Above Food
Jason Zhao has extensive work experience in finance and advisory roles. Jason is currently serving as the Chief Financial Officer at Above Food since April 2021. Prior to this, they founded Odyssey Advisory Services Ltd. in January 2021. Jason was also the CEO of ISTDC Canada Inc. since 2012. Jason worked as a Principal at Virtus Group, Chartered Professional Accountants & Business Advisors LLP from April 2018 to January 2021.
Jason Zhao received their Bachelor's degree in Business/Commerce, General from the University of Alberta from 2000 to 2003.
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.