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Aurora Cannabis Appoints Faris El Refaie As Executive Vice President, Global Commercial

PUBLIC · ACBSep 09, 2026•about 4 hours ago

Position

Executive Vice President

Company

Aurora Cannabis

Faris El Refaie
EdmontonManufacturingAgriculture and Farming

Description

Aurora Cannabis Inc. has announced that Faris El Refaie will join the company as Executive Vice President, Global Commercial, effective September 28, 2026. In this role, he will oversee Aurora's global commercial function and advance the company's medical cannabis market strategy.

Company Information

Company

Aurora Cannabis

Location

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

About

The Company has granted the Underwriters an option, exercisable at the offering price for a period of 30 days following the closing of the Offering, to purchase up to an additional 15% of the Offering to cover over-allotments, if any. Material factors or assumptions involved in developing forward-looking statements include, without limitation, publicly available information from governmental sources as well as from market research and industry analysis and on assumptions based on data and knowledge of this industry which the Company believes to be reasonable.

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