TrilogyGrowth's Joel Silver named top executive of DavidsTea

Canadian specialty tea retailer DavidsTea Inc (Nasdaq: DTEA) has appointed Joel Silver as its president and CEO. He succeeds Christine Bullen, who served as the company's interim head and will now return to her prior role as U.S. managing director. Silver joins DavidsTea with more than 20 years of consumer industry experience, most recently as general partner of TrilogyGrowth, a Canadian consumer-focused venture capital firm he co-founded. Silver previously served in a number of senior executive roles, including as president of Indigo Books & Music Inc. Montréal's DavidsTea went public in 2015.

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