Village Farms Intl Inc (VFF)

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News! VFF

The Co. is expanding its executive team with the following new roles:
Chief Operating Officer -- Ann Gillin Lefever;
President, Global Medical Cannabis -- Paul Furfaro; and,
General Counsel, Global Cannabis -- John Harloe.Ms. Gillin Lefever is an accomplished business, finance and capital markets executive who served as an external consultant to Village Farms starting in 2020. In 2022, she joined the Company as Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs, leading the Company's communications, strategy, governmental affairs and capital markets functions. Ms. Gillin Lefever was previously Head of the Institutional Sales team at Barclays and Senior Equity Research analyst covering the Consumer Products sector at two Wall Street firms, where she was the recipient of numerous awards. She later leveraged this experience as trusted advisor to organizations on governance and financial strategies.Mr. Furfaro joined Village Farms in 2023 as Senior Vice President, Strategy, leading, amongst other initiatives, an assessment of international cannabis opportunities and later assuming leadership of the global medical cannabis business.Dr. Harloe joined Village Farms' subsidiary, Balanced Health Botanicals, in 2019 as General Counsel to participate in the cannabinoid industry opportunity created by passage of the 2018 Federal Farm Bill. In 2023, he was appointed by the Governor to Colorado's Institute of Cannabis Research Governing Board and he is a member of the International Cannabinoid Research Society.