Born and raised in the Philippines, Rachel Renucci-Tan is an entrepreneur with over 20 years' experience in international business, across different sectors.
After having lived abroad for more than half of her life, Rachel returned to the Philippines and founded Chen Yi Agventures ("CYA") in 2015. CYA is a sustainable and fully-integrated rice processing business whose profits depend on uplifting farmers from poverty, increasing their productivity and providing Filipinos with locally produced, high quality rice. CYA is also committed to helping our country achieve national self-sufficiency in rice.
Rachel founded TAN-EU Capital in 2009 โ a real estate funds investment management company based in Hong Kong and investing in China real estate. TAN-EU provides access to global capital across Europe, the Middle East and Asia. TAN-EU successfully raised US$400 million from blue-chip institutional investors at the height of the global financial crisis in 2009. TAN-EU also restructured and managed a troubled US$1 billion China real estate fund from 2012 โ 2015.
For over 15 years, Rachel worked in real estate investment banking in London and Paris. She was Managing Director for Europe of the Real Estate Private Group at Macquarie Capital in London, Managing Director and Global Head for Real Estate and Private Equity at Sociรฉtรฉ Gรฉnรฉrale Asset Management in London and Paris, Director at HSBC Real Estate Investment Specialists in London and Associate Director at DTZ Corporate Finance in London.
In 1993, in her twenties, Rachel founded Maxi-Media International which developed into one of the largest entertainment companies in the Philippines. She exited that investment in 1999 as the Asian financial crisis gripped the country, using the proceeds to fund her education at INSEAD.
Rachel was educated in the Philippines, the United States and France and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Hampshire College and an MBA from INSEAD. Rachel is fluent in English, Pilipino, French, Mandarin and Fookien.