Ethereum Foundation loses another key leader as co-executive director Hsiao-Wei Wang resigns
Key takeaways
- Wang reached the decision after a recent sabbatical, which gave her time to reflect on her priorities and future plans.
- Wang's exit adds to a period of upheaval at the Ethereum Foundation.
- Wang reflected on Ethereum's broader mission and the contributors who have helped build the network in her statement.
Wang's departure follows the resignation of fellow co-executive director Tomasz Stańczak and marks the latest in a string of high-profile exits at the EF, with eight senior figures leaving over the past five months amid ongoing scrutiny of the organization's governance, strategy and leadership.The Ethereum Foundation's (EF) co-executive director Hsiao-Wei Wang shared that she has stepped down from her role leading the organization effective immediately, in a post shared on X on Thursday.
Wang reached the decision after a recent sabbatical, which gave her time to reflect on her priorities and future plans. "I've come to feel that this is the right moment for me to step back," she wrote.
Her departure follows the resignation of fellow co-executive director Tomasz Stańczak, who announced earlier this year that he would leave the role after helping steer a leadership transition at the Switzerland-based nonprofit that supports Ethereum's ecosystem development.