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Response to Andrew Miller’s New York Times Column “Egypt is a Terrible Ally”
Talks about Egypt, New York Times and Andrew Miller's column
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Patrick Elyas
VP, Corporate and International Operations at Circle
London, England
Overview
Patrick Elyas is the VP of International Operations at Circle, with a background that includes roles at Coinbase, Snap Inc., and McKinsey & Company. Notable career highlights include leading market expansion efforts at Coinbase and overseeing strategy and operations at Snap Inc.
Work Experience
VP, Corporate and International Operations
2024 - Current
Operationalizing and executing Circle's international expansion efforts and building a global operating structure for the company
Move $100k+ of crypto with our principal OTC desk.
Director, EMEA Market Expansion
2022 - 2024
Leading market launch and growth efforts in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. GM for France, Italy, Spain, and the Netherlands.
Director, Americas Market Expansion
2022 - 2022
Leading our market expansion efforts in Canada and parts of Latin America
Coinbase Ventures is an investment arm of Coinbase that aims to invest in seed-stage cryptocurrency and blockchain startups.
Head of Strategy and Operations, International
2019 - 2022
Heading new market entry, priority market strategy, and scaled partnerships
Snap is a technology company that offers the products Snapchat, Spectacles, and Bitmoji.
Raised $5,553,527,880.00 from Alwaleed Bin Talal and Tencent.
VP, Insights
2018 - 2019
Deal diligence, portfolio company special projects, and broader market analysis on the late-stage private investing team at Coatue, with a focus on enterprise software and consumer tech companies
Business Analyst
2012 - 2015
Management consultant working primarily on strategy engagements for banking, public sector, and family-owned business clients in the Middle East - engagements included rollout of new retail banking concepts for large regional banks, managing major tender process for regional government-issued public-private partnership in education, identifying and quantifying new investment opportunities for regional conglomerate, and managing PMO of a retail banking client. Did 12-month 3rd-year secondment as Chief of Staff of education reform organization / charter school operator (Project GRAD).
McKinsey Growth Tech serves leading growth stage tech players, venture capital, and growth private equity
Education
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
2015 - 2018
Doctor of Law (J.D.)
2015 - 2018
B.S.
2008 - 2012
B.A.
2008 - 2012
Investments
Latest Articles
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My take on the election and why there is reason to be optimistic about a Trump presidency
Talks about Hillary Clinton, Politics and Donald Trump
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ISIS and the MB — same ends, different means?
Talks about Egypt, ISIS and Islamic caliphate
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A quick review of journalists’ coverage of Egypt — week of August 1st
Talks about Egypt, Cbs News and Journalism