Heath Tarbert is President at Circle, a global financial technology firm that enables businesses of all sizes to harness the power of stablecoins and public blockchains for payments and commerce. Heath joined Circle after serving as Chief Legal Officer for Citadel Securities, where he was responsible for the firm’s global legal, compliance, surveillance, regulatory affairs, and corporate governance functions. Earlier, he was the 14th Chairman and Chief Executive of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and Vice Chairman of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO). He was previously Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Markets, concurrently serving as G-7/G-20 Deputy Finance Minister, a member of the Financial Stability Board (FSB), and U.S. executive director of the World Bank Group. Heath has served as a Supreme Court law clerk, associate White House counsel, special counsel to the Senate Banking Committee, and a partner at two international law firms. Heath is an elected fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration and the American Law Institute. He is also a life member of the National Eagle Scout Association and Council on Foreign Relations. He earned his BS from Mount St. Mary’s University, his JD and SJD from the University of Pennsylvania, and his DPhil from Oxford University.