Above Food
Douglas Whitehead holds a Building Science (Dip) degree and is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP). After immigrating from South Africa in 2013, they started their career as a Site Supervisor at Deveraux Developments and was later promoted to the role of Project Manager. In 2016, they joined MPM Construction Services Ltd. as a Project Manager, where they successfully delivered over 20 projects specializing in tenant installations. From 2018 to 2020, they worked as a Project Manager at Graham, overseeing multiple projects ranging from $5M to $20M. Due to the economic slowdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, they sought other professional opportunities. In 2021, they worked as an Independent Consultant before joining Above Food in 2022 as an Operations Coordinator. Throughout their career, Douglas has demonstrated their ability to deliver projects on time, maintain safety records, and effectively manage communications, procurement, and construction processes.
Douglas Whitehead pursued their education from 2006 to 2008 at Tshwane University of Technology, where they obtained a Diploma in Construction, Project Management, and Quantity Surveying. Their field of study focused on Project Management.
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.