Cann appoints new CFO/Company Secretary
Cann Group has announced Tony Di Pietro has been appointed to the role of Chief Financial Officer, commencing on 8 April 2024.
Mr Di Pietro will replace Deborah Ambrosini, who left Cann Group on 22 December 2023.
In addition to the CFO role, Mr Di Pietro will act as joint Company Secretary with Steven Notaro, Head of Legal and Regulatory Affairs at Cann Group.
Having spent the past two decades at ASX-listed companies, Mr Di Pietro boasts extensive experience as CFO/Company Secretary in the med-tech industry, with his last three roles at Sienna Cancer Diagnostics Limited (November 2014 – July 2020), INOVIQ Limited (July 2020 – November 2022) and Genetic Technologies Limited (November 2022 – present).
In his most recent role at Genetic Technologies, Mr Di Pietro managed a capital raising of US $5 million from US-based investors and was responsible for both US and Australian due diligence activities and compliance with both ASX/Corporations Act & NASDAQ/SEC regulations.
Mr Di Pietro’s qualifications include:
• A Bachelor of Commerce (BCom), Accounting and Finance, from Swinburne University of Technology;
• Chartered Accountants (CA) accreditation (1989-2000);
• Graduate Diploma of Applied Corporate Governance from the Governance Institute of Australia (2012 - 2014); and
• Completed the Company Directors Course at the Australian Institute of Company Directors in 2018.
Chief Executive Officer, Peter Koetsier, said Cann is extremely pleased to welcome someone of Mr Di Pietro’s calibre and experience to the Company. “We are very excited to announce Tony’s appointment to the role of CFO and joint Company Secretary. He has a brilliant track record of helping to oversee the successful evolution of smaller companies into established successful operations that generate outstanding profits. With the Mildura facility now at maximum capacity, the next stage of Cann Group’s evolution is to become a strong commercial success and move to being EBITDA positive as soon as possible. We are looking forward to Tony’s expertise helping to facilitate this growth phase for Cann Group.”