Valour Inc. announced the appointment of Olivier Roussy Newton as CEO. Russell Starr, formerly CEO, will re-assume the role of Head of Capital Markets and maintain his role as Executive Chairman.Olivier Roussy Newton, a Co-Founder of Valour, will assume the role of CEO as a strategic move to accelerate its further growth trajectory, to increase its global reach, build new partnerships and align corporate governance initiatives of the Company globally. Mr. Roussy Newton previously founded and served as the President of HIVE BlockchainTechnologies.

He is a partner at Latent Capital, an investment fund focused on breakthrough technology in quantum computing, finance and bioinformatics. He currently sits on the board of SEBA Bank AG. Executive Chairman Russell Starr, in re-assuming the role as head of Capital Markets of Valour, will continue to focus on building out the Company's capital markets presence in North America.

Mr. Starr, who was serving as Chief ExecutiveOfficer for Valour, is an established entrepreneur and financier with deep capital markets and industry expertise. Mr. Starr helped lead Valour's advancement into exchanges across Europe and the expansion of the company's exchange traded product offerings further delivering on the Company's mission to expand investor access to industry-leading digital assets allowing them to participate in the future of finance via regulated equity exchanges.