Today, we are announcing a transition in the executive leadership team at the Ethereum Foundation. After extensive contributions to the Foundation’s mission and operations, Tomasz Stańczak has decided to step down from his role as Co-Executive Director. The Foundation’s Board has appointed Bastian Aue to serve as interim Co-Executive Director, effective immediately.

Tomasz joined the management team during a critical period of growth and maturation for the Foundation. His strategic guidance helped expand our ability to reach out to broad groups of people and teams, and for the EF to understand businesses in the ecosystem more deeply. He also brought a sense of urgency and focus, helped organize EF teams to work more efficiently, and expanded enterprise community development. Through his quick execution, he achieved a remarkable range of milestones within a short period.

Bastian brings deep organizational knowledge of the EF’s unique structure and values, and extensive experience within EF management. For those less familiar with Bastian, he has been a core part of our executive team, having been a part of decision-making alongside co-EDs Hsiao-Wei and Tomasz, with a prior focus on grants, enterprise, and operations. His organizational knowledge is invaluable for keeping the EF in good shape while continuing to move forward.

We extend our deepest gratitude to Tomasz for his service, leadership, and dedication during his tenure as Co-ED, and we welcome Bastian as he steps into this interim role.

Transitional moments are an opportunity to reflect on how far we have come and to refocus on the work ahead, with core development more efficient than ever before, and a larger community. The Ethereum Foundation is fully committed to supporting Ethereum’s development across both technical and social layers by stewarding the values that make Ethereum what it is, and all that we know it will become.

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Ethereum Foundation Board