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      Chan Yam Ki

      Chan Yam Ki

      Managing Director, Asia Pacific

      Circle

      Yam Ki Chan is the Managing Director for Asia Pacific of Circle (NYSE: CRCL), responsible for the company’s business and strategy in the region. He leads a team responsible for partnerships and market expansion across the region. Yam Ki advises stakeholders on how stablecoins unlock economic opportunities for businesses and economies. Yam Ki also serves as the Managing Director of Circle Singapore. He oversaw the enablement of USDC in Japan, the first stablecoin recognized in the country.

      Prior to Circle, Yam Ki held strategy & operations and public policy roles at Google Payments and Google Cloud, where he worked on partnership strategy, market launches, and government affairs.

      Before Google, Yam Ki served as a Director at the White House National Security Council, where he coordinated U.S. economic strategy in Asia and was a member of the U.S. negotiations team for the G-20 and G-7. Before joining the National Security Council staff, Yam Ki worked in the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue and the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States. Earlier in his career, Yam Ki worked in technology investment banking at Jefferies in Silicon Valley.

      He earned a Master of International Affairs from Columbia University and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Carleton College.

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