Visionary Education Technology Announces Board Changes
30 Novembre 2022 - 2:30PM
Visionary Education Technology Holdings Group Inc. (the "Company")
(NASDAQ: VEDU), a private education provider located in Canada,
with subsidiaries in Canada and market partners in China, today
announced the board of directors changes, effective on November 22,
2022. The Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) elected Mr.
Marc Kealey as the Company’s Chairman of the Board of Directors and
a member of the Board to succeed Dr. Thomas Traves, who resigned on
November 22, 2022. Additionally, the Board elected Mr. William Chai
as the Company’s member of the Board, Chairman of the Audit
Committee, and member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance
Committee, and the Compensation Committee of the Board. Dr. Zaiyi
Liao, Mr. Colin Dodds and Dr. Haipeng Xie have resigned from their
roles in the Board on November 22, 2022.
Mr. Kealey has over 30 years’ experience in
business and advocacy. He is President of K&A Inc., a public
policy and business management firm located in Mississauga, Ontario
Canada since 2007 where he has been active in prescription drug
reform, smoke free legislation, cannabis regulation and cross
border healthcare initiatives. Prior to K&A Inc., Kealey served
as CEO of Ontario Pharmacists’ Association, the largest
professional organization serving the interests of pharmacists in
Canada from February 2004 to September 2007. Prior to his role in
pharmacy, Mr. Kealey served as General Manager at AECL from June
1999 to February 2004, where he led the CANDU technology team in
Asia, particularly China and Eastern Europe; he helped to interface
with governments where CANDU nuclear reactors were either in
operation or under construction and integrated healthcare system
delivery with projects in Qinshan, China and Cernavoda, Romania.
Mr. Kealey sits on the University of Waterloo’s School of Pharmacy
advisory board and sits on a number of boards in the for-profit and
non-for-profit sectors including the Canada India Foundation and
the Jamaica Disaster Relief and Resilience Initiative in Jamaica.
He sits on the board of CITIZN, a global societal network. He was
appointed to the Board of Wounds Canada in 2022. He was appointed
to the Board of “Resilient Kids Canada” in 2022,a charity for young
people. He is also a Director of CHG Inc.– a Canadian hospital
development group. Mr. Kealey is a graduate of St. Jerome’s
University at the University of Waterloo and attended Kent State
University in Ohio and Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario.
Mr. Chai has over 35 years’ experience in
business investment, venture capital investment, fund management,
and fundraising. For the past five years, Mr. Chai has served as
one of the founding partners of Global Call to Acton Against
Poverty, a nonprofit organization and global network, which works
with the United Nations and World Health Organization to support
people in their struggles for justice and against poverty and
inequality. Mr. Chai is also a senior advisor at Global Innovation
Centre, a global think tank. He is a director at Alpha Ring
International Ltd., a company headquartered in California that
provides software, industrial engineering, and green energy optics.
Mr. Chai earned his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
from National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan, a Master of Science
in Systems Engineering from Arizona State University, a EMBA degree
in Business Administration from National Chengchi University in
Taiwan, and an honorary doctorate degree in Management from the
International Academy of Public Welfare Corporation.
Mr. David Xu, Chief Executive Officer of the
Company, commented, “I’d like to express our great gratitude on
behalf of the Board to Dr. Thomas Traves, Dr. Zaiyi Liao, Mr. Colin
Dodds and Dr. Haipeng Xie for their dedicated services and
significant contributions to the Company during our IPO process,
and we wish them the best in their future endeavors. At the same
time, we are excited to welcome Mr. Marc Kealey and Mr. William
Chai to serve on the Board. Their experience is highly relevant and
firmly aligned with our mission, making them ideal members to our
Board. Mr. Kealey is a leading voice for transformation in critical
infrastructure in Canada, where his success has been honed through
years of extensive and practical experience in governance, public
policy and management, and politics. Mr. Chai has over 35 years of
experience in new business investment, venture capital investment,
fund management, and fundraising. Mr. Chai has incubated and
invested in many companies that have seen significant achievements.
We believe Mr. Kealey’s well-versed expertise in business and
advocacy and Mr. Chai’s proven track record as an investor will
bring deep and valuable vision to guide the Company to the next
level of success.”
About Visionary Education
Technology Holdings Group Inc.
Visionary Education Technology Holdings Group
Inc., headquartered in Toronto, Canada, is a private education
provider located in Canada, with subsidiaries in Canada and
market partners in China, that offers high-quality education
resources to students around the globe. The Company aims to provide
access to secondary, college, undergraduate and graduate and
vocational education to students in Canada through
technological innovation so that more people can learn, grow and
succeed to their full potential. As a fully integrated provider of
educational programs and services in Canada, the Company has
been serving and will continue to serve both Canadian and
international students. For more information, visit the Company’s
website at https://ir.visiongroupca.com/.
Forward-Looking Statements
All statements other than statements of
historical fact in this announcement are forward-looking
statements. These forward-looking statements involve known and
unknown risks and uncertainties and are based on the Company’s
current expectations and projections about future events that the
Company believes may affect its financial condition, results of
operations, business strategy and financial needs. Investors can
identify these forward-looking statements by words or phrases such
as “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “estimates,”
“intends,” “would,” “continue,” “should,” “may,” or similar
expressions. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or
revise publicly any forward-looking statements to reflect
subsequent occurring events or circumstances, or changes in
its expectations, except as may be required by law. Although the
Company believes that the expectations expressed in these
forward-looking statements are reasonable, it cannot assure you
that such expectations will turn out to be correct, and the
Company cautions investors that actual results may differ
materially from the anticipated results and encourages investors to
review other factors that may affect its future results in the
Company's registration statement and in its other filings with
the SEC.
For more information, please
contact:
Visionary Education Technology Holdings
Group Inc.Investor Relations
DepartmentEmail: ir@farvision.ca
Ascent Investors Relations LLCTina
XiaoPresidentPhone: +1
917-609-0333Email: tina.xiao@ascent-ir.com
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