Patrick Chovanec
Patrick Chovanec is Managing Director, Chief Strategist at Silvercrest Asset Management, which oversees $11 billion in investments on behalf of wealthy families and selected institutional clients. He recently returned from Beijing, China, where he was an associate professor at Tsinghua University's School of Economics and Management.
His insights into China and the global economy have been featured by international media including CNN, BBC, CNBC, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, New York Times, Washington Post, Time, Forbes, The Atlantic, Al Jazeera, and NPR. For many years, he served as chairman of the Public Policy Development Committee for the American Chamber of Commerce in China.
Patrick has worked for several private equity funds focused on China, and has served as an advisor to numerous investment funds, Fortune 500 corporations, and governments. Prior to his investment career, he served as director of Institutional Investor’s Asia Pacific Institute, based in Hong Kong, and its Global Fixed Income Institute, based in London. Before coming to Asia, Chovanec worked as an aide to political strategist William Kristol and to Speaker of the House John Boehner. He also served for nine years as an officer in the U.S. Army Reserves.
He holds an BA in Economics from Princeton University and an MBA in Finance and Accounting from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, where he graduated as a Palmer Scholar. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA).
Patrick first visited China in 1986, and has traveled to every one of its 31 provinces, as well as Taiwan. His travels have taken him to over 45 countries, including Pakistan, Cuba, Vietnam, and Cambodia. He is one of a limited number of U.S. citizens to have visited North Korea.
