Who we are
Who we are
Fostering a new era of global financial technology
Our diverse leadership teams believe in a policy-first approach for financial technology companies, which holds Circle to a higher standard of operation and helps build long-term, sustainable growth.
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Circle Executives
Jeremy Allaire
CO-FOUNDER, CEO & CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
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Elisabeth Carpenter
Chief Operating Officer
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Dante Disparte
CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER & HEAD OF GLOBAL POLICY
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Li Fan
Chief Technology Officer
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Nikhil Chandhok
CHIEF PRODUCT OFFICER
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Kash Razzaghi
Chief Business Officer
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Jeremy Fox-Geen
chief financial officer
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Flavia Naves
GENERAL COUNSEL
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Sherice Torres
Chief Marketing Officer
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Ryan Feit
CEO & CO-FOUNDER, SEEDINVEST
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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.