Bing Chen
Vice President, Project Investments
A key member of the FPG/WPG team since 2008, Ms. Chen is responsible for investment review, due diligence assessment, business planning, and project monitoring and reporting for FPG/WPG’s portfolio of real estate development projects. In addition, Chen teams with other staff members in managing all land acquisition and capital formation efforts for new projects. Chen is responsible for in-house economic analysis, market analysis, financial modelling, legal review, and due diligence efforts on the company’s new projects and oversees outside consultants contributing to project assessments. During the project execution phase, Chen works with the FPG/WPG project and financial management teams to update and re-forecast project performance for conformance to business plan objectives.
Prior to joining FPG/WPG, Chen served as a real estate portfolio review analyst in Pacific Premier Bank where she was responsible for assessing and managing the bank's commercial real estate loan portfolio. Previously, Chen served as Examiner-in-Charge in People's Bank of China (Central Bank) where she monitored operations of financial institutions and directed large-scale on-site examination projects.
Chen graduated from Zhongshan University with a B.S. in Economics and earned an MBA / MS in Finance at the University of Maryland. Chen has earned the highly regarded designation as Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and is an active member of the CFA Society of Orange County.