CannaPharmaRx, Inc. announced that the company has appointed a new CEO. Dean Medwid succeeds Domenic Colvin, who will stay with the company providing leadership and vision. Mr. Medwid assumed CEO duties earlier this month and will guide the company through its rapid growth phase.

Mr. Medwid is a dynamic senior operations executive with more than thirty years of experience in both public and private markets with a focus on scalable process engineering, brand development and strategic partnerships. He has been recognized with numerous business awards and accolades, including Profit 100's Top 100 in Canada, five years in a row while a partner in Seattle's Best Coffee, additionally was a awarded the recognition of being one of Vancouver's Top 40 Under 40. Mr. Medwid recently exited his prior company in the retail cannabis sector and looks forward to bringing that background to the company as they target new revenue opportunities this year.

His strengths include driving growth through the expansion of market segments and geography resulting in multi-year growth. Mr. Medwid also has extensive experience creating internal processes for departmental budgets, technology standards and human resource policies resulting in an engaged workforce as well as developing corporate governance aligned to generally accepted accounting principles. Mr. Medwid has a demonstrated history of increasing corporate performance through the management of process design, customer relationships, strategic planning along with a focused initiative of data-driven change management and utilized these skills as President of other successful publicly traded companies with operations in multiple countries.