CULT Food Science Corp. appoints a president

CULT Food Science Corp.—a B.C.-based investment company focused on lab-grown food—has appointed Lejjy Gafour as president, effective immediately.

Gafour is a co-founder and former CEO of Future Fields, which, according to a press release, is one of the “first operating cellular agriculture companies in Canada.”

He is also a founding member of Cellular Agriculture Canada ("CAC") and currently serves on its board.

As president, Gafour will continue to build the company's global patent, IP and cell-ag technology portfolios.

“The company has laid a very impressive cell-ag foundation and I look forward to aggressively leveraging my expertise to augment CULT's IP platform and investment portfolio, all while enriching the Canadian cell-ag community and beyond,” said Gafour in a press release.

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