---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001654954-22-002417"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EDSA"
cik: "0001540159"
company_name: "Edesa Biotech, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-03-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T02:24:54.703682+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Peter van der Velden resigns from Edesa Biotech board effective Feb 28, 2022

## Summary
- Peter van der Velden resigned as director effective Feb 28, 2022; he had served since 2015.
- Departure is not due to any disagreement with the company's operations, policies, or procedures.
- His firm remains an investor in Edesa Biotech.
- Nominating and governance committee (chaired by van der Velden) engaged a search firm to evaluate board composition and diversity.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001654954-22-002417
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EDSA
- cik: 0001540159
- company_name: Edesa Biotech, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-03-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1540159/000165495422002417/0001654954-22-002417-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1540159/000165495422002417/edsa_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001654954-22-002417
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001654954-22-002417.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001654954-22-002417.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Peter van der Velden resigned as Director at Edesa Biotech, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On February 28, 2022, Peter van der Velden notified the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Edesa Biotech, Inc. (the “Company”) of his decision to resign from the Board and its committees, effective as of February 28, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1540159/000165495422002417/0001654954-22-002417-index.htm

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