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Time2024-03-21 | 14:00 - 16:00
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Venue:European Chamber Shanghai Office
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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: 300 |
Non Members: 600
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The European Chamber Shanghai Chapter cordially invites you to attend the launch of the Chamber’s latest publication, produced in partnership with China Macro Group (CMG), on 21st March 2024.
The EU, China and the US have all been engaged in varying degrees of risk management and efforts to strengthen economic security for several years, however, it would be misleading to use ‘de-risking’ as a catch-all term to describe their respective approaches. The measures being adopted, the desired outcomes and the length of time each actor has been engaged in such activities, are quite distinct.
At the same time, the volume, complexity and severity of the risks businesses face have grown exponentially, as politics has slowly seeped into the business environment. While Chamber members differ in how they are responding to this, clear sets of strategies are emerging with some pulled into the China market to increase localisation and/or investment, and others pushed to shift investments and/or parts of their operations away from the country.
* The presentation is on the record. European Chamber spokespersons are to be quoted in their European Chamber capacity only. The Chatham House rule applies to the panel discussion and Q&A.
* English language with no translation services.
Agenda
Host: Mr Steven Basart, General Manager of Shanghai Chapter, European Chamber
13:30-14:00 |
Registration |
14:00-14:05 |
Opening Remarks, by Mr Steven Basart, General Manager of Shanghai Chapter, European Chamber |
14:05-14:45 |
Presentation on Main Findings (on the record) Mr Jens Eskelund, President, European Chamber Mr Markus Herrmann, Co-Founder and Managing Director of China Macro Group (CMG) |
14:45-15:55 |
Panel Discussion (including a 10-minute Q&A) (Chatham House rule applies) Moderator: Mr Carlo Diego D’Andrea, Vice President, European Chamber, Chairman, Shanghai Chapter Panelists: Mr Jens Eskelund, President, European Chamber Mr Jörg Wuttke, President (2019-2023, 2014-2017, 2007-2010), European Chamber Mr Mats Harborn, President (2017-2019), European Chamber Mr Davide Cucino, President (2011-2014), European Chamber Ms Charlotte Roule, Vice President (2018-2021), European Chamber |
15:55-16:00 |
Closing Remarks, by Mr Steven Basart, General Manager of Shanghai Chapter, European Chamber |
Registration deadline: Tuesday 19th March
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Speakers
Mr. Jens Eskelund
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Mr. Jens Eskelund
Jens Eskelund was born in 1970 in Aarhus, Denmark. He holds an MA in philosophy and has studied at University of Aarhus and University of Texas at Austin. He has also pursued studies in Chinese at Renmin University in Beijing. Coming to Beijing as a student in 1998, Jens Eskelund began his career in China as Commercial Officer at the Danish Embassy to China before taking on a position in marketing for Maersk Line in Beijing in 2000. He has since held positions as General Manager for Public Affairs for Maersk Line in China and later Director of Public Affairs for North Asia before assuming his present role as Chief Representative for Maersk in the Greater China Area and North-East Asia. Primary focus areas comprise engaging government entities, institutions and trade associations on matters of policy, regulatory environment and business development on behalf of the companies within the Maersk Group.
Jens Eskelund is a former Chairman of the Danish Chamber of Commerce in China as well as the Vice President and Chair of Maritime Working Group of the European Chamber. Jens was elected as the President of European Chamber in May 2023.
Jens Eskelund is married and has two sons.
Mr. Markus Herrmann Chen
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Mr. Markus Herrmann Chen
Markus Herrmann Chen (陈瑞华), a Swiss-Chinese, is an experienced advisor to European business and financial investors focusing on effects from China’s political economy and global geoeconomic developments on corporate strategies, organizational design and HQ-subsidiary interactions as well as strategic partnerships and negotiations of foreign business in the Chinese market. Prior to CMG, Markus worked as Government Affairs Director with Bayer MaterialScience in China and as Management Consultant with Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in its Shanghai, Hong Kong and Zurich offices. Markus is a Strategic Advisor Europe to Caixin Global, as well as Board member with the Stein am Rhein Symposium (stars) and the Swiss Chinese Chamber of Commerce (SCCC) – for the latter leading its policy and government affairs including the interface with European peer organizations and the EUCBA. He is further engaged in the advisory board of CEIBS Zurich and is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Expert Network.
Markus holds a B.A. and M.A. in Law focusing on public policy, international public, economic and WTO law from the Universities of Geneva, Bern and Fribourg, plus he studied Chinese at the Peking University as a resident student and holds a Certificate of Advanced Studies from the University of Zurich in applied ethics..
Mr. Carlo Diego D’Andrea
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Mr. Carlo Diego D’Andrea
Founder and Managing Partner of D’Andrea & Partners Legal Counsel, and Founder of DP Group.
Graduated in Law at the University of Teramo (Italy), he then subsequently obtained a Masters’ degree in Corporate Advisor at LUISS University in Rome and a Diploma in Chinese Studies at Nanjing Normal University and is a member of the Italian Bar Association.
Mr. D’Andrea arrived in China in 2005 and is fluent in Italian (mother tongue), English, Mandarin Chinese and Spanish. He mainly deals with cross-border mergers and acquisitions, assistance in ODI/FDI and intellectual property rights.
He is also acting as Vice President of the European Chamber and Chair of the Shanghai Chapter.
Mr. Jörg Wuttke
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Mr. Jörg Wuttke
Jörg Wuttke is Chief Representative of BASF China, based in Beijing.
Jörg Wuttke was President of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China from 2007 to 2010, 2014 to 2017 and again from 2019 to 2023. From 2001 to 2004 Mr. Wuttke was the Chairman of the German Chamber of Commerce in China.
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. He lived in China for more than 30 years.
Mr. Mats Harborn
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Mr. Mats Harborn
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.
Mr. Davide Cucino
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Mr. Davide Cucino
Born in Vicenza, Italy in 1966. Graduated at Venice Ca’ Foscari University in Oriental Studies with highest honors, he has permanently lived and worked in China for more than 30 years since late 80’s before moving to Brussels in early 2020. He has been recently appointed Vice President – Head of EU of Fincantieri for which he manages the Brussels Office since December 2019. Besides carrying out public affairs duties for Fincantieri at the European Institutions and NATO, he is active in a number of organizations and working groups, among them SEA Europe, SEA Naval, Business Europe, Hydrogen Europe, ASD and Business at OECD. From January 2017 to early 2020, he has held the position of Chairman of Fincantieri China. From 2005 to 2016 he has been Head of China Region of Leonardo Spa (previously Finmeccanica), holding the position of Vice President – Global Sales Coordination. He has also held various positions in the BoD of Finmeccanica invested ventures in China. From 2010 to 2016 he has been CEO of Ansaldo Railways Systems in China. He holds the honorary title of President Emeritus of European Union Chamber of Commerce in China (EUCCC) after serving from 2011 to 2014 as President elected and since January 2020 represents the EUCCC in Brussels. Since April 2022 he is chairing the Maritime Chamber of the EC Renewable and Low Carbon Fuels Industry Value Chain Alliance. In May 2022 he has been elected Chairman of SEA Naval, the permanent naval shipyards group of companies at SEA Europe. In January 2020, he has also been nominated Chairman of the Paris based China Expert Group under Business at OECD (BIAC). From 2017 to 2020 he has been Chairman of the China-Italy Chamber of Commerce, position that he already held from 2002 to 2010. He has been Member of the Board of the Association of Italian Chambers of Commerce abroad. He has been conferred the Italian Presidential Knighthood honor of “Cavaliere Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana” as well as of “Master of Labor”. Among other awards, the “Cafoscarino in the World 2010” prize and the “Ca’ Foscari University Ambassador in the World prize 2019” by Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, as well as the “Capital Elite 2011” prize by the Italy-China Foundation, as the Italian Manager with the greatest responsibility in China.
He is member of the Scientific Committee of "Mondo Cinese" the Italian review on China studies. He has published a book on the geo-political environment in China (“Tra Poco la Cina”, Bollati Boringhieri). He frequently contributes articles to various geo political publications.
Ms. Charlotte Roule
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Ms. Charlotte Roule
Charlotte ROULE is Overseas Representative in Paris of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China and Chief Strategy Officer of ENGIE.
She worked in China from 2016 until this Summer, initially as COO, Head of Business Development and Innovation, then as CEO, of ENGIE China. In line with ENGIE’s strategy and values, she promoted and developed there clean energy (mainly solar) and clean solutions for cities and industries, such as district cooling and electrical mobility, as well as energy efficiency. She also served as VP of the European Chamber of Commerce in China from 2018 to 2021.
Before working in China, Mrs. Roule was based in Cheshire, UK, where, jointly with her team, she’s been developing the largest onshore underground gas storage of the country. Prior to this, she served as VP, Audit and Risks and VP, HR in Storengy, ENGIE’s affiliate dedicated to underground gas storage, based near Paris.
She is external trade advisor to the French Government.
Mr. Steven Basart
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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.