Tony Lawand
Host / Director
One World Media
Mr. Tony Lawand is currently an advisor and member of several international corporations. He has over thirty years of professional experience and numerous successful ventures with travel, real estate, energy, media, distribution, retail industries and more.
Focusing now in Media as an On-Camera Host, Published Journalist and Major Event Specialist, covering Events and Shows within North America specializing in Technology, Cannabis, Fashion/Film and especially seeking Disrupters for One-On-One Interviews and podcasts. Mr. Lawand’s keen ability to communicate and understand in no less than four languages has positioned him in foreign markets and Global understanding, including Russia, Middle East, Africa, Asia and most parts of Europe.
1980's-2000: Spain & The Canaries: A most interesting time and place for a North American with some rollercoasters to shake anyone.
1994: South Africa during the precarious Mandela Election Era proved to be a 2 yr “eye opening” and experience never forgotten. To see this historical event firsthand was an experience forever embedded in ones soul.
1996 : the newly “democratized” Russia where he created one of the first Travel (Foreign Owned) related businesses as it was unfolding (The Wild West would be a gross understatement) and emerging to the world. Spending over 15 Years in the midst of St Petersburg and establishing satellites throughout Russia, meeting and establishing business relationships and navigating Government Powers, emerging Oligarchs, Federal and State Officers and the political bureaucracy that would have made any normal person run, was a very successful endeavor and relationships that were made still standing today.
2015 Toronto, Canada: was a magnet to his country of birth and settling and blindly entering the precocious and developing Cannabis industry and a more non-conventional field, but emerging as being the pioneer of one of Canada’s first and largest CBD companies, later sold to a large IPO. Not before, he created and manufactured over 20+ products in 2016 manufacturing / distributing to the vast majority of the country, including the first-ever line of Pet CBD in Canada. Against obstacles and odds successfully opening the doors to what would become a multi-billion-dollar industry. Adopting the notorious title of “The Godfather of CBD IN CANADA"
Currently the focus has shifted to Fin/Tech and the Multi-Trillion-dollar A.I and Entertainment World. Tony is a Media Producer/Correspondent with One World Media Groups, Writing features and the Tech Editor of the oldest and most awarded MJ publication in Canada, High! Canada Magazine
Mr. Lawand has strategically aligned several Domestic and Global Corporations to bridge gaps and usher in this exciting new world unfolding before our eyes currently. being in sales and marketing over 35 years worldwide in a variety of categories, owned, managed and trained thousands of sales and marketing professionals with a very high success rate and can ALWAYS think and create “out the box” new ideas and scenarios, expertise in bridging gaps between industries and driving strategic alignments has been instrumental in fostering advancements in these dynamic fields. On-camera as a host and journalist gives color and humor to media presence and experience. Having done dozens of host events in the tech, fashion-film, and cannabis sectors.
For media, technology, or cannabis-related inquiries, please reach out or visit Mr. Lawand’s professional links:
Highlights:
Knowledgeable in several languages. Spanish/French/Russian/Arabic (Non-Fluency)
Fintech Specialist as an on-camera Media Host, Expo & conference Coverages within Technology, Cannabis, Fashion-Film, Crypto/Web3
Published Writer/Host/Journalist for High Canada Magazine: Bridging the gap of Cannabis and Tech
Extreme Experience over 15 years Expo/Conference/Events within the above Genres.
Global Business Entrepreneur experience in Russia, South Africa, Europe and North America
MY 2 YEAR WHIRLWIND
