Education
Chen graduated from the Renmin University of China in Beijing in 1982. He also received a PhD degree in finance from Northeast University of Finance and Economics and became a senior economist.
小宪 陈
Chen graduated from the Renmin University of China in Beijing in 1982. He also received a PhD degree in finance from Northeast University of Finance and Economics and became a senior economist.
From 1982 to 1993, he worked in the Beijing Branch of the People’s Bank of China, rising gradually through the corporate ranks and holding various positions, including deputy section chief of the planning department, section chief, assistant to president, and vice president of the bank. In April 2000, he was appointed as deputy chief of China Merchants Bank and in 2004, he was promoted to the position of president of China CITIC Bank Corp. Since taking up the leadership post, Chen has made special efforts to upgrade China CITIC Bank. His first task was brand development.
To Chen, brand reputation is the most valuable property for a bank, and to this end he established the capital marketing department to promote a high-quality image for the bank. Under his leadership, China CITIC Bank received the Technical Development and Innovation Achievement Award from the IBM Corporation in 2005. A year later Chen was named among the Top Ten Financial Personalities of the Year by Chinese Banker magazine, and China CITIC Bank was ranked fourth in terms of core competence among the domestic commercial banks. During the same year the bank also received recognition as one of the ten fastest growing financial organizations in China.
With vision and leadership, Chen has developed China CITIC Bank into a comprehensive commercial bank. Its business not only includes RMB deposits, loans, traveler’s checks, and credit cards, but also covers collection and payment agency and custody of property settlements, financial guarantees and credit checking, economic consulting, foreign exchange deposits, remittances, trade or non-trade balance, foreign currency securities and export credit.