Heath Tarbert

Heath Tarbert serves as President and Chief Legal Officer at Circle. His career includes roles as Chief Legal Officer at Citadel Securities and as the 14th Chairman and Chief Executive of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. He previously held positions as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, U.S. Executive Director at the World Bank Group, and Associate White House Counsel. Tarbert earned a B.S. in Accounting and International Business from Mount St. Mary's University, a J.D. and S.J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, and an M.St. and D.Phil. in Comparative Law from the University of Oxford.

• PresidentCircle2025 – Present
• Chief Legal OfficerCircle2023 – Present
• Chief Legal OfficerCitadel Securities2021 – 2023
• 14th Chairman and Chief ExecutiveU.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)2019 – 2021
• Assistant Secretary of the TreasuryU.S. Department of the Treasury
• U.S. Executive DirectorWorld Bank Group
• Associate White House CounselThe White House
• Law clerkSupreme Court of the United States

• M.St. and D.Phil. in Comparative Law · University of Oxford
• J.D. and S.J.D. · University of Pennsylvania
• B.S. in Accounting and International Business · Mount St. Mary's University

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