Aaron Canning

Aaron Canning was appointed to Greenlit Brands as Chief Financial Officer in March 2020 and following a number of significant strategic initiatives, was appointed as Chief Operating Officer of Greenlit Brands in December 2020.

Aaron brings to Greenlit Brands a wealth of corporate and financial experience from a variety of previous executive management and financial leadership positions in ASX listed and multinational organisations. He has lived and worked across Asia as well as the UK, USA, New Zealand and Australia. Prior to joining Greenlit Brands he held the position of Group CFO of Blackmores Ltd. His career before this spanned groups including Goodman Fielder, Westfield and Diageo Plc. At Goodman Fielder he held several executive leadership positions including Managing Director Grocery Category and Managing Director Asia Pacific.

Aaron is a Non-Executive Director of Gowrie NSW, a non-profit-organisation founded in 1940, providing diverse education and care, family support and professional development services to the early and middle childhood sector across NSW and ACT. He is the Chair of the Audit, Risk and Investment Committee and was named CEO Magazine’s 2016 CFO of the Year (Runner-up).

Aaron has a Bachelor of Commerce in Marketing and Management and a postgraduate 1st class Honours degree from the University of Otago, New Zealand. He is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, Member of the Chartered Accountants Association of Australia and New Zealand and Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.