Executive Team

Andrew Kiguel

CEO

Andrew joins Hut 8 from GMP Securities L.P., where he played an integral role for more than 18 years, including most recently as Managing Director, Investment Banking, as well as a key member of GMP’s Blockchain Investment Banking Group. He is a co-founder of Hut 8 and played an fundamental role in the formation, structure, and financing of Hut 8. Andrew has extensive experience in providing investment banking services to numerous public and private entities, including raising equity and debt capital in excess of C$3 billion over the last five years.

 

Jimmy Vaiopoulos

CFO

Jimmy joins Hut 8 following his role as CFO with a TSXV-listed commercial solar solutions provider, where he served since 2015. Prior to that role, he worked with KPMG in both audit and advisory practices with a focus on energy and infrastructure markets. Vaiopoulos has worked closely with independent power producers and specializes in start-up growth, international management, tech and mining, and has extensive experience in the underlying Canadian and U.S. compliance regimes. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering Science from Western University and an Honours Business Administration from the Richard Ivey School of Business and is a member of the Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia.

 

 

Michael Perrow

VP

Since 2008, Michael has played an integral leadership role in the development, operations and strategy of numerous successful startups. Michael spent the last 5 years focused on scaling a music and technology company as the head of business development. He holds a business degree from the University of Western Ontario with a specialization in finance.