Canada-based Aurora Cannabis Inc.(NYSE: ACB) (TSX: ACB) announced yesterday that it has named Carey Squires as its new executive vice president of Corporate Development and Strategy.

Squires will report to Michael Singer, the company's executive chairman, and in collaboration with senior executives across the company, he will focus on global growth and partnership strategies and investor development.

Squires comes to Aurora with global investment banking experience, having most recently served as managing director and co-head of Equity-Linked Capital Markets for BMO Capital Markets. He received a BSc from the University of British Columbia, as well as an MBA from the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto.