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Changpeng Zhao is the Founder and former CEO of Binance. He is originally from Guiyang, Guizhou, and was born in Lianyungang, Jiangsu. He was a member of Blockchain.info and the chief technology officer of OKCoin, and also served as the technical director of Bloomberg. Changpeng Zhao is best known for founding cryptocurrency exchange Binance. His wife is He Yi, the co-founder of Binance, and they have two children together. On November 21, 2023, Changpeng Zhao announced his resignation as CEO.
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Kathleen Chu
Kathleen Chu is Head of marketing communications at Avail, and previously she was Head of Communications at Polygon and Head of Japan at MakerDAO. She is a graduate of Baruch College.
Zhebin(Joey) Ni
Zhebin (Joey) Ni is the CEO of KiloEx and has previously served as a Senior Business Development Manager for OKX and Phemex.
Hakuna Xie
Hakuna Xie is an Investment Director at LD Capital. She has previously worked as a Partner at BlockArk and PR at Binance. She received her education from Nanjing University of Finance and Economics in Shanghai, China.
Lennix Lai
Lennix Lai is the chief commercial officer of OKX. He joined OKX in 2017 and previously worked for JP Morgan Chase, AIG and Celestial Financial Services Group.
Mandy Campbell
Mandy leads Bain Capital Crypto’s and portfolio marketing efforts across brand, content, events, and communications. Before joining the Bain team, she led Marketing for global crypto exchange Okcoin and managed fast-growing teams at companies like GitHub, Lyft, and Meta. When she’s not helping builders, she’s hiking with her family or searching for carrot cake in the Bay Area.
Nathan Zou
Nathan Zou is vice President of product at Trust Wallet and was previously head of Web3 product at OKX. He also worked at PayPal and Ant Group. He has a master's degree in electrical engineering from the University at Buffalo.
Matthew Finestone
Matthew Finestone is the Co-Founder. He used to worked as Head of Business at Loopring.
Peng Jia
Peng Jia is CTO of Nimble Network and previously worked at Apple. He graduated from Stanford University, McGill University and Huazhong University of Science and Technology.
Mike Jones
Mike Jones is a talent partner at Dragonfly, and previously she was head of technical recruiting at OKX. She graduated from Cornell University in the United States.
Jason Lau
Jason Lau is the Chief Operating Officer at Okcoin & Chief Innovation Officer at OKX, one of the world's leading fiat-focused digital asset exchanges. He has previously served as VP of Business Development of OKEx, an exchange focused on token-to-token and crypto derivative trading. With his background in traditional finance and trading, Jason is passionate about driving more awareness and adoption of crypto, building teams, capitalizing on growth opportunities, and ultimately helping people fulfill their potential. In his role at OKCoin, he is responsible for helping expand the company's international footprint to bring safe, trusted cryptocurrency access to users throughout the world.