Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC) Announces and Welcomes New Founding Members From Across The Globe The Bitfury Group Follow Jan 25, 2017 · Unlisted

WASHINGTON, D.C. — January 25, 2017 — Last week, The Bitfury Group, the world’s leading full service Blockchain company, in collaboration with international law-firm Covington, launched the Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC) around the World Economic Forum 2017 Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland.

Today the GBBC released a list of thirty-three founding members. The list is comprised of global business leaders and innovators who represent twenty-five countries, including Australia, Argentina, Barbados, Brazil, Canada, China, Estonia, France, Georgia, Haiti, Hong Kong, India, Latvia, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Turkey, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States.

The mission of the GBBC is to bring together the world’s leading businesses to educate on the latest innovations and advances in Blockchain technology and advocate for the technology’s global adoption. The GBBC aims to serve as a central resource center, providing a forum for information, collaboration and partnerships. Learn more at gbbcouncil.org.

GBBC founding members hail from diverse backgrounds and industries –with emphases in the fields of technology, banking, governance, law, finance and education. They are primarily responsible for growing and maintaining a vibrant global network that bridges the Blockchain and business worlds — connecting local innovators with the GBBC and facilitating substantive worldwide partnerships across sectors.

“We are humbled by the overwhelming enthusiasm with which the formation of the Global Blockchain Business Council has been received. We knew there was a need for a global body dedicated to bringing the Blockchain and business worlds together, educating, advocating for blockchain adoption and connecting relevant parties in the Blockchain and business worlds — we could not be more thrilled that so many businesses, innovators and industry leaders agree and have joined with us in this new venture,” Valery Vavilov, CEO of the Bitfury Group, explained. “The GBBC is meant to be a truly global body for the Blockchain and business ecosystems –our founding members will be critical to ensuring we are always presenting a global front and that we stay on the leading edge of Blockchain innovations around the world.”

GBBC Founding Members

ARGENTINA

Santiago Siri

Founder

Democracy Earth Foundation

AUSTRALIA

Michael Casey

Senior Advisor

MIT Digital Currency

BARBADOS

Gabriel Abed

Founder & CEO

Bitt Group

BRAZIL

Paula Drumond Guedes

Founder & CEO

ATLZ Group

BRAZIL

Veronica Serra

Founding Partner

Pacific Investments

CANADA

Alex Tapscott

Founder & CEO

Northwest Passage Ventures

CHINA

Dr. Wang Wei

Chairman

China M&A Association

CHINA

Dr. Wang Yongli

CEO

LeFinance

ESTONIA

Toomas Hendrik Ilves

Former President of Estonia

FRANCE

Mariana Dahan

Senior Operations Officer

World Bank

GEORGIA

George Kikvadze

Vice Chairman

Bitfury Group

HAITI

Laurent Lamothe

Former Prime Minister, Haiti

HONG KONG, CHINA

Phang Yew Kiat

CEO

Credit China FinTech

INDIA

Dr. Raman Kumar

Chairman

Aeries Group

LATVIA

Valery Vavilov

Founder & CEO

Bitfury Group

NETHERLANDS

Sebastian Vos

Partner

Covington

NIGERIA

Elizabeth Rosiello

Founder & CEO

BitPesa

PAKISTAN

Ali Abbas Syed

Founding Partner

Gemini Investment Group

PERU

Hernando De Soto

Chairman

Institute for Liberty and Democracy

RUSSIA

Gleb Davidyuk

Managing Partner

ITech Capital

SAUDI ARABIA

HH Mishaal Bin Abdullah Al Saud, Phd.

Chairman Gemini Financial Services

Chairman ZAD Group

SINGAPORE

Jonathan Teo

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Binary Capital

SOUTH AFRICA

Vinny Lingham

Founder & CEO

Civic.com

TURKEY

Muhamed Yesilhark

Founder & CEO

Q2Q Capital Group

UKRAINE

Aivaras Abromavičius

Former Minister Economy, Ukraine

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Sheikh Zayed

Al Nahyan

Director

Nahyan Family Group

UNITED KINGDOM

Daniel Masters

Founding Director

GABI Fund

UNITED STATES

Brian Forde

Director

MIT Digital Forum

UNITED STATES

Jamie Smith

Global Chief Communications & Marketing Officer

Bitfury Group

UNITED STATES

Tomicah Tillemann

Director

Bretton Woods II

UNITED STATES

Jason Weinstein

Partner

Steptoe & Johnson

UNITED STATES

Bill Tai

Co-Founder

Mai Tai Global

UNITED STATES

Dr. James Newsome

Founding Partner

Delta Strategy Group

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:

Mercina Tillemann-Dick at Mercina.Tillemann@gbbcouncil.org