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Jörg Wuttke is Vice President and Chief Representative of BASF China, based in Beijing. Since joining BASF in 1997, Mr. Wuttke has been responsible for helping guide the company’s investment strategies for China, negotiation of large projects and government relations.

Previous to joining BASF, Mr. Wuttke worked with ABB for 11 years; in fact his first professional encounter with China was in 1988 as the Finance and Administration Manager of ABB Beijing. In 1990, he returned to Germany as Sales Manager of ABB Power Plants Division, responsible for gas turbine sales to Africa and Russia. In 1993, he became Chief Representative ABB China in Shanghai and in 1994 moved to the President's Office of ABB China in Beijing, where he was responsible for the development and financing of large projects.

From 2001 to 2004 Mr. Wuttke was the Chairman of the German Chamber of Commerce in China. From 2007 to 2010, 2014 to 2017, and since May 2019 again he is the President of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China

From 2011 to 2019, Mr. Wuttke was Chairman of the BIAC China Task Force of the Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD (BIAC), a Paris based body of major business associations that lobbies the OECD.

From 2013 to 2016, and again since 2019 Mr. Wuttke is Vice Chairman of the CPCIF International Cooperation Committee, a group representing Multinational Companies in China’s Chemical Association.

Since its establishment in 2013, Mr. Wuttke is member of the Advisory Board of Germany’s foremost Think Tank on China, Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS), in Berlin.

In January 2019 Mr. Wuttke joined the International Board of the Stars Foundation, in Switzerland. stars - for Leaders of the Next Generation.

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Adam Dunnett is responsible for the overall implementation the European Chamber's objectives, visibility, membership and lobbying activities across its 7 chapters and 9 offices in China (Beijing, Chengdu, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Nanjing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Shenyang and Tianjin).

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Mr. Bernhard Weber is the Chief Representative of the State of Baden-Württemberg in China and General Manager from the Baden-Württemberg International - Nanjing.

He was Senior Vice-President & Regional Administration Officer of BSH Home Appliances Holding (China) Co., Ltd. from October 2014 to June 2018 and he was responsible for public affairs and regional human resource management. He also act as the local interface to the regional service line of global IT functions.

Mr. Weber started to work as Vice President and CFO of BSH Home Appliances (China) Co., Ltd in July of 2003. In the beginning of 2016, Mr. Weber was elected Chair of the Nanjing Chapter of the European Chamber of Commerce in China.

Born in May of 1958, Mr. Weber has studied in Europe, China, Japan and the United States, graduating with MA and MBA degrees with high honors. Besides his native tongue, German, Mr. Weber also speaks Mandarin Chinese, English, Italian, French and Japanese.

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Lance Noble is a Senior Analyst at Gavekal Dragonomics where he produces research reports on major developments in China’s industrial policy, political economy and foreign policy of interest to international corporations, investors and governments. Previously he was Manager for Policy and Communications at The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China where he was the lead analyst for major publications on Chinese industrial policy as well as the Chamber’s media strategy. Prior to that, he was a China-focused analyst for the government of British Columbia, Canada and an independent consultant.

Lance holds a PhD. in political science with a focus on Chinese politics and foreign policy from The George Washington University and a M.A. in political science from The University of British Columbia. He speaks and reads Mandarin Chinese fluently. He also loves swimming, skiing and single malt whiskies from the Scottish Isles of Skye and Islay.