Mr. George Chen

Managing Director, The Asia Group
Senior Fellow, Centre for Civil Society and Governance, The University of Hong Kong
Board Member, American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong

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Bio

George Chen is Managing Director for Hong Kong and Taiwan at The Asia Group (TAG). Based in Hong Kong, George brings over two decades of professional experience to TAG in helping multinationals navigate complex commercial challenges at the intersection of technology and national security, supply chain resiliency, and strategic partnership development across the Indo-Pacific region.

Concurrently, George is a Senior Fellow for the Centre for Civil Society and Governance at The University of Hong Kong (HKU), where he hosts and teaches “Digital Society and Governance” (POLI8034 / SLGP7018, 6 credits) for Masters-level students and has helped to launch and lead the university’s Tech for Good Initiative. Additionally in Taipei, George is a Visiting Scholar at National Chengchi University, where he hosts seminars about new media and technologies.

Prior to joining TAG, George was Managing Director of Public Policy for Greater China, Mongolia, and Central Asia for Meta, previously known as Facebook (2016-2023). In that role, George was Meta’s senior policy representative and supply chain leader in the Asia-Pacific region, and managed Meta’s work on US-China relations and regional geopolitical issues. Earlier in his career, George worked for major media organizations in Hong Kong and Shanghai, including the South China Morning Post (SCMP), Reuters, and Dow Jones. George was the youngest Managing Editor appointed by the SCMP in its century-long history. He also had stints for Reuters in New York, London, and Dubai.

In 2014, Yale University appointed George to be a Yale World Fellow. George is also a 2015 recipient of the State Department’s International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP). In 2007, He was chosen to be an Asia 21 Young Leader by the New York-headquartered Asia Society. George was a five-time judge (2014-2018) and one-time winner (2015) for journalism awards presented by the Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA). In 2022, George was awarded Mongolian President’s “Medal of Friendship” – one of the highest honors given to foreigners – for his contributions to Mongolia's information technology industry development.

George earned his Master of International and Public Affairs with concentration on the strategic triangle of US-China-Taiwan relations from HKU and is a doctoral candidate in public administration at HKU. He also studied US foreign policy at The George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs. George has been on the Board of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong since 2019 and speaks English, Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese, and his native Shanghai dialect.

George is an author of four books about business and politics in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, including “Defending Election Integrity in Taiwan” (2020), “The Next Big Thing – How China Challenges Silicon Valley And Changes Global Landscape” (2015), “This is Hong Kong I Know” (2014), and “Foreign Banks in China” (2011).

Press bio (short)

George Chen is Managing Director for Washington DC-headquartered business and policy consulting firm The Asia Group. Concurrently, he is also a Senior Fellow for the Centre for Civil Society and Governance at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), for which he has helped to launch and lead the Tech for Good Initiative. A practitioner–scholar, George’s career has spanned media, technology and policy for over two decades. George served as Meta/Facebook’s first-ever Managing Director of Public Policy for Greater China, Mongolia, and Central Asia for more than seven years, making him the most senior policy representative in the field for the American tech company.

George also served in various editorial and management positions for major media organisations including the South China Morning Post, Reuters, and Dow Jones. George was a 2014 Yale World Fellow and a 2015 fellow of the State Department’s International Visitor Leadership Program. In 2022 George was awarded the “Medal of Friendship” in 2022 -- one of the highest honour for foreigners -- by the order of the President of Mongolia for his years-long contributions to Mongolia’s IT industry development.

Press bio (shorter)

George Chen is Managing Director for Washington DC-headquartered business and policy consulting firm The Asia Group. Concurrently, he is also a Senior Fellow for the Centre for Civil Society and Governance at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). A practitioner–scholar, George’s career has spanned media, technology and policy for over two decades. George was Meta/Facebook’s first-ever Managing Director of Public Policy for Greater China, Mongolia, and Central Asia for more than seven years, making him the most senior policy representative in the field for the American tech company.

Facebook supported the inaugural edition of TEDxTongChongSt on November 19, 2019, with distinguished speakers including former Hong Kong Financial Secretary John Tsang and Facebook Vice President and Head of Greater China Jayne Leung. This is a highlight video of the TEDx talk, held in the Facebook Hong Kong Office — just a block away from the historic Tong Chong St, the birthplace of Hong Kong’s successful sugar refinery business.

Traditional Chinese / 中文

陳澍（George Chen）職業生涯橫跨傳媒、科技和政策等領域逾二十載，目前他擔任總部設於華盛頓特區的美商亞洲集團（The Asia Group）董事總經理職務，為不同行業客戶提供地緣政治及公共政策等專業諮詢服務，陳澍同時兼任香港大學公民社會與治理研究中心高級研究員，並在港大政治與公共行政學系任教。此前，陳澍曾出任Meta（Facebook前身）公共政策董事總經理達七年之久，所負責用戶及市場橫跨大中華、蒙古及中亞各國。2022年，蒙古國總統授予陳澍該國對外國友人最高榮譽“友誼勳章”，表彰其長年推動蒙古國科技發展。

陳澍亦曾於路透社（Reuters）、香港《南華早報》（South China Morning Post）等國際主流媒體擔任編輯及管理層職務。2014年，陳澍被耶魯大學任命為耶魯世界學者，他亦於2015年應邀加入美國國務院國際領袖人才訪問計畫。陳澍目前還是香港大學公共行政學博士學位候選人，他的論文主要研究言論自由與不實資訊的關係。