Speaker

Bing Chen
President & Chief Executive Officer
Seaspan Ltd

Bing Chen was appointed as a director and our president and chief executive officer in January 2018. Over his twenty-five-year career, Mr. Chen has held executive positions in China, Europe and the United States. Most recently, he served as chief executive officer of BNP Paribas (China) Ltd. leading the bank's growth strategy in China. From 2011 to 2014, Mr. Chen was the general manager for Trafigura's Chinese business operations, where he maintained full P&L responsibility for domestic and international commodities trading in the country.

Between 2009 and 2011, he was responsible for building the greater China investment banking practice of Houlihan Lokey, Inc. as the managing director and head of Asia financial advisory. Between 2001 and 2009, Mr. Chen held various leadership roles in Europe, including as chief executive officer, chief financial officer, and managing director of leasing and aircraft chartering businesses. Between 1999 and 2001, he worked as a director, business strategy at Deutsche Bank in New York. Mr. Chen is a certified public accountant (inactive), and received a B.S., Accountancy (Magna Cum Laude) (Honours) from Bernard Baruch College, and an MBA (Honours) from Columbia Business School.