Board of Directors

Thomas W. Farley serves as Bullish’s Chief Executive Officer and as director and will become the Chairman of the Board upon completion of this offering. As Chief Executive Officer of Bullish and the Chairman of the Board upon listing, he is responsible for leading the executive team and ensuring that the Board plays a full and constructive role in the development and alignment of the company’s strategy and overall commercial objectives. Mr. Farley is the current Chairman of the Board of Global Blue (NYSE: GB). Previously he served as Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of Far Peak Acquisition Corp. and Far Point Acquisition Corp. Additionally, he served as President of NYSE Group of the Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE) from May 2014 until May 2018. Mr. Farley’s responsibilities included serving as the chief executive and leading all operations for the NYSE and managing a diverse range of equity and equity options exchanges, comprising the largest equities listing and securities trading venue in the world. Mr. Farley joined the NYSE as Chief Operating Officer in November 2013 when ICE acquired NYSE Euronext. Prior to joining the NYSE, Mr. Farley served as Senior Vice President of Financial Markets at ICE, where he oversaw the development of several businesses and initiatives across ICE’s markets. Mr. Farley joined ICE in 2007 as the President and Chief Operating Officer of ICE Futures U.S., formerly the New York Board of Trade. He also represented ICE on the Options Clearing Corporation Board of Directors. Prior to joining ICE, Mr. Farley was President of SunGard Kiodex, a risk management technology provider to the derivatives markets and prior thereto served as the business unit’s Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Farley has also held various positions in investment banking at Montgomery Securities and in private equity at Gryphon Investors. Mr. Farley holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Georgetown University and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.

Andrew C. Bliss serves as a director of Bullish and is a member of the founding team. Mr. Bliss is the Founder & Managing Director of Bliss Capital Limited, a Cayman Islands based technology focused investment firm. Mr. Bliss was formerly Chief Strategy Officer of block.one, with responsibilities including corporate strategy, growth, risk, and governance, as well as strategic investments including venture capital and private equity. Previously he served as Chief Operating Officer, and prior to that, Chief Financial Officer, of block.one and is a member of the founding team. He has worked full time in the blockchain and digital assets industry since block.one’s inception in 2016. Prior to joining block.one, he served as Chief Financial Officer of ii5, a Hong Kong based software company focused on the Asia-Pacific property market. Prior to that, Mr. Bliss held numerous financial, operational, and compliance responsibilities with avionics and technology multinational Rockwell Collins, where he worked across the U.S., Europe, and Asia-Pacific. Mr. Bliss holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Finance along with a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Iowa. Mr. Bliss holds professional certifications in audit, risk management, and fraud prevention and detection.

Brendan F. Blumer co-founded Bullish and has served as a director of Bullish since inception. Mr. Blumer is a highly acclaimed entrepreneur, investor, and innovator having successfully built leading technology businesses across the globe. Mr. Blumer was an early investor in blockchain and transitioned to full-time involvement in the industry in 2016 when he co-founded block.one, which has funded more than 100 innovative businesses in sectors such as digital assets, blockchain, fintech, infrastructure, financial services and gaming, and is also the originator of the open source EOSIO software. Mr. Blumer has been featured on global broadcasts including Bloomberg, CNBC, Forbes and many more as a recognized industry leader. Prior to block.one, Mr. Blumer founded okay.com, a collaborative data-sharing ecosystem for the Asia Pacific property market that has grown to be Hong Kong’s largest digital property agency. He has been building disruptive technology companies since 2001, when he started his career in e-commerce selling ingame digital assets in the world’s largest online video games.

Karen J. Simon serves as chair of Energean plc (LSE) and as a director for Aker ASA (OSL) and Crescent Energy Inc. (NYSE). Ms. Simon retired from JPMorgan in December 2019 as Vice Chairman of Investment Banking after a 36-year career with the firm. She possesses extensive experience in corporate finance, including M&A, debt, and equity transactions. Her leadership roles at JPMorgan included head of the Global Financial Sponsor and European Debt Capital Markets groups. Ms. Simon established JPMorgan’s Director Advisory Services group, which provides client services for independent directors of public company boards. During her 20 years living in London with JPMorgan, she also served on the firm’s European Reputational Risk, Debt Underwriting and Management committees. Ms. Simon is also involved philanthropically, currently serving as the Chair of the Dean's Executive Committee for the Thunderbird School of Global Management, which is part of Arizona State University and as Trustee for the Institute of Shipboard Education, which runs the Semester at Sea undergraduate study abroad program. She also chairs REV Ocean, a Norwegian ocean research organization established to operate an ocean exploration and research vessel from 2027. She holds a Master of International Management from Thunderbird, a Master of Business Administration from Southern Methodist University and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and International Relations from the University of Colorado.

Andrew C. Wynn is the founder and CEO of Clipper Consulting Limited, a risk advisory firm in the United Kingdom, a position he has held since September 2010. He also concurrently serves as the part-time chief risk officer at Clearwell Capital Limited, a role he began in September 2020. Additionally, Mr. Wynn has been an independent non-executive director (“INED”) and chair of the Board Risk and Compliance committee for Bullish (GI) Limited since May 2022 and INED for Bullish (GI) Markets Limited since May 2025, both indirect subsidiaries of Bullish. From May 2023 to December 2024, he was a part-time temporary risk advisor at SAPI Group Limited. Mr. Wynn possesses over 40 years of experience across banking, financial services and property, including chair, vice-chair, board risk committee chair, CEO, CFO and senior risk advisory roles. He has served on over 30 bank, financial services and property boards in the United Kingdom and Europe. Previously, he served as an INED, vice chairman of the bank, and chairman of the Board Risk Management Committee at Hellenic Bank Public Company in Cyprus from February 2016 to June 2021. Earlier in his career, he was the CFO and then a director of Security Pacific Trust Limited, a UK bank, from June 1987 to December 1994 and as chairman and CEO of Security Pacific Holdings in 1995. Mr. Wynn is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, having joined the Institute in 1974. He also holds a Chartered Global Management Accountant designation and a Securities Institute Certificate in Corporate Finance.

Kokuei (Guo) Yuan serves as a director of Bullish. Mr. Yuan was formerly the Executive Chairman of block.one where he oversaw block.one group’s financial and management operations. He has over 25 years of experience as an investment professional and business executive, having held numerous board and executive positions across various industries as well as being an investment banker at CLSA. He holds a BA in Economics and Studio Art from Tufts University.