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UNITED STATES
SAFETY AND EXCHANGES COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER REPORT
UNDER RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of April 2022
Board file number: 001-36896
Mercurity Fintech Holding Inc.
(Exact name of the declarant as specified in its charter)
Room 1112-2, 11th Floor, No.15 Xinxi Road
Haidian District, Beijing 100086
people of the republic of china
(Address of main executive offices)
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Resignation and appointment of directors
Mr. Minghao Li, Member of the Board of Directors (the “Plank“) of Mercurity Fintech Holding Inc. (the “Company”), notified the Company of his resignation as a director on March 28, 2022. Mr. Li’s resignation from the Board was not the result of a disagreement with the Company on any matters related to operations, policies or Company practices.
Mr. Wei Zhu, director of the board, co-chairman of the board, interim chief financial officer and co-general manager of the company, has notified the company of his resignation as a director, the co-chairman, the interim chief financial officer and the co-director General on March 28, 2022. Mr. Zhu’s resignation from the Board of Directors and the Company was not the result of a disagreement with the Company on any matter related to the Company’s operations, policies, or practices.
Effective April 7, 2022, the Board of Directors of the Company appointed Mr. Xuehui He and Mr. Yunhui Jin as independent directors of the Board, and Mr. Wenjie Han and Mr. Junjie (Keith) Tan as board directors. The biographical information of the four newly appointed directors is presented below.
Mr. Xuehui He, 50, is an independent non-executive director of China Tonghai International Finance Limited and a member of the company’s audit committee and remuneration committee. He is currently an EMBA Professor at the Shanghai National Institute of Accountancy, Senior Partner of Shanghai Sigma Investment Consulting Corporation, Executive Director of the Shanghai Finance Institute, and a member of the Expert Committee on the Working Mechanism of the Prudential Qualifications Assessment of risks associated with separate accounting activities in the Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone. From December 2012 to September 2016, he served as Dean of the School of Finance at Shanghai University of International Business and Economics. From May 2009 to August 2012, he was a professor at the Shanghai National Accounting Institute. From September 2003 to April 2009, he served as Vice Dean of the School of Finance at Hunan University. From May 2001 to January 2002, he was a senior researcher at the Shanghai Jin Xin Financial Engineering Research Institute. He received his master’s degree in economics from Hunan University (formerly known as “Hunan College of Finance and Economics”) in September 2009, and received his doctorate in economics from Fudan University in December 2003.
Mr. Yunhui Jin, 38, is a media consultant of Kunlun Tech, responsible for media writing, communication and promotion, brand marketing and other company work. From 2018 to 2019, Mr. Jin served as Vice President of Beijing Golden Block Network Technology Co., LTD. From 2017 to 2018, he served as Deputy General Manager of Hunan Branch of Shunya International Co., LTD, providing brand marketing for COFCO Corporation and other well-known enterprises. From 2012 to 2016, he was editor-in-chief of CaiJing.com and participated in several major special reports. In 2011, he passed the Securities Qualifying Examination and won the National Excellent Editor Award from the Office of International Communication, CCCPC in 2010. He graduated from China Youth University of Political Studies.
Mr. Wenjie Han, 38, is the product president of Shanghai Baiyu Technology Co., LTD., responsible for overall product planning and design as well as external affairs since 2021. From 2015 to 2020, he was served as product designer/manager at Beijing Daokoudai Technology Co., LTD., participated in the P2P compliance project of Tsinghua Wudaokou Institute of Finance, and was responsible for the overall product planning and design of the company, with a total investment of more than 20 billion yuan and loan balance of more than 3 billion yuan. From 2012 to 2015, he was responsible for the EU department in the international online department of China Radio International, mainly engaged in the international online design and management of the official website of China Radio International, and participated in the construction of a series of linguistic mobile client multi-clusters in China. From 2009 to 2011, as a founding partner of Beijing Xinchuangsi Technology Co., LTD., he helped establish the “Marshangdao” brand, covering takeout, flower, gift, shopping and other activities, and was also responsible for business negotiation, delivery staff training, and web product planning and design. Mr. Han holds a master’s degree in design from Wuhan University and a bachelor’s degree in industrial design from Shandong Jianzhu University.
Mr. JunJie (Keith) Tan is an expert in the financial investment industry in both private and public markets. Mr. Tan currently serves as COO at the Evolve Family office, focusing on traditional equities and derivatives. In 2017, Mr. Tan was a consultant for the derivatives trading team of Royal Dutch Shell, London on optimizing derivatives trading for the global oil derivatives market. In 2013, Mr. Tan served in the army and held the rank of lieutenant where he acted as a platoon commander in a motorized infantry unit. During his military service, Mr. Tan received several awards, including the Sword of Merit awarded to the top 10% of graduating officers. Mr. Tan graduated with First Class Honors – Deans List, in Chemical Engineering from University College London, and earned a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in Management, with Honours, from the University of Cambridge.
None of the newly appointed directors has a family relationship with another director or officer of the Company and has not been involved in any transaction with the Company in the past two years that would require disclosure under Section 404 ( a) SK regulations.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be executed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized thereto.
| Mercurity Fintech Holding Inc. | ||
| By: | /s/ HuaZhou |
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| Name: | HuaZhou | |
| Title: | Chief executive officer | |
| Date: April 11, 2022 | ||