Yang Chen joined the Multilateral Cooperation Center for Development Finance (MCDF) as Officer, Central Asia Fund in September 2026.
Yang supports the MCDF team in promoting high-quality connectivity infrastructure investment in Central Asia. Previously, he worked for the Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank, where he extensively engaged in strategic deliberations on climate change, water, energy, extractive sectors, guarantees, and accountability to shape institutional strategies and operational policies. He also oversaw country portfolios and economic development across Europe and Central Asia as well as South Asia. Prior to that, he engaged in climate fund governance and championed wide-ranging public-private partnerships in China, applying innovative technologies to enable lifecycle monitoring and management.
Yang earned his master’s degree in business law from the University of Montreal, Canada and completed postgraduate study in finance at Renmin University of China. He holds both an AMAC fund practitioner certificate and an SAC securities practitioner certificate.