Great Team
Creates Great Results
About Harvest.
Harvest connects brands across North America and Asia through education, strategy, and execution. We help brands understand new markets, prepare for entry, and grow with confidence. With deep industry experience and strong partner relationships, we guide brands through global expansion with clarity, structure, and long-term support.
Brian Chiu
Founder & Managing Director
With over two decades of experience in the garment and retail industries across Asia, Brian Chiu has built a career at the intersection of brand strategy, channel development, and market execution. His extensive background includes working with luxury brands in leading department stores throughout the Asia-Pacific region, opening new retail channels and building brands from the ground up.
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In the past five years, Brian has successfully translated this expertise into the food and beverage sector in North America. As the founder of Harvest Global, he leads a dynamic team specializing in marketing, sourcing, brokerage, and financing helping both top-tier luxury brands and emerging names break into North American supermarkets and high-end department stores. From strategy to execution, Brian delivers tailored market entry plans that generate measurable impact and long-term brand value.
Rob Arthurs
Founder & Product Director
Rob Arthurs is a seasoned business strategist and marketing expert with over 25 years of hands-on experience growing and scaling companies across multiple sectors. He has founded 14 businesses, including one ranked among the 100 fastest-growing companies in Alberta and another recognized as one of the top 100 fastest-growing businesses in Canada. Rob’s unique strength lies in his ability to identify market gaps and create growth-driven marketing campaigns that deliver rapid results. Known as The Business Mechanic, he specializes in diagnosing business challenges and applying precise, effective solutions.
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His approach blends real-world street smarts with sharp marketing instincts, helping companies position their brand, dominate their niche, and go global. Rob has worked with both startups and legacy brands, guiding them through rebranding, digital marketing, product launches, and international expansion. He has led marketing missions around the world and brings an unmatched global network to every project. His passion lies in helping businesses not only survive—but thrive—in competitive markets.
Karm Sumal
Founder & Marketing Director
Karm Sumal is a Vancouver-based entrepreneur, writer, and strategist best known as the co-founder of Daily Hive, one of Canada’s largest and most influential digital media companies. What started as a grassroots blog quickly scaled into a national powerhouse with millions of monthly readers and teams across the country. After successfully leading the company through its acquisition, Karm now runs Paper Plane Agency, a fractional marketing and creative consultancy, and invests in early-stage companies at the intersection of media, consumer products, and culture, bringing his proven experience in brand building, growth, and storytelling to the next generation of founders.
Andrew Wu
Founder & Brand Director
Andrew Wu is the Founder of Harvest Global, a cross-border growth and brand expansion firm connecting North America and Asia. With extensive experience in international trade, brand strategy, market entry, and investment, Andrew works closely with founders and global brands to scale their businesses across regions while preserving brand identity and quality.
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Over the years, Andrew has led successful expansions across food & beverage, wellness, consumer goods, and lifestyle sectors, partnering with premium global brands, retailers, distributors, and strategic investors. His approach combines deep market insights, hands-on execution, and long-term strategic planning, helping brands navigate complex cross-border opportunities with confidence.
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Rooted in Asia and active across North America, Andrew brings a unique bicultural perspective and a trusted global network. He believes true growth comes from aligning global vision with local execution and empowering brands to build sustainable, scalable, and authentic presence in new markets.
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