Henry Yep is a China specialist with 19 years of experience at the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). In June 2025, he began serving as a branch chief in DIA’s China Mission Group (CMG), where he leads a team of civilian analysts, military officers, and contractors. Prior to this role, he was a deputy defense intelligence officer for China, responsible for orchestrating DIA support to the Secretary of Defense on China-related initiatives, engaging foreign partners and academia, contributing to wargames, and serving as a key node across the intelligence community.

Henry previously served as a senior intelligence analyst in both CMG and the Joint Staff Directorate for Intelligence (J2), where he led analytic reviews and coached teams focused on Indo-Pacific security issues. In 2017, he advised a US Senator on Asia-Pacific affairs – including engagements with China’s premier and Taiwan’s president – through the Brookings Legis Fellow program, later serving as a congressional liaison for DIA. His analytic work has supported senior US and allied leaders and earned him the National Intelligence Professional Award from the Director of National Intelligence for a paper written in support of the National Security Advisor’s visit to China.

He has helped shape the next generation of China analysts – mentoring junior professionals and directly supporting hiring decisions through resume and writing sample evaluations. Outside of work, Henry is a volunteer with a professional wilderness search and rescue team supporting Virginia and surrounding states.