The Alkaline Water Company (WTER) Corporate Media Kit

RichardWright CEO and President Mr. Wright co-founded The Alkaline Water Company Inc. in 2012 as a premium water brand. As the president and CEO, he oversees all aspects of the business and is successfully guiding the company through its hyper- growth phase, delivering greater than 50% growth since the company’s inception. Mr. Wright is a serial entrepreneur with over 42 years of experience. He is a passionate and versatile leader with a strong track record of innovation, collaboration, and achieving goal-driven results. As a former CFO, CPA, and entrepreneur, Mr. Wright has extensive knowledge of finance, operations, sales and marketing and has participated in 100’s of M&A transactions throughout his career. David Guarino Chief Financial Officer Mr. Guarino holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and a Masters of Accountancy from the University of Denver. From 2008 to 2013, Mr. Guarino was President and a Director of Kahala Corp, a worldwide franchisor of multiple quick service restaurant brands with locations in 49 states and over 25 countries. From 2014 to 2015, Mr. Guarino was President of HTI International Holdings, Inc., a technology company focused on forward osmosis water filtration technology. Frank Chessman Director of National Sales Mr. Chessman is a graduate of the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business, and spent 25 years with Ralph’s Grocery, Kroger’s largest division. He is a former COO at Nationwide Beverage Bottling Corp. At Ralph’s, Frank was VP of Advertising &Marketing and went on to spend 14 years at SimonMarketing at EVP. He has over 10 years of beverage manufacturing experience. He is also the former EVP and General Manager of Aspen Marketing. Aaron Keay Chairman Mr. Keay has been a successful investor, entrepreneur and financier to multiple small cap and startup companies over the last decade. His experience ranges across multiple sectors in mining, biotech, health and wellness, tech and cannabis where he has invested and raised over $500Mdollars with and for these companies. During his time with these companies he has served as an advisor, board member and in some cases senior management. Brian Sudano Director Brian Sudano is Managing Partner of Beverage Marketing Corporation and BMC Strategic Associates.Mr. Sudano’s experience covers nearly the entire beverage industry, from energy drinks to wine, with special expertise in beverage alcohol by virtue of varied industry experience and broad range of projects. Mr. Sudano manages several major clients, providing on- going strategic and market advise, while leading projects in strategic planning, market entry analysis and planning, sales/distribution, business modeling, brand repositioning and international opportunity assessment. He has spoken at many beverage industry events, and is a contributing editor at Beverage World magazine. 25