Taiko DAO has appointed three Board Directors to provide strategic oversight for the security council and community decision-making to coincide with the activation of its binding on-chain governance.

These directors serve the DAO specifically, not Taiko Labs or any centralized entity. Their role is to guide the security council and decentralized community as they are granted certain controls over the governance of the protocol through dao.taiko.xyz. Their backgrounds in regulation, competitive strategy, and research represent the caliber of judgment needed as Taiko scales to meet growing institutional demand.

Why This Matters

As real-world assets (RWA) tokenization accelerates and institutional adoption of blockchain infrastructure grows, Taiko's governance requires sophisticated oversight. The convergence of traditional finance with decentralized systems demands expertise spanning regulatory compliance, competitive positioning, and cutting-edge research. These appointments position Taiko's DAO to navigate complex institutional requirements while maintaining the protocol's decentralized ethos, critical as tokenized assets from real estate to securities increasingly rely on scalable, secure Layer 2 solutions.

Taiko as a network strives to be ownerless. From the very beginning, our aim has been for Taiko to be fully owned by its users once we reach our vision. This north star guides us in building a neutral DAO, the way a truly decentralized network should operate. With this goal in mind, we are excited to introduce these experts in their fields as DAO Board Directors:

Joy Lam: Legal Leadership

Joy Lam brings extensive experience navigating complex legal and regulatory matters. As former Head of Global Regulatory at Binance, she guided the company through challenging regulatory landscapes worldwide.

Lam pioneered Asia's first tokenized funds and led the first tokenization of prime London real estate. She currently serves as a non-official member of Hong Kong's Web3 Development Task Force, contributing to policy development for the region's digital assets strategy.

Through her firm Clarient Advisory, Joy bridges traditional finance and Web3, focusing on digital assets, tokenization, and regulatory strategy. Her 15 years spanning both sectors provide crucial insight as Taiko builds for institutional adoption.

Professor Felix Oberholzer-Gee: Strategic Expertise

Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Andreas Andresen Professor at Harvard Business School, brings world-class strategic thinking to Taiko's governance. His research on competitive strategy and digital technology's impact on corporate performance is regularly featured in Financial Times, New York Times, and Wall Street Journal.

Professor Oberholzer-Gee teaches competitive strategy in Harvard's MBA program and chairs multiple executive education programs, including the Senior Executive Leadership Program for China and the Driving Digital Strategy program. He also co-hosts the popular TED podcast After Hours.

His expertise in how organizations scale in digital markets provides valuable perspective as Taiko expands its ecosystem and user base.

Professor Wen Yonggang: Research Excellence

Professor Wen Yonggang is an IEEE Fellow and President's Chair in Computer Science and Engineering at Nanyang Technological University. He founded and directs NTU's Centre of Computational Technologies in Finance, leading blockchain research, education, and community development across the university.

With over 300 published papers and recognition, including NTU's Nanyang Research Award and Nanyang Award for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Professor Wen brings deep technical expertise to Taiko's development roadmap.

His ability to translate cutting-edge research into practical applications aligns with Taiko's commitment to innovation grounded in solid engineering principles.

Advisor CPA Ren Jang: Exchange-side Market Experience

Ren Jang is currently the Head of Strategy at Flipster, a high-performance Centralized Exchange engineered by traders, optimized for trading.

Ren is a licensed CPA in Korea, initially worked as a corporate valuation expert at Ernst&Young before joining the Crypto industry, driven by a belief in blockchain’s potential to transform finance. He holds a degree in philosophy from Seoul National University.

After his blockchain related work at an academic organization, DeFi protocol, web3 venture capital he became the Head of Research at a South Korea based Centralized Exchange Upbit.

He is also dedicated to the Korean web3 ecosystem by operating Localhost:web3 which is a not-for-profit community that is based in the Gangnam area.

Strengthening DAO Governance

These appointments represent the DAO's commitment to institutional-grade governance. Unlike traditional corporate boards, these directors serve the decentralized community directly, providing expertise as token holders make binding protocol decisions.

The distinction matters: while Taiko Labs handles engineering and development, the DAO Board Directors focus on governance strategy, ensuring the community has access to world-class judgment when making protocol-level decisions.

The governance portal at dao.taiko.xyz enables community participation in Taiko's evolution. With heavyweight expertise now supporting community decision-making, Taiko is positioned to demonstrate how decentralized governance can operate effectively at scale.

Token holders can delegate voting power or participate directly in shaping Taiko's future through transparent, on-chain governance.

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