‬‬David Katz is the Vice President for Strategy and Public Policy for the Asia Pacific‬ region for Circle, a global leader in regulated, licensed digital assets and issuer of the‬ USDC stablecoin. David is a member of Circle’s global and APAC senior leadership‬ teams. His focus is on strategic planning for markets and engaging APAC governments‬ and stakeholders on policies related to Circle’s signature USDC stablecoin.‬

David previously was Managing Director of Public Affairs for Kohlberg Kravis Roberts‬ (KKR) APAC for around seven years. David led the corporate communications,‬ government relations & policy, corporate citizenship and sustainable investing functions‬ for KKR across APAC markets and sat on KKR’s Asia Pacific leadership team.‬

Previously he was the Deputy Head of Global Government Relations and Head of Asia‬ Pacific Government Relations for PayPal Inc. and sat on PayPal’s Asia Pacific‬ leadership team. Prior to PayPal Inc., he worked at eBay Inc., where he led APAC GR‬ for both eBay Marketplace and PayPal - then owned by eBay Inc. Before joining eBay,‬ David worked at Visa Inc. where he served as their first head of GR for the Asia region.

David was also Chief of Party of a USAID program in the Asia Pacific Economic‬ Cooperation (APEC) Secretariat in Singapore, where he advanced policy and capacity‬ building. David served in the Executive Office of the President for eight years as a‬ Senior Director at the United States Trade Representative (USTR) with responsibility for‬ Southeast Asia, APEC and China trade policy. Prior to USTR, David was an economic‬ officer in the U.S. diplomatic service, with tours in Taiwan, Mongolia, and Singapore,‬ and he was a special assistant to U.S. Secretaries of State Madeleine Albright and‬ Colin Powell.‬

David earned an MBA from the University of Edinburgh and his BA from the University‬ of California at Berkeley.‬