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Francesco joined the EU Delegation in Beijing as Trade Attaché in January 2016. He deals mainly with China's trade policy towards countries other than the EU.

Francesco previously worked for the European Commission in Brussels, from 2002 to 2015, in the following departments: enterprise (2002 to 2005), taxation (2005 to 2008), human resources (2012 to 2012) and trade, in the latter post carrying out trade remedies investigations (anti-dumping and anti-subsidy).

Before joining the European Commission, Francesco was working for the Italian tax Agency "Guardia di Finanza" in Rome carrying out tax audits (from 1997 to 2002)

Francesco obtained a university degree in tax law at the "Tor Vergata" university in Rome in 1997.

Francesco is Italian. He is 44 years old. He is married with Lise (A Danish citizen) and has 3 children: Simon (18), Samuel (16) and Rebecca (13).

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Born in November 1961, Mr. Marc Lamy assumed his duties as the General Consul of France in Shenyang on September 1, 2015. Previously, he was Deputy Head of Mission at the French Embassy in Sri Lanka and the Maldives (from 2012 to 2015). He also spent 2 years serving as a Special Assistant to the Director of the Asia-Pacific directorate of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2010-2012).

Previously, he worked as Deputy Cultural Counselor and Attaché for Academic Exchanges and Scientific Cooperation at the Consulate General of France in Shanghai (1992-1995 and 2001-2006) and in the Embassy of France in the Republic of Korea (2006-2010). From 1995 to 1998, he also served as Cultural Counsellor in Latvia.

He holds a master’s degree in Literature and Linguistics. He is married and has two children.

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Mr Mats Harborn is President of Scania China.
From May 2017 to May 2019 Mats Harborn was the President of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China. He had served on the Chamber's Executive Committee since 2013, as Vice President and as States' Representative.
Mr. Harborn has been actively involved in Sino-European trade and business relations. In 2005, he was appointed as the Chairman of Swedish Chamber of Commerce in China, a position he held for 8 years. He has been the Chairman China Commercial Vehicles Board of ACEA (European Automobile Manufacturers' Association) since 2010.
Mr. Harborn has a proven record of successful introductions of products and companies into China over years. He is now the Executive Director of Scania China Strategic Office, responsible for setting strategies and paving the way for high end CV sales. He joined the company as the Managing Director of Scania China Representative office as well as Scania Sales (China) Co., Ltd in 2004 and held that position until 2010. From 1997 to 2000, he had been working for Swedish Embassy in Beijing as Commerical Councelor, a key position in Sino-Swedish commercial relations. In June 2000, he became the Marketing and Information Director of Ecolean AB, helping establish Ecolean as a credible business partner in juice and dairy industry and define it as a sustainable packaging solutions provider.
Mr. Harborn received a bachelor degree from Lund University on Oriental Studies and Business Admin (1984), and a training course from The Institute of Leadership (IFL) (2008).
As a multilingual user, Mr. Harborn has a wide ranging knowledge of Chinese culture and society beyond his business and rich expertise in cross-cultural management.

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Harald Kumpfert serves as Co-Founder and General Manager ECO-WIT New Energy Co. Ltd. and Chairman of the Board, EU Chamber of Commerce in China, Shenyang Chapter.
Harald Kumpfert has been working for 20 years in China in the field of energy efficiency.
From 1996 to 2009 Harald used to work for Honeywell and Siemens in China to lead the controls business for heating and cooling systems. Many city heating systems were modernized using control systems to reduce energy consumption and to improve the operational safety.
Innovative system designs and control methods were introduced to the Chinese market.
In 2010, Harald Kumpfert joined SmartHeat and established the Heat Pump business through acquisitions in China and Germany.
In 2016, Harald Kumpfert founded and Established ECO-WIT New Energy Co. Ltd and Established Strategic Partnerships with Kuebler GmbH, to become the Representative for China. And established partnerships in China for joint market development.
Harald also introduced new technologies, designs and operational methods to the industry, helping companies to reduce their energy bills while contributing to the improvement of air quality.
In appreciation for his contribution to the development of the City of Shenyang and the Liaoning Province Harald was awarded the Rose Prize of Shenyang in 2013 and the Friendship Award of Liaoning in 2014.
In 2015 Harald Kumpfert joined the Board of the EU Chamber of Commerce in China and took over the position of Chairman of the Shenyang Chapter to support European Companies in developing their business in North East and to foster the ties with the society.