Yin Chen is a member of the Industrial and Private Equity practices focused on the Asian industrial agribusiness, energy and engineered products and solutions sectors. Yin is energized by working with leaders and teams in ways that help drive real business change, and he achieves results by matching the right talent with the right context and set of business challenges. Yin is known among his clients for his integrity under pressure, his intelligence in thought partnership and his ability to connect with people. He is viewed as a trusted and credible adviser and long-term partner, helping leaders turn around businesses, manage complexity and volatility, and navigate succession dynamics. He assists clients with executive and board searches, succession planning, international expansion, supply chain footprint optimization, top team alignment and coaching.
Experienced executive and investor driving commercial excellence
- A highly accomplished executive, Yin brings to his client work 18 years of experience in general management, investment and strategy consulting roles across numerous industrial sectors, especially food and agriculture.
- Most recently, as managing director and head of Asia at Continental Grain Asia, Yin oversaw a significant investment portfolio and had P&L responsibility for ContiFeed China.
- Yin previously was a partner at Bain & Co. in Shanghai, working with multinational, private equity and local clients to deliver long-term and challenging business transformations, including the route-to-market redesign and implementation for one of the largest multinational automotive aftermarket component suppliers in China.
Yin holds an M.B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Management and both a B.A. and a B.S. from the University of California, Berkeley. He is a native English and Mandarin Chinese speaker.