Jesse Heatley is a cybersecurity specialist, foreign affairs expert, and public policy professional with 18 years of consulting, business, and government experience. He has a strong background in advising foreign technology companies and the U.S. government on regulatory developments on regulatory developments across the Asia-Pacific. He is currently a senior cyber threat intelligence specialist in the financial services sector.

Heatley was previously a vice president at JP Morgan Chase & Co., handling engagement and cybersecurity developments. He was a director at the Albright Stonebridge Group (ASG), where he advised clients on cyber and tech policy developments, with a focus on China. Heatley also worked at the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), where he monitored China’s cybersecurity, criminal justice, and rule-of-law developments. In that role, he made recommendations to legislative and executive branch officials and conducted briefings for U.S. government officials and civil society leaders. Heatley worked with the State Department on China-related exchanges and represented the U.S. Congress on travel to China.

He holds an A.M. in East Asian Studies from Harvard University and M.P.P. in business and government relations from Harvard Kennedy School. He is currently pursuing an M.S. in Cybersecurity at New York University and has completed advanced coursework at National Taiwan University, Princeton University, Johns Hopkins University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has received several fellowships, including a Fulbright fellowship, for work and research overseas. He is fluent in Mandarin Chinese.