TILRAY TURNS TO EX-POLITICIANS

Pot producer Tilray Inc. has added some political heft to its global advisory board, including former foreign affairs ministers from around the world and former chairmen of the U.S. Democratic and Republican national committees. The inaugural members announced by the pot grower include former Canadian minister of foreign affairs Lloyd Axworthy, pictured, as well as Australia’s former minister Alexander John Gosse Downer and Germany ’s Joschka Fischer. The Nanaimo, B.C.-based firm named former U.S. Democratic Party chairman and former Vermont governor Howard Dean along with Michael Steele, the former head of the U.S. Republican Party and ex-Maryland lieutenant-governor. Tilray’s chief executive Brendan Kennedy says its international advisory board will guide the company on its rapidly expanding global business.