Roger Chen has been advising businesses and successfully completing senior executive management recruiting, assessment, and leadership advisory engagements since 1996.
Prior to founding Meridian Management Advisors in 2012, Roger was one of the key principals at Notch Partners, a unique executive-centric leadership consulting firm that exclusively serves the private equity buyout industry. During his tenure, he was instrumental in growing the firm and supporting funds’ investment activities, including proprietary deal development, executive-led diligence support, operating partner/advisor initiatives, as well as leading portfolio company management and board recruitment projects.
From 1998 to 2007, Roger was a Partner-nominated consultant at Heidrick & Struggles, a then publicly-traded (taken private in Dec 2025) premier executive search and leadership consulting firm. He was an active member in the CEO/Board, Technology, Industrial, and Telecom practices and teamed with one of the most senior and respected Partners at the firm. During his nearly 10-year tenure, he successfully executed general management, board, and senior functional search assignments for Fortune 500, venture capital-backed, private equity-sponsored, and privately-held companies.
In addition to his professional services expertise, Roger also held in-house corporate executive recruiting management experience at Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. In this role, he executed executive management level search work within the institution, including Global Wealth Management, Brokerage Clearing, Capital Markets Technology, and Risk Management. Roger began his executive search career with a New York City-based boutique retained executive search firm. Working closely with the three founding Partners, he executed projects in the consumer-packaged goods, financial services, and technology industries. Roger started his professional career as a financial analyst at Citibank, N.A., where he was a member of the mortgage bank lending group and was also affiliated with Citicorp Securities, Inc. (Series 7 & 63 licensed).
He is a Rutgers University, School of Business graduate with a degree in Finance.