CubicFarms has announced the appointments of Tim Fernback as its permanent Chief Financial Officer, and Jacqui Noftall as Head of People, effective immediately. 

In March, CubicFarms announced the appointment of Fernback as interim Chief Financial Officer. Fernback now has transitioned into a permanent role with the Company. He has over 25 years of finance experience as a director and officer of public and private technology, natural resources, health and biosciences companies. In the past, he has held senior executive positions within the investment banking and venture capital industries, as well as progressively senior executive officer positions within growing businesses, including ModoHR Technologies, Upstream Biosciences and Ronin8 Technologies.

Jacqui Noftall has 25 years of experience as a seasoned human resources leader specializing in implementing people programs and services for recognized top employers. She has held executive and senior leadership positions in the finance, higher education, and real estate sectors and has experience building global human resources and operational infrastructure for start-ups, including Citizens Bank (now Vancity Community Investment Bank) – one of Canada’s first online banks.

Noftall has consulted for a variety of industries including technology, environmental and social justice, legal, sports and tourism. She holds a Masters in Leadership and Change Management from Royal Roads University.  

“We are thrilled to have Tim fully on board. In just two short months, he has added tremendous value to CubicFarms, helping to steer our strategic planning and execution throughout the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic and landmark private placement with Ospraie Ag Science,” said CubicFarms CEO Dave Dinesen.

“We are also delighted to welcome Jacqui to drive our people initiatives alongside the company’s board and management team. As Head of People, Jacqui will work towards company-wide alignment with our core values of respect, curiosity, passion to get better, resourcefulness, having fun and accountability that is necessary for realizing an engaging, high performance culture within the business. We look forward to working with both Tim and Jacqui to continue on our path to growth and provide the technology to feed a changing world; one that is increasingly prioritizing sustainability, food production efficiency and food security.”