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Argo CEO Named Interim Chairman With US Share Sale Planned
Earlier this month the company submitted a draft registration statement to the SEC for the sale of American Depositary Shares.
Updated Sep 14, 2021, 1:32 p.m. Published Jul 29, 2021, 8:52 a.m.
Argo Blockchain, the U.K.-listed crypto mining company that's planning a U.S. share sale this quarter, named CEO Peter Wall as interim chairman and expanded its board of directors.
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- Wall replaces Ian Macleod until a new candidate is identified, the company said in a statement.
- The company, based in London, also appointed Finance Director Alex Appleton to the board and named Perry Hothi as chief technology officer.
- Three non-executive directors joined: Colleen Sullivan, the CEO of CMT Digital, Maria Perrella, previously the CFO of Canada-based MDA, and Sarah Gow, a former executive at Citigroup Asset Management.
- Non-executive directors James Savage and Marco D'Attanasio left the company.
- Earlier this month Argo submitted a draft registration statement to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the sale of yet-to-be-determined number American Depositary Shares.
See also: Argo Blockchain Secures $20M Bitcoin-Backed Loan to Expand Texas Data Center
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