers from all walks of life.

If you have any questions or need more information, feel free to reach out via the contact details listed below.

Contacts

Gabriel Kabazo

Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary

Phone: (778) 601-8420

Email: [email protected]

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