Kin W. Moy

Moy was considered a key proponent of US President Barack Obama's "Asian Pivot" strategy. In 2015 he was appointed Director of the American Institute in Taiwan and so became the de facto American ambassador to Taiwan in the absence of formal diplomatic relations. In his inaugural press conference he stressed that the United States is Taiwan's closest ally. Shortly before leaving the AIT in 2018, Moy was awarded the Order of Brilliant Star with Grand Cordon. After leaving Taiwan, he serves as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR). On 21 April 2020, he wss confirmed by the Senate to be Career Minister.

In 2011 he was appointed Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs.

Moy started working for the US State Department in 1992. He served under three US Secretaries of State, working as Special Assistant in the Executive Secretariat for Madeleine Albright, Director of the Executive Secretariat Staff for Condoleezza Rice, and Deputy Executive Secretary for Hillary Clinton. He was Deputy Director of the Office of Maritime Southeast Asia and Desk Officer in the Office of Chinese and Mongolian Affairs.

He graduated from Columbia University and the University of Minnesota and is a Mandarin speaker. Moy is married to Kathy Chen, a journalist who previously worked for the Wall Street Journal. Taiwanese media note that she lived in Taiwan for a few years in the late 1980s, first as a student then subsequently as an editor for The China Post, so will be somewhat familiar with the country. They have four children: (from eldest to youngest) Andrew, Claire, Olivia and Amanda.; and a Great Dane.