Eddie Chen

Eddie Chen

Mr. Eddie Chen's career path crosses numerous sectors and he has taken positions as the IT executive, diplomat, senior government official and private equity investor. He has been posted in the USA, Sweden, France and China.      

     Mr. Chen is currently the Managing Director and Head of China/Asia for EURAZEO S.E. EURAZEO is a leading French private equity company with 140 years in existence and a size of 16.5 billion Euro PE fund. Mr. Chen has engaged in major investment projects such as Accor, Asmodee, IES, Colisee, Fintrax, Worldstrides, etc.  

     Before EURAZEO, he was the Vice President for INVEST SWEDEN AGENCY - a Swedish government agency. Responsible for Greater China, he had initiated and established a profound Sino-Swedish bilateral investment cooperation. He completed over 200 Chinese investments to Sweden and vice versa. He is a well-known pioneer in both Europe and China in the Foreign-Direct-Investment field.   

Before the Swedish government, he worked for UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (UNDP) in New York. He was the Chief of the Information Technology Group, with the responsibility for all IT strategy and operations for the UN offices in 150 countries as well as led many IT projects for developing countries in all the continents. He had received recognitions from the UN CIO Conference (Chief Information Officer) in 1999.         

Mr. Chen received a MS degree from New York University; and BS degree in Computer Science from Eastern Michigan University (USA) and Fudan University (China).