Blockchain Identity Firm Civic Promotes Chris Hart to CEO
Vinny Lingham is stepping down from the role and will become executive chairman of the board.
Updated Sep 14, 2021 at 1:41 p.m. UTC
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Civic – a company that provides technology to verify identification on blockchains – is promoting Chris Hart, its chief operating officer, to CEO, Vinny Lingham, the current CEO, announced in a blog post on Wednesday.
- Hart has served as the company’s COO since 2017.
- As part of the change, Lingham will become Civic’s executive chairman of the board. The South African entrepreneur co-founded the company in 2016.