---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-048275"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VFF"
cik: "0001584549"
company_name: "Village Farms International, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-04-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T07:58:23.287609+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Village Farms expands exec team with COO, President Global Medical Cannabis, General Counsel

## Summary
- Ann Gillin Lefever appointed COO; previously EVP Corporate Affairs since 2022.
- Paul Furfaro named President, Global Medical Cannabis; joined 2023 as SVP Strategy.
- John Harloe appointed General Counsel, Global Cannabis; previously GC at Balanced Health Botanicals.
- New roles support growth in Canadian cannabis and Netherlands recreational market entry.
- Employment agreement for COO to be finalized and disclosed within four business days.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-048275
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VFF
- cik: 0001584549
- company_name: Village Farms International, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-04-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1584549/000095017024048275/0000950170-24-048275-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1584549/000095017024048275/vff-20240424.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-048275
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-048275.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-048275.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Ann Gillen Lefever was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at Village Farms International, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On April 24, 2024, Village Farms International, Inc. (the "Company") appointed Ann Gillen Lefever, age 60, as its Chief Operating Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1584549/000095017024048275/0000950170-24-048275-index.htm

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