Suggestions
Zen Zhang
General Counsel & Corporate Secretary | Formerly Plaid, MoFo, WilmerHale, Dewey, & Milbank
Zen Zhang is the General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Archipelago, an AI-driven commercial property risk platform based in San Francisco, California. He joined Archipelago in January 2022 as its first in-house lawyer and has been responsible for leading all legal and compliance functions within the company. In this role, he collaborates closely with various executives, including the CEO, COO, CRO, CFO, and CPO, to support the company's growth and operational needs.12
Prior to his position at Archipelago, Zen Zhang worked at Plaid, where he was instrumental in scaling the company from around 40 employees to over 1,000 during his tenure from September 2016 to January 2022. His responsibilities included managing legal aspects of significant financial transactions, overseeing data sharing negotiations, and leading a legal team of over 24 lawyers.12
Zen holds a Juris Doctor degree from Columbia Law School and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Commerce from the University of British Columbia. He is fluent in English and Mandarin Chinese, with elementary proficiency in Shanghainese.1
