About Circle
At the center of digital currency innovation
Circle is a global financial technology company helping money move at internet speed. Our mission is to raise global economic prosperity through the frictionless exchange of value.
Transparency & stability
Building responsibly so you can use crypto with confidence
We are committed to transparency and stability in everything we do. That’s why we welcome clear regulation and value our engagement with regulators and policymakers. We partner with leading global financial companies and share detailed reports on how our stablecoins are backed. We are leading a more responsible, stable future for crypto.
Circle Executives
Jeremy Allaire
CO-FOUNDER, CEO & CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
Elisabeth Carpenter
Chief Operating Officer
Dante Disparte
CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER & HEAD OF GLOBAL POLICY
Heath Tarbert
Chief Legal Officer & Head of Corporate Affairs
Li Fan
Chief Technology Officer
Nikhil Chandhok
CHIEF PRODUCT OFFICER
Kash Razzaghi
Chief Business Officer
Jeremy Fox-Geen
chief financial officer
Mandeep Walia
CHIEF COMPLIANCE & RISK OFFICER
Brian Christman
Chief People Officer
Board of Directors
Board of Directors
Jeremy Allaire
Jeremy is responsible for strategy, vision and operating execution at Circle. He brings more than two decades of experience building and leading global internet software platforms, including founder and CEO of Brightcove, technologist and entrepreneur in residence at General Catalyst, CTO of Macromedia, and co-founder and CTO of Allaire Corporation.
Rajeev Date
Over twenty years in the financial services industry, notably including being the first-ever Deputy Director of the U.S. CFPB, Managing Director in the Financial Institutions Group at Deutsche Bank Securities, and currently serving as Managing Director of Fenway Summer LLC and FS Venture Capital LLC. Serves as board member of public company bank GreenDot.
Michele Burns
Currently serving as Chair, Audit Committee and member of other standing committees of the board of directors at Goldman Sachs and InBev. Also director at Cisco Systems and is Chairman and formerly served as CFO of MMC, as well as CEO at its subsidiary Mercer LLC, a global leader in human resource consulting outsourcing and investment services. Previous to MMC, she was the CFO of Delta Airlines.
David Orfao
Decades of senior operating experience, including a decade as a leading venture capitalist, and pioneering PC software companies such as Lotus, Ashton Tate, Frame Technology and Apple’s Claris division. Founding managing partner of General Catalyst Partners.
Sean Neville
Co-founder and Board Director of Circle and previously its President and CTO, Sean has decades of experience creating global products and platforms, apps and games, languages and tools, standards and technical infrastructure. He is currently Founder and Managing Director of the Rallylab venture studio investment group and was previously Founder of Sevenchord Software, Software Architect at Brightcove, and Principal Scientist at Adobe.
Quan Zhou
Currently serving as Managing Director, Founder and General Partner at IDG Partners, and has more than twenty years of business and operation experience at many IT companies and entrepreneurial communities in both China and the United States.
Danita Ostling
Most recently a partner and senior leader at Ernst & Young, having retired in June 2021 following more than 40 years of service and leadership. Previously held other roles within EY, the Financial Accounting Standards Board and Citigroup, while serving on the board and audit committee of Save the Children, U.S.
Anita Sands
A renowned Technology and Change Management leader with over two decades of insights as an operator and seasoned board director. Former COO at UBS’s Wealth Management Americas group and current board member on public and private boards including ServiceNow, Nubank, a SPAC sponsored by the SoftBank Vision Fund, including Unqork, mmhmm, Jumpcloud, and a Venture Partner at NEA.
Craig Broderick
Over three decades of experience as a former risk management executive at Goldman Sachs and as a prominent advisor for leading financial institutions. As former Chief Risk Officer of Goldman Sachs, he served on the Management Committee and was Co-Chair of the Firmwide Risk Committee and other control-related committees.