The Tianjin Board Election will take place on 24th April, 2017 in Four Season Hotel Tianjin while the Chair, Vice Chair and Board members will be elected.
The European Chamber Tianjin Chapter was established in year 2005, with the support of the local board, the Tianjin Chapter has approximately 100 members from various industries. As always, there will be an exciting contest by a number of prospective candidates, we are looking forward to seeing you there and every vote from you counts!
Here is the list of candidates competing for this year's board election with 1 Chair position, 1 Vice Chair position and 3 Board members' position, please click here to view the full information of all candidates. All the positions are open for two-years term.
Position: Tianjin Chapter Chairman
Position: Tianjin Chapter Vice Chairman
Position: Tianjin Local Board Member (5 candidates compete for 3 positions)
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YF CHEUNG, Standard Chartered Global Business Services Co., Ltd.
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KELVIN LEE, PricewaterhouseCoopers Consultants (Shenzhen) Ltd. Tianjin Branch
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KENT MARKER, Haldor Topsoe Catalyst (Tianjin) Co.,Ltd
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EMANUELE NESPOLI, Loto Enterprise Tianjin Co., Ltd.
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OLIVER STITOU, Volkswagen Automatic Transmission (Tianjin) Co., Ltd.
Meanwhile, the President of European Chamber of Commerce in China Mr. Joerg Wuttke will come to the election event and launch China Manufacturing 2025: Putting Industrial Policy Ahead of Market Forces. Each member company will receive one free copy of the "China Manufacturing 2025".
All the participants will get a free copy on election date.
Agenda: Election+China Manufacturing 2025 presentation
18:30 to 18:50, Registration (Please note registration ends at 18:50)
18.50 to 18:55, Welcome Remarks by Kitty Wang, General Manager of European Chamber Tianjin
18:55 to 19:00, Opening Speech by Joerg Wuttke, President of European Chamber
19:00 to 19:15, Chairman’s Report by Dr. Christoph Schrempp, Chairman of European Chamber Tianjin
19:15 to 19:20, Introduction of election procedure by the Returning Officer, Adam Dunnett, Secretary General of European Chamber
19:20 to 19:50, Candidates’ Speeches
19:50 to 20:00, Casting votes for Tianjin Board
20:00 to 20:30, China Manufacturing 2025 sharing by Joerg Wuttke, President of European Chamber
20:30 to onwards, Announcement of Board Election Results
Who can vote and run for elections?
You can vote and run for election if you: 1) are the Designated Representative (the main contact between the European Chamber and your company); 2) all members with operations in China; 3) have paid dues for the year 2017(please make sure that the Chamber has received and confirmed your membership payment by 24th April).
How can I vote?
There are two ways of voting: 1) In person by secret ballot at the election venue. Please note that even if you have voting rights confirmed by the Secretariat of the Chamber, you must have registered for the Tianjin Board Elections in order to exercise this vote on 24th April. 2) Assign a proxy to vote on your behalf by 6pm on Friday 21st April. Please fill in the proxy form and send a scanned copy to Lorraine Zhang at lzhang@europeanchamber.com.cn, or in person at the Chamber office. The proxy must be a colleague from your own legal entity and must be present to vote.
For more information, please refer to the European Chamber Articles of Association and By-Laws or contact Lorraine Zhang for membership-related queries and queries about your eligibility to vote/run at lzhang@europeanchamber.com.cn
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