Christian M. Castro is Director of CMCastro Global Consulting and previously served as a Senior Foreign Service career diplomat at the U.S. Department of State, with extensive experience in the Indo-Pacific region. During his diplomatic career, Mr. Castro’s assignments included Director of the ASEAN Affairs Office, Director of the Taiwan Coordination Office, Chief of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Kaohsiung Office (consulate equivalent), and Senior Advisor on East Asian and Pacific Affairs to Deputy Secretaries of State Richard Armitage and Robert B. Zoellick. He also served as the Department of State’s first-ever Senior Advisor for Cyber Policy in the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs. Over the course of his State Department career, Mr. Castro received ten State Department Superior Honor Awards for distinguished performance. In his current capacity, Mr. Castro remains devoted to maximizing the full range of U.S. opportunities in the Indo-Pacific region and enhancing mutual understanding on both sides of the Pacific.