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Sanja Kon is Vice President of Europe at Circle and was previously CEO of xMoney. She has a Master's degree from Bocconi University.
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Coralie Billmann
Coralie Billmann is Managing Director at Circle and was previously Chief Operating Officer of 3S Money Europe. She has also worked at PayPal and Hengfeng Bank.
Mandeep Walia
Mandeep is the Chief Compliance and Risk Officer at Circle. He previously held the role of Chief Compliance Officer and Head of Enterprise Risk Management at Facebook. Mandeep is responsible for leading Circle's compliance and risk management globally. He has held senior leadership roles in global compliance and enterprise risk management at financial services/fintech companies such as PayPal, LendUp, and State Street. Most recently, Mandeep was the Chief Compliance Officer/Head of Enterprise Risk at Novi, Facebook's digital wallet business.
JB Graftieaux
JB Graftieaux is the CEO of Bitstamp. Before that he was an executive director at eBay. He was also previously an executive officer and chief compliance officer for the EMEA region at PayPal. He holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Babson College.
Wyatt Lonergan
Wyatt Lonergan is a former head of Circle Ventures and was a senior associate on the Seedinvest investment team.
Ali Aghareza
Ali Aghareza is the co-founder and CTO of Meso.
Christina Smedley
Christina Smedley is the co-founder and Chief Marketing Officer of Lightspark. She has led marketing, communications, content and branding teams at Amazon, Facebook/Meta, PayPal and Robinhood.
Dante Disparte
Dante Disparte is the Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Global Policy for Circle, a leading digital financial services firm building the most trusted treasury and payments infrastructure for the internet. Prior to joining Circle, Dante served as a founding executive of the Diem Association, leading public policy, communications, membership, and social impact. He has two decades of experience as an entrepreneur, business leader and global risk expert, most recently as founder and CEO of Risk Cooperative, a strategic risk advisory and insurance brokerage based in Washington. He is a graduate of Harvard Business School and holds an MSc. in Risk Management from the NYU Stern School of Business and a B.A. in International and Intercultural Studies from Goucher College. He is the co-author of “Global Risk Agility and Decision Making” (Macmillan, 2016) and was recognized as one of the 40 leaders under 40 by the Washington Business Journal and in the inaugural Powermeter 100 list.
Geoffrey Dedye
Geoffrey Dedye is chief compliance officer for Europe at Bitstamp and previously was chief compliance officer at eBay. He was also previously PayPal's EU compliance manager. Geoffrey Dedye is a seasoned Chief Compliance Officer and anti-money laundering and CTF professional with over 20 years of experience in the global finance sector.
Jeremy Allaire
Jeremy Allaire is Co-Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Circle, a global financial technology firm that enables businesses of all sizes to leverage the power of stablecoins and public blockchains for payments and commerce. Previously, Mr. Allaire co-founded and led multiple global internet technology companies with thousands of employees, hundreds of millions of consumers served, and multiple successful public offerings on NASDAQ. He has provided expert testimony on digital assets and monetary policy before the US Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Government Affairs, the US Senate Banking Committee, and he has been named to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) High-Level Advisory Group on FinTech. Mr. Allaire provides his expertise and policy recommendations at the highest levels of financial institutions in the US, UK, and Europe.
Dovey Wan
Dovey Wan is the Founding Partner of Primitive Ventures, a long-term focused cryptoasset investment fund which she co-founded with Eric Meltzer. Before Primitive Ventures, Dovey was the Managing Director of DHVC (formerly Danhua Capital). From 2012 to 2015, Dovey worked at eBay as a Data Engineer, Senior Business Analyst, and Product Manager. During this time, she was also the US Chief Representative for 36kr, a Chinese media, fundraising, and incubator company.