Assembled Brands is celebrating a new $5 million facility with its partners at Algenist. Founded in 2011, Algenist is a clinical skincare brand delivering anti-aging based on natural, botanical ingredients such as Alguronic Acid from algae. Naturally-sourced and sustainably-produced through biotechnology, the innovative green science respects nature, and is one of the oldest, nutrient-rich greens in the world.

In this installment of our series of executive interviews, Charlie Perer sits with Tim Knight (pictured) to hear his perspective on executive development, advice for lenders, the growth in the non-bank market, what every executive should be thinking about, the importance of diversity and lessons learned, among other things.

Knight is the vice president and senior managing partner with ThinkingAhead where he is responsible for operations, training and recruiting for the firm. He also leads the partner group that heads up the firm’s Commercial Banking and Commercial Finance, Legal, Life Sciences and Security/Physical infrastructure search practices.