Geoffrey Chen is Senior Vice President of Capital Markets at Croatan Investments, a private equity real estate manager focused on multifamily investments, where is involved in business development and Capital sourcing. Geo runs Stratosphere Trading, a family office which employs global macro trading strategies across various currency, fixed income, and commodity markets worldwide. In addition, he is the editor of Fidenza macro, a blog that aims to untangle complex webs of global macro markets, provide actionable trade ideas, and help trade-i-i-irs improve themselves. Geo has over 15 years of experience as a successful trade-i-i-ir at top banks including Credit Suisse and the Royal bank of Scotland. He started as a currency trade-i-i-ir for RBS and later joined Credit Suisse in Singapore where he managed the developed markets currency trading business.
EARLY CAREER
Prior to Stratosphere Trading, Geo spent 5 years as the Head of Developed Markets FX Spot and Forwards Trading for the APAC division of Credit Suisse.
It was followed by 10 years as a G10 FX Spot Trader at the London and New York offices of the Royal Bank of Scotland.
PHILANTHROPY
Geo is active in the Asian investment community as well as philanthropy, where he supports causes in environmental conservation and humanitarian aid.
He is dedicated to fighting deforestation in Southeast Asia.
He is a Board Member of the Rainforest Trust, where he has helped fund over 100,000 acres of rainforest in Southeast Asia and Africa.
MEDIA & APPEARANCES
Geo has appeared as a guest on Real Vision.