Mr. Rogers was the first employee of Xapo, a bitcoin platform for consumers and institutions. Mr. Rogers managed operations and conducted business development for Xapo, served on the board of directors of Xapo, Inc. and was a member of the Compliance Committee. As President of Xapo, his responsibilities included supervision of the finance unit and acting as a primary contact for auditors during the period in which the company grew from inception to a GAAP-audited, $80 million revenue firm.
Mr. Rogers graduated from Williams College in 1991 and cum laude from Georgetown University Law School in 1996.
Mr. Kovler has served as a member of our Board of Directors since March 2023. In 2016, Mr. Kovler co-founded a consulting and proxy solicitation firm, HKL & Co., LLC, where he currently serves as a Managing Director, designing and implementing solutions to special corporate situations, consulting on contested board elections, mergers and acquisitions, investor relations and corporate governance. Mr. Kovler has also serves in advisory roles with numerous Web3 companies. Prior to co-founding HKL & Co., LLC, from 2003-2015 he worked at D.F. King & Co., Inc. a proxy solicitation firm, in progressively senior roles, including as Senior Vice President. Mr. Kovler is a 2001 graduate of Trinity College with a B.A. in Economics.
Mr. Zeynel is an accomplished professional with over 40 years of experience in petrochemicals, strategic management, carbon removal and sustainability. He served as Chairman Emeritus of the ZAG Group, a leading provider of sustainable materials to the global construction industry, until his retirement in June 2025, after serving as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, from 2001 to December 2020, and as Executive Chairman, from January 2021 to December 2023. Under his leadership, the ZAG Group grew its operations to 10 different countries serving customers on four continents, gradually expanding its supply chain and operational capabilities by bringing in-house project conception, funding, design, construction, ship chartering and brokering and operational start-up of import terminals and other facilities. Prior to founding the ZAG Group, Mr. Zeynel served in roles of increasing responsibility at Union Carbide Corporation (“UCC”) (now a subsidiary of Dow, Inc. (NYSE:DOW)), including as Director of Corporate Ventures for Asia Pacific, from 1994 to 2001, where he oversaw the formation and startup of a $2.7 billion petrochemical joint venture with PETRONAS; UCC Canada Vice President and General Manager, from 1989 to 1994; Corporate Director of Quality, from 1984 to 1989; and in Product Marketing and Business Director positions, from 1980 to 1984. He began his career at UCC as a Technical Sales Representative in its Chemicals & Plastics Group in 1977. He is a prominent speaker at industry forums such as the Intercem and AshTrans Conferences and is recognized as one of the foremost experts on supplementary cementitious materials. He also served as an Adjunct Professor, from 2001 to 2016, at Lehigh University’s Business School MBA program. Mr. Zeynel received a B.S. degree in Business from Lehigh University, a B.A. degree in Economics and International Relations from the University of Geneva and an M.A. degree in Economics and International Relations from the Graduate Institute of International Studies (HEI).