On April 26, 2024, the board of directors of Clean Energy Technologies, Inc. accepted the resignation of Mr. Matthew Smith as a director of the Company, effective immediately. Mr. Smith is resigning for personal reasons and there were no disagreements between Mr. Smith and the Company. On April 26, 2024, the Board approved Mr. Xiaotian Xiao to the Board and his appointment as a member of the Audit Committee of the Board, effective immediately.

Mr. Xiaotian Xiao currently serves as the equity investment partner at Gold Endavor Capital covering the investments in the new energy and robotic/automobile industry. Prior to that, he was the special assistant to chairman at Hybrid Kinetic Motors (1188.HK) from May 2015 to August 2020, and the chief operation officer at Yegiaro Group, a subsidiary of Hybrid Kinetic Motors, from May 2015 to August 2020. Mr. Xiao received his Master of Business Administration degree from the Marshal School of Business, University of Southern California in 2015.