EOS Launcher Block.One Expands Team with Citigroup’s James Mendes

Published on 12 July 2018 by Cryptovest Staff

The Block.One company keeps building up its team, now hiring James Mendes of Citigroup to handle human resources and talent scouting.

Block.One continues to expand its team, most recently bringing on board James Mendes, so far HR managing director at Citigroup. He will hold the title of chief people officer and will join the company’s Hong Kong-based executive committee.

“Attracting, developing and retaining the best people is critical to our continued success. James has a proven history of leading human capital businesses and extensive experience supporting financial services and technology companies to implement human resources solutions across the globe. We look forward to him joining the team,” Block.One president Rob Jesudason said in a press release.

The new hire comes just days after Block.One brought in Michael Alexander of Jefferies Group to oversee financial and investment matters.

Block.One, the company which publishes the EOS protocol and sells the EOS token, initially announced it would not be involved with the behavior of the EOS ecosystem. It later stated its intention to participate in voting and announced readiness to technically support developers of distributed apps.

However, the news coming from Block.One has failed to prop up the flagging