Ether Capital Corporation announced the appointment of Ian McPherson as President and Jillian Friedman as Chief Operating Officer. Ms. Friedman's appointment is effective as of March 7, 2022, while Mr. McPherson's appointment is effective as of March 31, 2022. Ian McPherson brings over 30 years of experience to Ether Capital in both institutional and entrepreneurial organizations.

His experience includes 17 years as an investment banker in London and Toronto with responsibility for banks, life insurance companies and asset managers. He has facilitated over $75 billion of capital raising and structured multiple M&A transactions as both principal and advisor. Most recently, Mr. McPherson has served as a CEO and CFO of several private wealth management organizations.

Additionally, he is a Canadian leader on environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters and is currently serving on the Government of Canada's Expert Panel on Climate Adaptation. Jillian Friedman is a lawyer and banking expert who has been active in the cryptocurrency and blockchain space since 2014. She has spent the past seven years with National Bank of Canada where she led the Bank's blockchain and digital asset efforts with a focus on the wealth management, capital markets and risk sectors.

Most recently she was a senior manager with National Bank's restructuring group. Her legal experience includes digital assets, commercial finance and fintech. Mr. McPherson will be replacing Stefan Coolican who has served as the Company's President since July 2018.Ether Capital would like to thank Mr. Coolican for his years of service and wishes him the best in his future pursuits.

Mr. Coolican will be resigning from the Company's Board of Directors concurrently with his departure as President and Chief Financial Officer on March 31, 2022 but will continue with the Company in an advisory role by joining the Company's Advisory Board.