Charlene Chen

London, United Kingdom

By day, I'm the Executive Director of a family foundation focused on supporting economic development across Sub-Saharan Africa. By nights and weekends, I'm dedicated to supporting the next generation of operations leaders to thrive in their own careers as Co-Founder of Operations Nation.

What I offer

Operations Nation

Operations Nation is a community-powered knowledge-sharing platform that provides startup and scaleup operations professionals with the resources, tools and frameworks to help them thrive at every stage of their ops career.

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Experiences

Co-Founder/COO of AZA Finance

AZA Finance is an international fintech offering best-in-class foreign exchange, payments, settlement, and treasury services worldwide. As COO from 2014-2019, I helped scale the team to over 130 people working across Nairobi, Lagos, Dakar, London and Madrid.

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Roles (/)

i.e. Marketing director
i.e. Mentor
Executive Director
Chief Operating Officer (COO)
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Industries (/)

i.e. Tech
i.e. Education
Non-profit & social impact
Philanthropy
Healthtech
Fintech
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Career experience

21-30 years

Regions

Africa,
Europe
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Skills (/)

i.e. Research
i.e. Branding
Business Strategy
Community Building
COO / Vice President (VP) of Operations
People Operations and Strategy
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Keywords (/)

i.e. Digital nomad
i.e. Ex-Google
Social Impact Specialist
Africa Market Expert
Artificial Intelligence
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What I offer

Operations Nation

Experiences

Co-Founder/COO of AZA Finance

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