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VEDU Announces Changes to Board of Directors
TORONTO, June 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Visionary Education Technology Holdings Group Inc. (the "Company") (NASDAQ:VEDU), a private education provider located
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[{"type":"text","content":"TORONTO, June 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- 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 changes to the Company's Board of Directors (the \"Board\"). Effective June 6, 2023, the Board appointed our founder, majority shareholder, Executive Director, and Chief Executive Officer Ms. Fan Zhou as Chairman of the Board, and appointed Mr. Michael Viotto as a member of the Board. Mr. Viotto was confirmed as an independent director by the Board on June 13, 2023.\nMs. Zhou has over 20 years of experience in international vocational education in Canada and China. In 2000, she became the director of China marketing at US Xintra International Computer Institute (\"Xintra\") in Toronto, Canada. Between 2001 to 2004, she became the director of the China Branch of Xintra in Guangzhou, China, and later the chair of Guangzhou Xintra Computer Ltd. and the Principal of Guangzhou Xintra Computer Training School. From 2005 to 2019, she was the director for the International Financial Management Association, South China Chapter and the chair and chief executive officer of China Youth Lang Dun Education Culture and Technology in Toronto, Canada, From 2015 to 2019, she served as the marketing director for the Toronto E-School, now a subsidiary of our Company, to promote and market the program in China, and served as the director of the International Commercial Art Designer Association (\"ICAD\") in Toronto, Canada, where she managed the program for ICAD certification. She is the executive chairman of the Canada-China Economic and Trade Development Policy Committee, the Chairman of the Board of Directors for the North American Chinese Culture and Education Exchange Promotion Association, and, since March 2020, the Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Canadian Youth Education Mutual Aid Association. Ms. Zhou is pursuing her doctorate (PhD Candidate) degree from Jinan University in China. We believe Ms. Zhou will make contributions to us in the areas of corporate strategies, financing, and potential mergers and acquisitions.\nMr. Viotto was chosen to serve as a member of the Board due to his extensive experience in the finance industry, including business development, risk assessment and managemen...