Executive Team

Ms Yinghua Chen has served as CEO of Allied Gaming & Entertainment (Nasdaq: AGAE) since 2022, and also served as CEO of Allied Esports, a wholly-owned subsidiary company of AGAE. As a co-founder of Aupera Technologies, a prominent video AI technology company, she directed business strategy, corporate financing, business development, and strategic partnerships. Ms. Chen has successfully secured multiple funding rounds for Aupera, including investment from Silicon Valley giant Advanced Micro Devices (Nasdaq: AMD).

Prior to this, she served as the Executive Vice President of Anthill Resources, a natural resources investment company in Canada, where she oversaw business operations and investment activities. With a diverse background spanning media, finance and technology, Ms. Chen previously served as Managing Director for The Cavendish Group, a UK media company, where she built and managed subscription networks for various industry media products across over 10 different industries and fostered strategic relationships, notably with the Boao Forum for Asia, jointly organizing a series of International Capital Conferences which attracted world political leaders and Fortune 500 business leaders. Additionally, Ms Chen was a key member of the founding team at The Balloch Group, a leading consulting and investment banking firm established by former Canadian Ambassador to China, Howard Balloch, which was later acquired by Canaccord Genuity as its Asia Headquarter, where she focused on financial, media, resources, and pharmaceutical industry transactions. Ms. Chen holds an EMBA from the University of Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of International Business and Economics.

Most recently, Mr. Anderson was a partner with Mazars USA, an independent member firm of Mazars Group, an international accounting firm servicing clients in over 90 countries worldwide. In this role, Mr. Anderson worked closely with the top executives and investors of companies in the TMT markets ranging from start-ups to companies with multinational/divisional components and revenues in excess of $500 million. As an audit, tax and advisory partner in the TMT Group of Mazars, Mr. Anderson’s clients included companies engaged in online media (B2B and B2C), entertainment, gaming, events, trade shows, digital marketing/advertising, SaaS platforms, eCommerce, AI, lead generation, Tech-enabled services, cybersecurity, software and software development. In addition, Mr. Anderson was a key member of Mazars’ SEC Practice Group. For the last several years, Mr. Anderson has been an invited speaker at key media and technology industry conferences and has presented numerous educational webcasts on various technical issues including revenue recognition, share based compensation, and business combinations. Mr. Anderson is a certified public accountant (CPA) who holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Long Island University’s School of Professional Accountancy.