Acorn International, Inc. announced the departure of Vice President and CFO Mr. Geoffrey Gao Weiji for personal reasons. Effective immediately, the company has appointed Mr. Martin Oneal Key, as Acting CFO of the company. Mr. Key has held a variety of finance leadership roles in both China and the U.S. He is engaged by Roche Enterprises, Inc. and currently also serves as CFO of Cachet Hotel Group.

Mr. Key will provide services as CFO to both Acorn and Cachet Hotel Group and will be supported by Mr. Aspen Bai, who is also engaged by Roche Enterprises, Inc. and has been appointed as Acting Financial Controller for Acorn in addition to his role as Financial Controller at Cachet. Before joining Cachet, Mr. Key served as executive director for ARC China.