---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-218219"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VFF"
cik: "0001584549"
company_name: "Village Farms International, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-08-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T04:49:24.876023+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Village Farms appoints Orville Bovenschen as President of Pure Sunfarms; Mandesh Dosanjh steps down

## Summary
- Mandesh Dosanjh stepped down as President/CEO of Pure Sunfarms; will serve as strategic advisor for 90 days.
- Orville Bovenschen, formerly COO of Pure Sunfarms, appointed President effective immediately.
- Bovenschen will report to Village Farms CEO Michael DeGiglio.
- Dosanjh was a named executive officer in FY2022 per proxy statement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-218219
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VFF
- cik: 0001584549
- company_name: Village Farms International, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-08-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- 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/1584549/000119312523218219/0001193125-23-218219-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1584549/000119312523218219/d525088d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-218219
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-218219.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-218219.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Mandesh Dosanjh departed as President and Chief Executive Officer at Village Farms International, Inc..
  - Action: stepped down
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On August 18, 2023, Mandesh Dosanjh notified the Company that he was stepping down from his position as President and Chief Executive Officer of Pure Sunfarms, Inc.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1584549/000119312523218219/0001193125-23-218219-index.htm
- Executive change
  Orville Bovenschen was appointed as President at Village Farms International, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President
  source text: Mr. Dosanjh has since been succeeded by Orville Bovenschen as the new President of Pure Sunfarms.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1584549/000119312523218219/0001193125-23-218219-index.htm

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