Joint Online Working Group Meeting for the Financial Sector Go back »
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Time2020-02-19 | 16:00 - 17:30
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Venue:Zoom Online Meeting Platform
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Address:Zoom Online Meeting Platform, only pre-registered participants
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Fee:Members: Free
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Given the current difficult situation we are going through in China, the Chamber has decided to provide the members with a safe way to communicate with each other, get updates on what the Chamber is doing regarding the outbreak as well as any valuable developments. This is also a way to provide with personal feedback to each other on how each company is coping with the situation. Besides this, we will also approach some important lobbying issues to move the group forward.
This is a Joint Working Group Meeting being lead by Banking & Securities but open to both Consumer Finance and Non-banking Financial Institutions and Insurance Working Groups.
Tentative agenda:
1. Welcome remarks
2. Overview on the European Chamber’s tracking of the COVID-19 and recent important developments in policy making
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Ms Ioana Kraft, General Manager at the Shanghai Chapter of the EUCCC
3. Presentation by two member banks on the impact on daily operations and business
- Mr. Bruno Weill, Chief Group Representative for China, BNP Paribas
- Mr. Thilo Zimmermann, General Manager, SEB Shanghai Branch
4. Discussion on recently implemented regulations and advocacy for increased flexibility from the CBIRC
5. Feedback and input from the EU-Tour 2020
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Mr. Peter Ling-Vannerus, Chief Representative, SEB
6. Discussion on the Banking & Securities Position Paper 2020/21
7. Discussion on the Banking & Securities Annual Working Group Election
If you haven't done it yet, please register online here by clicking on "Register now" in the upper right corner, just to keep track of attendees. If you haven't accepted or received the outlook invitation, you can also send an email to Mr. Pablo Galvez at pgalvez@europeanchamber.com.cn before Tuesday 18th February COB, stating your name, company and working group as well if you have a specific issue or question you wish to discuss. A link to the Zoom meeting will be sent to all registered participants ahead of the meeting time.
In the meantime, you can find out more about Zoom by visiting the website zoom.com.cn
Speakers
Dr. Ioana Kraft
Dr. Ioana Kraft
Ioana has been based in Shanghai since 2003 where she worked for the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China (European Chamber) from 2004 to 2022. From 2009 to 2022 she served as General Manager of the Chamber’s Shanghai Chapter and was responsible for implementation and development of European Chamber objectives, visibility, and advocacy activities on a regional level in Shanghai and neighbouring regions.
Ioana is currently an Associate Director with X-PM Transition Partners, a leading European Executive Interim and Transition Management firm with teams in Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong. X-PM is part of the WIL group, a network of 13 firms operating in 35 countries that deliver interim and transition solutions to clients around the world and offers a unique international “multi-sourcing” model that leverages the assets of each member firm and ensures the best assignments globally.
A German-qualified lawyer, Ioana practiced with a German law firm in Shanghai from 2003 and 2004. She also holds a PhD degree in law from Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, where she worked from 1999 to 2003 as a Senior Research Assistant focussing on the areas of Civil Law, Insurance Law, Comparative Law, International Private Law and Labour Law.
Mr. Thilo Zimmermann
Mr. Thilo Zimmermann
Thilo Zimmermann is the General Manager of SEB Shanghai Branch since January 2019. SEB is a leading Nordic financial services group with a strong belief that entrepreneurial minds and innovative companies are key in creating a better world. Zimmermann joined SEB eighteen years ago and has wide experience in heading different teams within the bank.
Prior to that, Zimmermann worked at ING and Deutsche Bank back in Germany. Thilo speaks German, English, French and some Mandarin.
Mr. Bruno Weill
Mr. Bruno Weill
Since November 2014, Bruno Weill has been the Chief Group Representative for China of BNP Paribas. He contributes to the definition of the Group’s strategy and coordinates all its activities in China. He represents the Group as a director or supervisor at the Board of most BNP Paribas’ wholly-owned legal entities and joint ventures in China. He is also the Group Executive Sponsor for a few Chinese and International strategic clients in China.
After his baccalaureate in Spain, Bruno completed a Master degree in Physics before graduating from the French engineering École des Mines de Paris. He started his career in the mining industry in South Africa, in petroleum applied-research in Belgium and in consulting in France and in the United States.
However, since he joined BNP Paribas Group in 1989, Bruno has dedicated his professional career to the banking industry. He started in Paris at Inspection Générale and then joined Project Finance before been promoted in Singapore as project finance head of South East Asia and then deputy head Asia. In 1999, Bruno returned to Paris and was appointed as global senior relationship manager of several large multinational companies. In 2004, in Hong Kong, he was named head of Financial Institutions Group for Asia and managed teams of investment bankers in seven Asia-Pacific countries.
In 2009, Bruno moved to Nanjing as executive vice president of the Chinese listed bank, the Bank of Nanjing. He led the transformation of the cooperation to a broad strategic partnership based on business complementarities (particularly in the areas of consumer finance, corporate banking, financial markets, and so on).
Mr. Peter Ling-Vannerus
Mr. Peter Ling-Vannerus
Peter Ling-Vannerus is responsible for developing and managing the Bank’s Business in Northern China, as well as monitoring the political and economic development of China for SEB. He studied at INSEAD and Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.