Jeremy Allaire

Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer & Chairman, Circle

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.

Elisabeth Carpenter

Chief Operating Officer, Circle

Elisabeth leads global Revenue and Marketing, overseeing the complete go-to-market experience, and runs global business operations, including Talent. She brings decades of experience leading companies revolutionizing industries ranging from financial services to nonprofit fundraising to media as COO of Evertrue, SVP at Brightcove, and SVP at News Corporation and BSkyB.

Kash Razzaghi

Chief Business Officer, Circle

Kash oversees Circle’s global revenue operations including sales, customer success, alliances, and client solutions. Previously, he served as SVP, Sales at Brightcove where he was responsible for all revenue and customer success in the Americas. Prior to Brightcove, he served as CEO of Fancred, a sports-focused digital media platform.

Jeremy Fox-Geen

Chief Financial Officer, Circle

Jeremy brings 25 years of experience in corporate finance and financial services, as a strategic advisor, operator and finance officer, with previously held senior leadership roles at iStar and Safehold, McKinsey, PwC and Citigroup, as CFO, management consultant and finance officer.

Yam Ki Chan

Head of APAC, Circle

Nearly two decades of experience translating between technology, and economic policies and business objectives in high-intensity roles at multinationals, investment bank, and government. Spearheads complex, high-stakes strategies through direct negotiations, external-ally building, and leadership across geographically-dispersed cross-functional teams.

Ian Lin

Director of Product Management, Circle

Product leader with entrepreneurial background, strong consumer focus, and 11+ years of industry experience. A proven track record of conceiving ground breaking ideas, delivering disruptive features in Search and AI.

Founded/cofounded 3 companies, with one acquisition in 2009.

Manage and supported Product and Design teams, effective collaboration with others, strong execution, great communication and extraordinary presentation skills, with the ability to quickly adapt new tasks and environments.

Experienced with product release cycles and demonstrated strong leadership in leading projects end to end, from ideation to release & growth collaborating across engineering, design, legal, marketing, PR, and research.

Michael Gao

Co-Founder & CEO, RedotPay

Michael Gao is the Co-founder and CEO of Redotpay, where he leads the company's vision and strategy in the fintech space. He has an extensive background in financial services, having previously served as CEO of Union Mobile Pay Ltd and CEO of Hao Tian International Financial Holdings Ltd. Michael's career spans over 10 years in major financial institutions, including DBS Bank, HSBC, and Maybank, which he leverages to push the boundaries of digital payments and financial technology. Michael holds a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Economics from Nanyang Technological University Singapore. 

Daren Guo

Co-Founder, Reap

Daren Guo is a co-founder at Reap, where he leads product development to create world-class financial solutions for enterprises in the Web2 and Web3 sectors. In 2018, alongside his childhood friend Kevin Kang, Daren established Reap with a firm belief in the transformative power of Reap's payments technology for driving success for businesses across various industries and sizes. With over 90 team members spread across offices in eight countries, Reap has rapidly expanded its global presence since its inception.

Prior to Reap, Daren played a pivotal role in Stripe's growth journey. Starting at their San Francisco headquarters, he helped set up their first APAC presence in Singapore and contributed to scaling the company.

Monita Leung

CEO, Digital Ventures, HKT

Ms Monita Leung was appointed as Chief Executive Officer, Digital Ventures of HKT in 2022, taking a leadership role to drive the company’s digital ventures business. She has over 15 years’ experience with the Group and has played an integral part in the success of high-speed fibre broadband modernisation in Hong Kong. With her diverse experience across different business areas, including marketing, product development, operations and customer service, she is committed to driving continuous innovation by actively participating in a range of new initiatives such as digital wallet, virtual bank, ecommerce, merchant O2O solutions as well as fintech and health services.

Before joining HKT, Ms Leung acquired well-rounded experience in the consumer credit and payment card business in Hong Kong. She holds an Executive Master of Science in City Transformation and Master Planning from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

The Honourable Duncan Chiu

Legislative Council Member, Technology & Innovation Constituency

Duncan has been a driving force in Hong Kong’s innovation and technology (I&T) development since early 2000. He is an active advocate of I&T policies, an experienced entrepreneur and investor, and is often regarded as the leading figure in the local I&T industry.

Besides his role in LegCo, Duncan is President of Hong Kong Information Technology Joint Council, Chairman of Steering Committee of the Research, Academic and Industry Sectors One-plus Scheme (RAISe+), Chairman of HKTDC Information & Communications Technology (ICT) Services Advisory Committee, Chairman of Hospital Authority’s Information Technology Services Committee, and Chairman of Squash Association of Hong Kong, China.