Deepak Anand

Deepak Anand is Vice President, Government Affairs at Village Farms International (NASDAQ: VFF), where he leads the company's regulatory and government relations work across Canada and its international markets. He is also President of ASDA Consultancy Services, a global strategic cannabis advisory firm based in British Columbia, and Chairperson of the Canadian Association of Cannabis Exporters. Deepak has advised more than 40 companies in the cannabis industry on licensing, market entry and regulatory strategy. His work spans Canada, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Poland, Slovenia, Thailand, Colombia and North Macedonia, with particular depth in EU-GMP and GACP frameworks and the state-level regulatory differences that shape the German medical cannabis market. He is frequently quoted as a leading voice on international cannabis regulation and trade.