---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-24-033584"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PEVM"
cik: "0001879848"
company_name: "PHOENIX MOTOR INC."
filed_at: "2024-03-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T22:33:33.464975+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Phoenix Motor appoints J. Mark Hastings as CFO; Chris Wang resigns for personal reasons

## Summary
- Chris Wang resigned as CFO effective March 8, 2024, for personal reasons; no disagreements with company.
- J. Mark Hastings, previously Chief Investment Officer since Dec 2023, appointed CFO effective March 12, 2024.
- Hastings has background in finance, energy research, and corporate development; prior roles include SVP Corporate Development at Phoenix Motor.
- Hastings also served at Geosphere Capital, S.A.C. Capital, Deutsche Bank, Merrill Lynch, and Exxon.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-033584
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PEVM
- cik: 0001879848
- company_name: PHOENIX MOTOR INC.
- filed_at: 2024-03-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1879848/000110465924033584/0001104659-24-033584-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1879848/000110465924033584/tm248677d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-033584.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Chris Wang resigned as Chief Financial Officer at PHOENIX MOTOR INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On March 8, 2024, the Company accepted the resignation of Mr. Chris Wang as Chief Financial Officer of the Company effective as of March 8, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1879848/000110465924033584/0001104659-24-033584-index.htm
- Executive change
  J. Mark Hastings was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at PHOENIX MOTOR INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On March 12, 2024, the Board of Directors of Phoenix Motor Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Mr. J. Mark Hastings as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1879848/000110465924033584/0001104659-24-033584-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.