About Speaker

Mr. Raymond Qiao joined Bank of China USA in June 1998 and currently is the Bank’s Chief Lending Officer and Executive Vice President. His main responsibilities are to supervise all the corporate banking and credit businesses for the Fortune 500 companies, project finances and commercial real estate loans for Bank of China’s USA operation. He also supervises the operation of Financial Institution business and Bank of China Los Angeles Branch’s operation. He was ranked #6 in 2015, #1 in 2016 and #16 in 2017 of the 50 Most Important Figures in Commercial Real Estate Finance by Commercial Observer. He was awarded the Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business in 2015. Prior to Bank of China, Mr. Qiao worked in commercial lending areas at EAB Bank in New York and the Agricultural Bank of China in Beijing. Mr. Qiao earned his MBA degree from Lubin Business School of Pace University in New York. He also received a Master of Economics degree from Xiamen University, China.