---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000912093-23-000040"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VIAV"
cik: "0000912093"
company_name: "VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC."
filed_at: "2023-08-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T02:11:02.076133+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# VIAVI CFO Henk Derksen resigns; Pam Avent named interim CFO effective Oct 1

## Summary
- Henk Derksen resigns as CFO effective Aug 25, 2023, to return to Europe; departs Sept 30, 2023, with no dispute.
- Board appoints Global Controller Pam Avent as interim CFO effective Oct 1, 2023, with $15k/month additional pay.
- Avent's VPP target increased to 50% of base salary for interim period; $70k bonus upon permanent CFO hire.
- Avent also receives $50k cash bonus in Nov 2024 and $50k in Nov 2025, subject to continued service.
- Company has initiated a formal search for a permanent CFO successor.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000912093-23-000040
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VIAV
- cik: 0000912093
- company_name: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.
- filed_at: 2023-08-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912093/000091209323000040/0000912093-23-000040-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912093/000091209323000040/viav-20230825.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000912093-23-000040.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Pam Avent was appointed as Interim Chief Financial Officer at VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On August 29, 2023, the Board appointed Pam Avent, currently VIAVI’s Global Controller, to serve as its interim CFO, effective October 1, 2023,
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912093/000091209323000040/0000912093-23-000040-index.htm
- Executive change
  Henk Derksen resigned as Chief Financial Officer at VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On August 25, 2023, Henk Derksen informed the board of directors (the “Board”) of Viavi Solutions, Inc. (“VIAVI” or the “Company”) of his desire to resign as VIAVI’s Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) to return to Europe to pursue a new opportunity.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912093/000091209323000040/0000912093-23-000040-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.