Wayland Group (MRRCF) Announces Appointment of General Counsel

Wayland Group (CSE:WAYL) (75M.F) (MRRCF) (“Wayland” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the appointment of Matthew McLeod who will assume the role of General Counsel.

The Company is pleased to welcome Matthew to the newly created role. Mr. McLeod was called to the Ontario bar in 2013 and the New York bar in 2014, holds a BEng and an MBA from the Royal Military College of Canada as well as a JD from Western University. He was previously a corporate lawyer with Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP in New York City and most recently worked with Sigma Systems based in Toronto, Ontario where he held the role of Head of Legal and Compliance. Mr. McLeod’s merger and acquisition experience will be invaluable to the Company and this latest appointment further strengthens the Company’s corporate expertise and will allow Wayland Group to continue its global expansion.

“I am thrilled to be joining Wayland at a very exciting time for the company and the cannabis industry. The management team, and the board of directors are an impressive combination of industry leading talent and ambition, and I look forward to helping Wayland continue its expansion and growth” stated Matthew McLeod.

Ben Ward, CEO of Wayland Group stated, “We are very excited about Matt joining our growing team. Our transaction execution and compliance capabilities are immediately strengthened with his addition.”

Maricann Group Inc., through its subsidiaries, is operating under the Wayland Group name. For further details see the press release dated September 24, 2018.

About Wayland Group
Wayland is a vertically integrated cultivator and processor of cannabis. The Company was founded in 2013 and is based in Burlington, Ontario, Canada and Munich, Germany, with production facilities in Langton, Ontario where it operates a cannabis cultivation, extraction, formulation, and distribution business under federal licenses from the Government of Canada. The Company also has production operations in Dresden, Saxony, Germany and Regensdorf, Switzerland. Wayland is currently undertaking an expansion of its cultivation and support facilities in Canada and will continue to pursue new opportunities globally.

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For more information about Wayland, please visit our website at www.waylandgroup.com