Board of Directors

Bill Tai

Chairman of the Board

Bill is a Board Director of Bitfury and co-founder Chairman of data science company Treasure Data. He is an early seed investor behind high profile startups Canva, Color Genomics, Tweetdeck/Twitter, Wish.com and Zoom Video. He is a Partner Emeritus for CRV after establishing their Silicon Valley office. Previously he founded several successful technology companies and served as Board Director of 7 publicly listed companies. He holds a BSEE with Honors from the University of Illinois and an MBA from Harvard.

 

Joe Flinn

Joseph Flinn joins Hut 8 following 12 years of senior leadership at Sysco Corporation, where he played an integral role as both Chief Financial Officer of Sysco Canada, and President of Sysco Canada’s Eastern Division, and 2 years as President of Clarke Freight Transportation Group, a major national freight carrier. Mr. Flinn holds a business degree from Saint Mary’s University and is a chartered professional accountant. Currently Mr. Flinn is the CFO of Seaboard Transportation Group, a major international bulk transportation group of companies.

 

 

Dennis Mills

Former Member of Parliament of Canada for 16 years with roles including working with the Minister of Industry. Held leadership positions at Magna Entertainment from 2004 to 2008 followed by CEO of MI Developments, a global real estate company, from 2008 to 2010. Dennis served on the board of Pacific Rubiales Energy and is currently on the board of CGX Energy.

 

 

Jeremy Sewell

Jeremy Sewell is the Chief Financial Officer for the Bitfury Group and has 30 years of extensive international financial, commercial and operating experience. He was most recently CFO of the Silicon Valley fintech company eCurrency, where he led the equity investment from eBay Founder Pierre Omidyar’s VC and Bridgewater Associates and Farallon Capital hedge fund founders Ray Dalio and Tom Steyer.

 

 

Gerri Sinclair

Kensington Managing Director where she serves as a member of the firm’s Investment Committee for the venture capital funds. Previously served on the Microsoft Senior Executive team as General Manager for the MSN Canadian subsidiary. Has served on several government and corporate boards including the TMX Group, Telus Corporation, BC Telecom, and Ballard Power. Gerri holds a Ph.D. in Renaissance Drama as well as an honorary Doctor of Science in Computing Science from the University of British Columbia.