Long Blockchain Corp. announced the appointment of Shamyl Malik, and Som Ghosh to its board of directors. These appointments are nominees of the lender in the company's recently announced convertible debt facility and are consistent with the company's previously announced plan to shift its primary corporate focus towards blockchain technology. Both Mr. Malik and Mr. Ghosh are deemed to be independent directors under the Nasdaq listing rules. Mr. Malik has been involved in the financial technology sector for over the past decade. He currently serves as Global Head of Trading at Voltaire Capital. Prior to joining Voltaire Capital, he served as Head of FX Electronic Trading at Morgan Stanley and Head of Electronic Market Making for Emerging Markets and Precious Metals in the Capital Markets Division at Citibank. Mr. Ghosh is a blockchain technology entrepreneur with over eleven years of experience in technology and computing, with its applications in investment banking, health and wellness, asset management, algorithmic trading and cryptocurrency. He was previously the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Earthmiles. Prior to that, Mr. Ghosh worked in quantitative trading and structuring roles at Deutsche Bank, UBS and Societe Generale in Hong Kong and London.