Managing the Impact of Geopolitical Changes on Your Business in China Go back »
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Time2024-01-31 | 15:30 - 17:30
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Venue:European Chamber Shanghai Office 中国欧盟商会上海办公室
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Address:Unit 2204, 22nd Floor, Shui On Plaza, 333 Huai Hai Zhong Road, Shanghai
上海市淮海中路333号瑞安广场2204室 -
Fee:Members: 200 |
Non Members: 400
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Speakers
Mr. Bruce Fu
Bruce Fu is a managing director in the APCO Worldwide Beijing's office. Mr Fu has deep knowledge of China's technical standards, IPR, and competition-related issues in the ICT sector. At APCO, Mr Fu provides clients with counsel on government relations building, operations management, stakeholder engagement, and market entry strategy across different sectors.
Prior to joining APCO, Mr Fu was a business manager at the EU Chamber of Commerce in China, where he worked closely with the European telecommunications industry by lobbying China's telecommunications regulators. He worked closely with ICT Working Group members on telecommunications regulatory policies and TBT/Standards. Mr Fu also directly engaged Chinese authorities on antitrust issues related to implementation rules of China's anti-monopoly law.
Mr Fu served as the Vice Chair of the ICT Working Group at the EU Chamber of Commerce in China between 2013-2021, driving the EU-China dialogues and negotiations on key issues such as Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI). He currently serves as the Chair of the Government Affairs Forum at the EU Chamber of Commerce in China.
Mr Fu holds master's degrees in European studies and European modern history from the Catholic University of Leuven. He is fluent in English and Chinese and speaks intermediate French.
Ms. Ester Cañada Amela
Ester Cañada Amela manages the Chamber’s overall engagement with European institutional stakeholders and monitors relevant policy developments in the EU. She is also in charge of the Advocacy Platform at the EU SME Centre, an EU-funded project implemented by the European Chamber and three other partners, as well as the Chamber’s Standards and Conformity Assessment Working Group. Ester holds a double masters’ degree in European and Asian Affairs from Sciences Po Paris and Fudan University, as well as a BA in Translation from the Autonomous University of Barcelona.
Ms. Daphne Dai
Daphne is the Asia Pacific General Counsel and Vice President of Honeywell (Building Automation and Industrial Automation). She has spent more than two decades in the legal profession, both as the general counsel of US or Europe headquartered MNCs, and as external counsel of an international law firm. She has first-hand experience in many of the milestone FDI transactions and deep insight of the legal and compliance challenges that MNCs have when doing business in China.
Prior to joining Honeywell, Daphne worked in the Shanghai office of the world renowned law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer for 10 years.
Ms. Amy Niu
Amy Niu serves as the National Vice Chair of the Energy Working Group, European Chamber, and the Vice President of Iraeta Energy Equipment, a prominent Spanish multinational company in global renewable energy sector. Focusing on Global Strategy and Asian Marketing, Amy leverages over a decade of experience across China, Spain, and North America.
Her significant contributions to 8 national industry standards highlight her deep technical expertise. She served a multitude of onshore, offshore and floating wind power projects with including Goldwind, Envision, SGRE, Vestas, GE and so on, and also played a pivotal role in the acquisition of Reducel. She provides her wind power expertise as an advisor for the Spain and China Council Foundation, fostering industry knowledge exchange.
Her multicultural upbringing, born in China and educated in Canada, bolsters her role in bridging cooperation between Chinese enterprises and the government. Her distinctive international perspective and depth of experience make Amy a driving force in the renewable energy industry.
Mr. Marco Leporati
Marco Leporati is the President of Savino Del Bene Shanghai. He has received a Law degree from Università degli Studi Milano. His professional journey began at Pirelli in Italy, working in the tyre division, and later transitioned to a role in an Australian company active in the food industry in Europe. This role provided Marco with his initial exposure to Chinese companies, leading to his first visit to China in 1993. In 1998, he relocated to Beijing and subsequently worked in Shanghai with a logistics and transportation company. With over 20 years' experience in the industry, Marco now holds the positions of President and Managing Director at Savino del Bene Shanghai.
Dr. Gang Yang
Dr Gang Yang has received his master’s degree in industrial engineering and a doctorate in production management from TU Berlin. In the period of 2007 – 2011, he taught at Sino-German graduate school of Shanghai Tongji University as Professor of DHL-Chair for Global Supply Chain Management.
Before becoming the CEO of TRUMPF China since 2018, Dr Gang Yang was heading the global machine tool sales of TRUMPF group in Germany.
Before joining the industry sector, he had several consultant positions in top global consulting companies. Now, he is a senior executive with almost 20 years’ experience in general management both in Germany and China.
Mr. Steven Basart
Steven has lived and worked in China for over 15 years in the non-profit management industry leading and representing global trade associations, professional societies and business interest groups in the region.
Steven is a Dutch national and a Permanent Resident of China. He is a lawyer and sinologist by training. He has a native level language proficiency in Mandarin, English, and Dutch.