Qian Chen

Qian Chen is a seasoned professional with over 10 years of international work experience and proficiency in four languages: Chinese, English, French, and Spanish.

With a passion for Hi-Tech and a belief in Singularity, Qian has a robust background in strategic and operational marketing, having worked in various companies ranging from multinationals to start-ups.

Qian's expertise includes Design Thinking, Systematic Inventive Thinking, and Lean start-up methodologies.

Education-wise, Qian holds a Master's Degree in Project Management and Business Development from ESC Lille at SKEMA Business School, a Bachelor's degree in E-Commerce from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, and has also pursued Postgraduate studies in Innovation and design thinking at MIT Sloan Executive Education.

Professionally, Qian has held key positions such as the Strategic Marketing Director, EMEA Marketing Manager, and EMEA Project Delivery & Global Product roles at SoftBank Robotics Europe.

Prior to that, Qian served as the Global Marketing Manager at Phonebloks (acquired by Google), contributed to marketing and business development at NAES Group, worked as a Business Analyst in Global Strategic Marketing at Essilor, held the position of Marketing Project Leader for Emerging Markets Regional BU at Sanofi, was a Market Analyst in Global Marketing RFS at Alcatel-Lucent, and served as the Product Structure Commercial Leader at GE Healthcare's EU headquarters.