07/31/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 07/31/2026 12:18
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
On July 29, 2026, the sole member of the Board of Directors (the "Board") of The Greater Cannabis Company, Inc. (the "Company") approved, by unanimous written consent, the appointment of Carlos Septién, Michelle Cervantes Vivanco and Ernesto Gómez Berjón as additional members of the Board of Directors of the Company. Pursuant to Section 14(f) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and Rule 14f-1 promulgated thereunder, the appointments of such directors will become effective upon the expiration of the ten (10) day period following the mailing of the Company's Information Statement on Schedule 14F-1 to its stockholders.
Also effective July 29, 2026, the Board appointed Carlos Septién as the Company's Chief Operating Officer, Michelle Cervantes Vivanco as the Company's Chief Financial Officer, and Ernesto Gómez Berjón as the Company's Chief Growth Officer. Porfirio Sanchez Talavera will continue to serve as the Company's Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board, and director.
The appointments of the foregoing officers and directors were not made pursuant to any arrangement or understanding between any such person and any other person, except in connection with the Company's acquisition of control by Trafalgar Asset Management, LLC and the Company's ongoing strategic business combination initiatives. There are no family relationships among any of the Company's directors or executive officers.
To the knowledge of the Company, none of Carlos Septién, Michelle Cervantes Vivanco or Ernesto Gómez Berjón has, during the past ten years, been involved in any legal proceeding required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 401(f) of Regulation S-K. Biographical information regarding the newly appointed directors and executive officers is set forth below.
Carlos Septién, Director and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Septién currently serves as Chief Executive Officer (Director General) and Consejero Delegado of the Trafalgar group in Mexico, and was appointed Chief Operating Officer of the Company on July 29, 2026. He has more than 45 years of executive experience in Mexican banking and financial services, including 35 years serving as chief executive officer or vice president of banks and regulated financial institutions. From June 2021 to February 2024, Mr. Septién served as Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of Banco Autofin México, and from March 2024 to August 2025 as Chief Executive Officer of Grupo Diagnóstico Aries. Earlier in his career, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Laboratorios Médico El Chopo (2015-2020) and of Grupo Libertad (2013-2014); as Chief Executive Officer of Grupo Elektra's financial services operations / Banco Azteca (2002-2013), one of Mexico's largest mass-market financial services platforms; as Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Banorte (2002); as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Afore Bancrecer-Dresdner (2000-2001); as Chief Executive Officer of Ixe Grupo Financiero (1996-2000); as Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Commercial and Consumer Banking, of Banco del Atlántico (1992-1995); and in senior executive positions at BBVA México (1990-1992), Operadora de Bolsa (1989-1990) and Banamex (1978-1989). Mr. Septién is a member of the board of directors of Sanfer-Invekra. He holds an Executive MBA from Purdue University (1978) and a degree in Industrial Engineering from Universidad Iberoamericana (1975).
Michelle Cervantes Vivanco, Director and Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Cervantes Vivanco serves as Executive Vice President and Consejera Delegada of the Trafalgar group in Mexico, and was appointed Chief Financial Officer of the Company on July 29, 2026. Since 2019, she has served as chief financial officer across the group's fintech ecosystem, with responsibility for the finances of a CNBV-regulated electronic payment funds institution (IFPE) and of Trafalgar SFP, S.A. de C.V., S.F.P., a CNBV-licensed sociedad financiera popular, covering financial planning, regulatory reporting and capital management. She is a member of the group's Risk, Credit and Compensation committees. Ms. Cervantes Vivanco has more than 20 years of experience in Mexican financial institutions, having served at Banorte from 2003 to 2016 and at BanBajío from 2016 to 2019, most recently as a Director. She holds a Master's degree in Finance from Tecnológico de Monterrey (2023), a licenciatura in Business Administration and Management from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (2020), and a licenciatura in International Relations from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (2011).