Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Effective October 26, 2021, Yumei Liu resigned as a member of the board of directors (the "Board") of Fortune Valley Treasures, Inc. (the "Company"). Ms. Liu's resignation was not the result of any disagreement with the Company, the Company's management or the Board.

Effective October 26, 2021, the Board has appointed Anthony S. Chan as an independent director of the Company. There are no relationships or related transactions between Mr. Chan and the Company that would be required to be reported under Section 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

Mr. Chan is a certified public accountant registered with the State of New York and a seasoned executive with over 30 years of professional experience in auditing, financial reporting and business advisory. Mr. Chan is the President of CA Global Consulting Inc., a company he co-founded in February 2014. Since February 2020, he has been serving as the Director of Assurance and Advisory Services at Wei, Wei & Co., LLP., a full-service CPA firm registered with the PCAOB. From July 2019 to January 2020, Mr. Chan served as the Chief Financial Officer of SPI Energy Co. Ltd (Nasdaq: SPI), a Nasdaq-listed green energy solutions company. From October 2017 to March 2019, Mr. Chan served as the Chief Financial Officer of Helo Corp. (OTC Pink: HLOC), a technology company with shares traded on the OTC Pink Market. From September 2013 to November 2015, Mr. Chan served as an Executive Vice President, Director and Acting CFO of Sino-Global Shipping America, Ltd. (Nasdaq: SINO), a logistics and shipping company with operations in China, Australia and Hong Kong. From February 2005 to August 2013, Mr. Chan was a partner at three full-service CPA firms in New York, including UHY LLP (from September 2012 to August 2013), Friedman LLP (from September 2011 to July 2012) and Berdon LLP (from February 2005 to August 2011). Prior to that, he had held executive and professional positions at various U.S.-based companies including Primedia Inc, National Broadcasting Company, Arthur Anderson, KPMG, and PwC. Mr. Chan holds an MBA in Finance and Investments from Baruch College of the City University of New York, and a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting and Economics from Queens College of the City University of New York.

Mr. Chan is independent under the rules of the SEC and Nasdaq. Mr. Chan will serve as the Chair of the Audit Committee and a member of the Compensation Committee. Mr. Jianwei Lin no longer holds the Audit Committee Chair position but continues to serve as a member of the Audit Committee. The Board determined that Mr. Chan is an "audit committee financial expert" as such term is defined in Item 407(d)(5) of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Exchange Act.

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