Tilray Taps Ex-Mattel Exec for Key Role in Subsidiary

In what has to be a first, a cannabis company is drawing from the ranks of the toy and novelty industry to fill out a leadership post. Tilray (NASDAQ: TLRY) announced on Tuesday that it has drafted Katy Dickson, a onetime top manager at Mattel (NASDAQ: MAT), to be president of its key Manitoba Harvest subsidiary.

According to both Tilray and her LinkedIn profile, Dickson was most recently a senior vice president at Mattel. Her brief also included being president and a member of the board of directors of the toymaker's high-end doll product line, American Girl. She worked at Mattel from February 2016 to December 2018.

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