---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-24-057984"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VS"
cik: "0001701963"
company_name: "Versus Systems Inc."
filed_at: "2024-07-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T00:04:33.787161+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Versus Systems appoints Curtis Wolfe as Interim CEO/CFO; entire prior management resigns

## Summary
- CEO Matthew Pierce, CFO Craig Finster, Chairman Keyvan Peymani, directors Gahagan and Pruitt resigned effective June 25, 2024.
- Curtis Wolfe appointed as Interim CEO, CFO, principal executive/accounting officer; salary $10,000/month plus benefits.
- Wolfe is an attorney with 25+ years experience, previously Managing Partner at Curtis Wolfe Law PA, adjunct professor at U Miami.
- Separation agreements with departing officers provide six months' salary as benefit.
- Company announces strategic restructuring and evaluating partnerships; acting Chairman Juan Carlos Barrera named.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-24-057984
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VS
- cik: 0001701963
- company_name: Versus Systems Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-07-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1701963/000121390024057984/0001213900-24-057984-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1701963/000121390024057984/ea0208745-8k_versus.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michelle Gahagan resigned as independent director at Versus Systems Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: independent director
  source text: On June 25, 2024, Versus Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) Chief Executive Officer and Director Matthew Pierce, Chair of the Board Keyvan Peymani, Chief Financial Officer Craig Finster, and independent directors Michelle Gahagan and Shannon Pruitt tendered their resignations from the Company, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1701963/000121390024057984/0001213900-24-057984-index.htm
- Executive change
  Keyvan Peymani resigned as Chair of the Board at Versus Systems Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chair of the Board
  source text: On June 25, 2024, Versus Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) Chief Executive Officer and Director Matthew Pierce, Chair of the Board Keyvan Peymani, Chief Financial Officer Craig Finster, and independent directors Michelle Gahagan and Shannon Pruitt tendered their resignations from the Company, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1701963/000121390024057984/0001213900-24-057984-index.htm
- Executive change
  Matthew Pierce resigned as Chief Executive Officer and Director at Versus Systems Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer and Director
  source text: On June 25, 2024, Versus Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) Chief Executive Officer and Director Matthew Pierce, Chair of the Board Keyvan Peymani, Chief Financial Officer Craig Finster, and independent directors Michelle Gahagan and Shannon Pruitt tendered their resignations from the Company, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1701963/000121390024057984/0001213900-24-057984-index.htm
- Executive change
  Craig Finster resigned as Chief Financial Officer at Versus Systems Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On June 25, 2024, Versus Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) Chief Executive Officer and Director Matthew Pierce, Chair of the Board Keyvan Peymani, Chief Financial Officer Craig Finster, and independent directors Michelle Gahagan and Shannon Pruitt tendered their resignations from the Company, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1701963/000121390024057984/0001213900-24-057984-index.htm
- Executive change
  Shannon Pruitt resigned as independent director at Versus Systems Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: independent director
  source text: On June 25, 2024, Versus Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) Chief Executive Officer and Director Matthew Pierce, Chair of the Board Keyvan Peymani, Chief Financial Officer Craig Finster, and independent directors Michelle Gahagan and Shannon Pruitt tendered their resignations from the Company, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1701963/000121390024057984/0001213900-24-057984-index.htm
- Executive change
  Curtis Wolfe was appointed as Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer at Versus Systems Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: the Company announced that its Board has appointed Curtis Wolfe as Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1701963/000121390024057984/0001213900-24-057984-index.htm

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