The Hempshire Group, Inc. announced the resignation of Chief Financial Officer ("CFO") William Hahn, effective September 29, 2023 who has accepted a new position in a different industry. The Company will appoint Paul Stacey to the role of Interim CFO effective September 29, 2023. Mr. Stacey is a seasoned CFO and brings with him extensive and relevant industry experience, and strong executive leadership in the areas of corporate finance, financial planning, strategy and operations.

Mr. Stacey served as the Chief Financial Officer of Dr. Murphys ? a well-respected cannabis extraction and distribution facility with its own brand in market. Prior to Dr. Murphys, Paul was variably the CFO or the COO of a number of businesses or start-ups through a partnership with private equity funds.

As a partner or advisor to private equity firms Paul managed and improved cashflow, grew revenues and optimized assets and pricing for a number of private equity owned consumer packaged goods companies. Earlier in his career, Paul held leadership roles with Gund, Ricoh USA, Cendant and Nabisco. He started his career as an auditor with PriceWaterhouseCoopers.