Partner and Chair, Digital Practice, The Asia Group Senior Fellow, Centre for Civil Society and Governance, The University of Hong Kong Distinguished Visiting Professor, Schwarzman College, Tsinghua University

Biography:

George Chen is a practitioner/scholar with over two decades of expertise across media, technology, and public policy. Currently, George is a Partner and Chair of Digital Practice for The Asia Group, advising many Fortune 500 clients at the intersection of technology and geopolitics. Previously, George was Meta/Facebook’s first and most senior policy leader for Greater China, Mongolia and Central Asia for more than seven years. Earlier in his career, George held senior editorial positions at the South China Morning Post and Reuters.

Concurrently, George is a Senior Fellow of Centre for Civil Society and Governance at The University of Hong Kong (HKU) and Distinguished Visiting Professor of Schwarzman College, Tsinghua University. George teaches “Digital Society and Governance” for Master students at the HKU and Schwarzman. George received his Master’s degree of international and public affairs (with distinction) in 2012 from the HKU where he remains a doctoral candidate for his research on misinformation. In 2014 George was named by Yale University a Yale World Fellow. In 2022 George was awarded the “Medal of Friendship” by the President of Mongolia, one of the country’s highest and most rare honours for foreigners.

George has been a Board Member of American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong since 2019. He now also sits on the Advisory Board of NYU Shanghai.