Management Team

Mr. Qingfeng Wu has served as our director since April 2022. Mr. Wu co-founded Bgin HK in March 2019 and has since served as its director. Mr. Wu has extensive work experience in the electronic design industry and has over 15 years of experience in the design of complete electronic products. Mr. Wu has served as a director of Bgin HK since March 2019. Since January 2018, Mr. Wu has served as the general manager of Shenzhen Bgin. From March 2012 to December 2017, Mr. Wu served as the manager of radio-frequency, hardware and research and development department at Shenzhen Chenggu Technology Co., Ltd. Prior to that, Mr. Wu worked as a radio-frequency engineer at Comba Telecom System (Guangzhou) Ltd. from May 2009 to February 2012. Mr. Wu obtained his bachelor’s degree in Electronic Information Engineering in July 2006 and his master’s degree in Electromagnetic Field and Microwave Technology in March 2009 from Xidian University.

Mr. Zhao Xiang has served as our co-chief financial officer since April 2022. Mr. Xiang has 12 years of experience in financial management. From November 2017 to April 2022, Mr. Xiang served as the Finance Manager and Finance Director consecutively at Shenzhen Likeshuo Network Technology Co., Ltd., a former variable interest entity of BTC Digital Ltd. (formerly known as Meten Holding Group Ltd.) (Nasdaq: BTCT). Mr. Xiang studied accounting at Hunan University, from which he graduated in 2016.

Mr. Pengju Wang has served as our co-chief financial officer since April 2022. From July 2018 to March 2022, Mr. Wang served as the Finance Manager of Shanghai Huishi Information Technology Co., Ltd. From April 2017 to October 2017, Mr. Wang served as treasury assistant at the financial department of Mr. Bricolage Group in France. Mr. Wang obtained his bachelor’s degree in accounting in September 2015 and his master’s degree in finance in September 2017 from the School of Business Administration of the Université de Rennes I.

Mr. Qi Shao has served as the chief technology officer of Bgin HK since March 2019 and of Bgin since April 2022, where Mr. Shao oversees the company’s development of proprietary technology and leads the research and development team. From March 2018 to February 2019, Mr. Shao served as the chief technology officer at Shenzhen Bgin, where he was responsible for overseeing the company’s research and development activities. From September 2014 to February 2018, Mr. Shao served as a field applications engineer at Shenzhen Beigaozhi Electronics Co., Ltd., where he was responsible for providing on-site technical support and addressing technical issues with the company’s products. Mr. Shao has over 10 years of experience in the research and development of electronics and has rich experience in developing technology related to blockchain and digital currencies. Mr. Shao obtained his bachelor’s degree in communication engineering from Anhui Jianzhu University in July 2011.

Mr. Rezwan Mirza has served as our chief corporate development officer since November 2025. Mr. Mirza has over 30 years of experience in finance, management and strategy, and has raised over $100 billion in public and private capital. From 2007 to 2017, Mr. Mirza held multiple senior leadership roles at Barclays in Dubai, including Managing Director roles leading corporate banking and corporate coverage across the Middle East and the UAE & GCC with full P&L responsibility. Prior to Barclays, Mr. Mirza served in investment banking at UBS, focusing on telecom, media and technology clients and executing a broad range of capital markets and advisory transactions. Earlier in his career, Mr. Mirza worked at Ernst & Young in audit and assurance. Mr. Mirza is a Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Mirza received his bachelor’s degree in Economics and Master of Accounting from Rice University, and his MBA from the Booth School of Business, University of Chicago.

Ms. Katherine Sikora Nelson has served as our legal officer and compliance officer since November 2024. Ms. Nelson has over 20 years of compliance and governance experience within the global FinTech industry. In January 2024, Ms. Nelson was appointed to serve as the Commissioner at Catawba Banking Commission of the Catawba Digital Economic Zone (“CDEZ”), a sovereign regulatory zone, established by the Catawba Indian Nation, where she advises on the regulations for digital banking and Web3 within the CDEZ. From August 2022 to June 2023, Ms. Nelson served as the Global Compliance Officer at ARDU Prime Crypto Services US, Inc., a blockchain and cryptocurrency exchange, where she oversaw licensing for custodial virtual asset wallets, lending, crowdfunding, and exchange services. From July 2021 to May 2022, Ms. Nelson served as the Global Chief Legal & Compliance Officer at Buckzy Payments, Inc., a FinTech company specializing in cross-border payment solutions. From June 2017 to October 2019, Ms. Nelson also served as an Advisory Board Member at Jassby, Inc. (a digital, mobile wallet payment solution). Concurrently, from July 2017 to April 2020, she served as the Chief Compliance Officer — USA at Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A., a global commercial and investment bank headquartered in Italy.

Ms. Nelson started her career with Fidelity Investments, serving as the U.S. Head of Investment Advisory Compliance and then as the Global Economic Sanctions Officer. She was also a consultant with KPMG, followed by a role as the Director with Citigroup Inc., and then as the Managing Director at the Bank of New York Mellon (BNYM), responsible, among others, for BNYM’s compliance oversight of industry efforts driven by the U.S. Tri-Party Repo Infrastructure Reform project, led under the auspices of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to “practically eliminate” intra-day credit exposure and assure liquidity funding efficiencies in the marketplace, as mandated by the Financial Stability Board (FSB). Ms. Nelson received her Master of Law (J.D. equivalent) from Jagiellonian University, School of Law in Poland in 1990, her Master’s degree in International Relations from University of Notre Dame in 1991, her Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University in 1993, and her LL.M degree in Banking and Financial Law from Boston University School of Law in 2005. Ms. Nelson is a licensed attorney in the State of New York.

Mr. Benjamin Thomison was appointed as the operation director of Bgin Infrastructure US in September 2024 and has served as our operations officer since November 2024. Mr. Benjamin Thomison is responsible for overseeing and managing the operations of our mining farms. With extensive experience in operations management, Mr. Thomison has held key positions across companies in the cryptocurrency mining industry consecutively. From January 2024 to July 2024, Mr. Thomison has served as a Senior Operations Manager at Phoenix Group LLC, a Bitcoin mining company, where he was responsible for directing operations across all U.S. mining sites with a goal of increasing hash rates. Prior to that, from October 2021 to July 2023, Mr. Thomison was the Vice President of Mining at Mawson Infrastructure, a Bitcoin mining company, directing the company’s operations across all U.S. mining sites with a goal of increasing hash rates. Before that, he served as the Site Manager at Core Scientific, a Bitcoin mining company, from November 2018 to May 2023, managing sites and operations to maintain mining machine uptime and hash rate. Mr. Benjamin Thomison’s early career includes service in the U.S. Army from 2002 to 2007, with two combat tours in Iraq and recognition for leadership and service excellence.