Mr. Patrick Chovanec (程致宇), BA, MBA is an associate professor at Tsinghua University’s School of Economics and Management in Beijing, China, where he teaches in the school’s International MBA Program. His insights into Chinese business, economics, politics, and culture have been featured in Time, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Bloomberg, and many other publications, and on CNN. He frequently appears as a guest commentator on Al Jazeera, Chinese Central Television (CCTV-9), and China Radio International (CRI).
Professor Chovanec has worked for several private equity funds focused on China, and continues to serve as a fund advisor. Prior to that, he served as director of Institutional Investor’s Asia Pacific Institute, based in Hong Kong, and its Global Fixed Income Institute, based in London. Before coming to Asia, Chovanec worked as an aide to political strategist William Kristol and to U.S. House Minority Leader John Boehner. He also served for nine years as an officer in the U.S. Army Reserves.
He holds an BA in Economics from Princeton University and an MBA in Finance and Accounting from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, where he graduated as a Palmer Scholar. He is a U.S. Certified Public Accountant (CPA).
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