Henry Yep

Henry Yep is a senior intelligence officer and a China specialist with nearly 20 years of experience at the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). He serves in the Office of Enterprise Analysis, within DIA’s Directorate of Analysis, and helps guide resources, programs, and modernisation across the defence intelligence all-source analysis enterprise. Henry previously held supervisory and senior analytic roles in support of DIA’s China mission to include as deputy defence intelligence officer for China. In that role, he orchestrated DIA support to the Secretary of Defense on China-related initiatives, engaged foreign partners and academia, contributed to wargames, and acted as a key node across the intelligence community.

Henry’s career includes service in the Joint Staff Directorate for Intelligence (J2) and advising a US Senator on Asia-Pacific affairs 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.