Bitdeer has named former Corsair finance chief Michael Potter as its new chief financial officer, the Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin miner disclosed in a Form 6-K filing. Potter’s appointment is effective Tuesday and follows the resignation of Jianchun Liu, who will stay on through June 30 and then continue as a principal advisor — giving the company roughly a five-week transition window with both finance executives in place.
The board approved Potter’s hire as Bitdeer accelerates its shift from pure Bitcoin mining into AI cloud and data-center infrastructure. Potter brings a track record in hardware, semiconductors and renewable power: he served as CFO of Corsair Gaming from November 2019 through December 2025, leading Corsair’s September 2020 IPO and multiple capital markets transactions. Prior roles include CFO positions at Canadian Solar, Lattice Semiconductor, NeoPhotonics and STATS ChipPAC.
Bitdeer’s filing noted Liu’s departure is “due to personal reasons and was not the result of any dispute or disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to the Company’s operations, policies or practices.” He will remain involved as an advisor during the handover.
The timing comes as Bitdeer reports rapid growth on multiple fronts. The company self-mined 783 BTC in April 2026 — a 372% year-over-year increase — and has pushed its self-mining hash rate above 65 EH/s. At the same time, Bitdeer’s AI cloud annual recurring revenue reportedly grew about 60% month-over-month to roughly $69 million in the same period, and the Tydal site in Norway is in advanced colocation negotiations.
“April marked another month of disciplined execution across our integrated AI and Bitcoin mining platform,” CEO Linghui Kong said in the company’s recent operations update. Potter’s background appears to map directly onto Bitdeer’s blended strategy: Corsair dealt with hardware procurement and supply chains, Canadian Solar with renewable-power economics, and his semiconductor roles dovetail with Bitdeer’s SEALMINER product pipeline.
Investors treated the CFO change as a routine transition: Bitdeer shares slipped about 3% in early trading after the announcement but remained near six-month highs. The company is continuing to scale infrastructure across the U.S., Norway, Bhutan and Ethiopia with a capacity target of 3 GW, and several sites are being reevaluated for AI cloud and colocation workloads, the Q1 filing said.
Potter also served as audit committee chair at Cordelio Power, a renewable-energy platform backed by CPP Investments, from 2018 until March 2026 — experience that aligns with the energy and capital-structure questions investors are watching as Bitdeer expands.
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