Above Food
Alejandra Garcia, CPA has diverse work experience in finance and accounting. Alejandra recently joined Above Food in October 2021 as the Controller, overseeing financial operations. In October 2022, they were promoted to the role of Director of Finance. Prior to that, they worked at Virtus Group, Chartered Professional Accountants & Business Advisors LLP. Alejandra started their career there as a Staff Accountant in September 2015 and was promoted to Senior Accountant in September 2017. In September 2020, they further advanced to the role of Manager. Alejandra's earliest work experience was at the University of Regina Students Union, where they served as The Owl - Bar Supervisor from November 2011 to June 2015.
Alejandra Garcia, CPA, obtained their Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) degree in Accounting from the University of Regina, where they studied from 2011 to 2015. Later, from 2015 to 2017, they pursued their professional education at the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (CPA Canada), though the specific degree and field of study during this period remain undisclosed.
Above Food
Plant-based food company Above Food Corp. was founded in 2020 to deliver dense, nutritious, sustainable and superior food products. The company focuses on a supply chain from “field-to-fork” to ensure that customers understand the complete journey of their food. Above Food maintains a chain of custody of their plant proteins throughout the foodproduction value chain, delivering food to customers and consumers at affordable prices. The company sources its proteins and ingredients, which include peas, lentils, fava beans, oats and chickpeas, only from the highest-quality producers in the world. The company has created its own technology for producing world-class texture and flavor of plant-based foods. These trademarked manufacturing technologies include TXTexturized Xtrusion and Precision Flavouring, both created to address the most important variables of plant-based foods, which are taste and texture.The company has also acquired two companies producing world-class oat-based food products: Only Oats and Culcherd - Dairy Alternatives, enabling Above Food to meet the rising demand for oat milk and other plant-based dairy products and meats. The company’s leaders have extensive experience stretching across the entirety of the complex food production ecosystem. Four food industry veterans co-founded the company. They are Lionel Kambeitz, CEO and Executive Chairman, Donato Sferra, Executive VP, Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate Development, Tyler West, CEO and President of Purely Canada Foods Corp., and Martin Williams, President and Chief Innovation Officer of Above Food Brands.