Lucy Chen Kruse
Senior Vice President
Office of the Chairman and Investment Banking

Chicago, IL
+1 312.595.7845

Areas of Focus: Investment Banking and China Financial Market Business Development

Profile:
  • Responsible for originating and nurturing new business opportunities with Chinese businesses and organizations, both the private and government sectors
  • Focuses on Chinese inbound and outbound mergers and acquisitions, insurance and other asset and risk management services
  • Over 25 years of banking and finance experience in U.S.-China business
  • Previously served as vice president at Fifth Third Bank, forging the firm's head of China Business Development Desk. In that role, she successfully completed a number of high-profile financing transactions, including co-leading an international syndication of $100 million for COFCO Capital's Commercial Paper issuance in the U.S. market; completing a series of variable-rate bond issuances totaling $45 million for a group of investors from the Greater China Area investing in Chicago area real estate; and assisting in Shanghai Auto Industry Company's multi-million dollar structured finance transaction
  • Began career at First Chicago, working with Fortune 500 companies first entering the China market. Subsequently served as a commercial banker at Citibank, managing a portfolio of businesses from the Greater China Area, building solid client relationships primarily through lending activities, including working capital lines of credit, trade finance services and international cash management services.
Accomplishments:
  • Frequent speaker on Chinese markets at targeted events for various organizations, including:
    • China General Chamber of Commerce Auto Chapter Annual Meeting, Detroit, 2010
    • China Inbound Investment Opportunities Seminar hosted by Katten Munch Resenman in Chicago, 2009
    • The Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, 2009
    • China Foreign Investment Promotional Agency of the Ministry of Commerce, 2008
    • Shanghai Foreign Investment Seminar organized by the Shanghai Enterprise Association, 2007
    • Guangzhou Foreign Investment Seminar sponsored by the State of Illinois Foreign Trade Office Far East Bureau, 2006
Education:
  • B.S., DePaul University
Affiliations:
  • WorldChicago, board of directors
  • The US-China Business Council, member
  • Detroit Chinese Business Association (DCBA), member