UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 6-K

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO
RULE 13A-16 OR 15D-16 UNDER THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the month of April 2022

 

Commission File Number: 001-41353

 

Genius Group Limited

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

 

8 Amoy Street, #01-01

Singapore 049950

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

 

Form 20-F x  Form 40-F ¨

 

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INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT

 

Effective as of March 31, 2022, the board of directors (the “Board”) of Genius Group Limited (the “Company”) appointed Richard J. Berman as the Chairman of the Audit Committee.

 

Mr. Berman has served as a member of the Board since January 2022 and qualifies as “independent” for purposes of the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the NYSE American market. Mr. Berman’s biographical information is as follows:

 

Richard J. Berman holds a BSc and an MBA degree from the Stern School of Business of NYU and U.S. and foreign law degrees. His business career spans over 35 years in senior management, mergers and acquisitions, and venture capital. He is a director of four public NASDAQ companies – Cryoport Inc., Comsovereign Holding Corp., BioVie Inc., and Context Therapeutics Inc., and over the last decade he has served on the board of five companies that have reached over one billion dollars in market cap – Cryoport, Advaxis, EXIDE, Internet Commerce Corp., and Ontrak (Catasys). His early career began with Goldman Sachs and thereafter he became the Senior Vice President of the Bankers Trust Company, where he started the mergers and acquisitions, and leveraged buyout departments.

 

On April 19, 2022, the Company issued a press release regarding the appointment of Mr. Berman. Such press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

 

99.1 Press Release dated April 19, 2022

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

  GENIUS GROUP LIMITED  
     
Date: April 19, 2022    
  By: /s/ Roger James Hamilton
  Name:  Roger James Hamilton
  Title:

Chief Executive Officer and Chairman

(Principal Executive Officer)