Meet the Team.
Brian O'Farrell joined Edesia Nutrition in July 2022 as our new Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Edesia, Brian spent three years as the CFO of Denison Pharmaceuticals, a leading contract manufacturer providing formulation, production and packaging solutions, in the over-the-counter pharmaceutical and cosmetic industry. In addition to his time at Denison, Brian spent three years as the CFO of an industrial granite manufacturing company and seven years with the private equity owned, natural food manufacturer and distributor, Galaxy Nutritional Foods, Inc., initially as the CFO and later being promoted to the CEO. Over his 25 years’ experience, he has held several executive level positions in both operations and finance, in companies varying from startups to multi-national corporation. He is a graduate of Boston College with a BA in Economics and is a Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA®) chartholder.
Andrew Kamara is the VP of Operations, where he manages the manufacturing side of Edesia, overseeing manufacturing, quality and logistics/warehouse. Andrew has been with Edesia for 13 years and has served in many different positions across the organization.
Prior to Edesia, Andrew spent two years working for Coca Cola Enterprises as a mid-level Distribution Resource overseeing deliveries, storage and distribution of a wide range of bottled soft drinks. Andrew also spent six years working for United Natural Foods as a Quality Assurance Specialist and a grocery/ repackaging Supervisor.
Andrew studied Political Science & International relations from the University of Connecticut and has an Advance Diploma in Electronics from NIIT Accra, Ghana.