EUROPEAN BUSINESS IN CHINA POSITION PAPER LAUNCH 2015/2016(Guangzhou) Go back »
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Time2015-09-15 | 15:00 - 17:00
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Venue:Pearl Ballroom,3rd floor, Crowne Plaza Guangzhou City Centre
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Fee:Members: 300RMB |
Non Members: 600RMB
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Speakers
Mr. Jörg Wuttke
Jörg Wuttke is Vice President and Chief Representative of BASF China, based in Beijing. Since joining BASF in 1997, Mr. Wuttke has been responsible for helping guide the company’s investment strategies for China, negotiation of large projects and government relations.
Previous to joining BASF, Mr. Wuttke worked with ABB for 11 years; in fact his first professional encounter with China was in 1988 as the Finance and Administration Manager of ABB Beijing. In 1990, he returned to Germany as Sales Manager of ABB Power Plants Division, responsible for gas turbine sales to Africa and Russia. In 1993, he became Chief Representative ABB China in Shanghai and in 1994 moved to the President's Office of ABB China in Beijing, where he was responsible for the development and financing of large projects.
From 2001 to 2004 Mr. Wuttke was the Chairman of the German Chamber of Commerce in China. From 2007 to 2010, 2014 to 2017, and since May 2019 again he is the President of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China
From 2011 to 2019, Mr. Wuttke was Chairman of the BIAC China Task Force of the Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD (BIAC), a Paris based body of major business associations that lobbies the OECD.
From 2013 to 2016, and again since 2019 Mr. Wuttke is Vice Chairman of the CPCIF International Cooperation Committee, a group representing Multinational Companies in China’s Chemical Association.
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.
In January 2019 Mr. Wuttke joined the International Board of the Stars Foundation, in Switzerland. stars - for Leaders of the Next Generation.
Mr. Alberto Vettoretti
Alberto was born in Italy, obtained a BA and MSc degree in the UK and has been living in Asia for over 20 years. He is the Managing Partner of Dezan Shira & Associates, one of the largest, independent, pan-Asia Business Processing Outsourcing (BPO) firms with over 300 professionals and 19 offices in China, India, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Singapore and Indonesia. The firm has also associated firms in Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand under the Dezan Shira & Associates Asian Alliance brand.
Alberto is specialized in corporate structuring and management issues affecting foreign-invested enterprises in China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Vietnam and sits on the board of various multinational corporations doing business in these countries.
He has consistently contributed to the firm’s subsidiary publishing company Asia Briefing Media, which produces a variety of titles related to doing business in Asia including; China Briefing, Vietnam Briefing, India Briefing and ASEAN Briefing. Alberto’s comments also regularly appear in international publications such as The Financial Times, The South China Morning Post, Il Sole 24 Ore, China Daily and a host of other local and internationally recognized publications.
Alberto is a member of YPO, a former Vice Chairman of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, the former Chairman of its South China Chapter and an International Advisor to the Guangzhou Government.
Mr. Mariano Millet
Mariano Millet has been a Senior Manager at S.J. Grand Financial and Tax Advisory since early 2011, counseling foreign invested firms from a wide range of industries in China. His areas of practice include Chinese individual and corporate taxation advisory, simulations, structuring of foreign invested enterprises, due diligence, internal control and financial modeling. Before joining SJ Grand, he was a Finance Manager for Latin America at ZTE 中兴, the largest listed Chinese telecom equipment and network solutions provider. Prior, he worked as an Investment Analyst for the United States Department of State. Mariano holds a master’s degree in Finance and bachelor’s degrees in Accounting and Business Management.
Mr. Martin Kroboth
Mr. Martin Kroboth has been working for Andritz since 1995 and for Andritz China since 2006 when he had the chance to see the opportunities in China. Mr. Kroboth served as General Manager for Pulp Drying and Paper Machinery and as General Manager for Operations from 2012. During this time he has transferred several machinery and equipment from Europe to China to serve the local as well as the global market for Andritz and he has also developed the operational part to reach the same standards as in Europe.
Ms. Heidi Adick
Ms. Heidi Adick is a Director and Consultant with Dew-Point International Ltd. Since 2000, she has designed and delivered programmes on topics such as presentations, leadership, teambuilding, assertiveness, influence and positive communication, DISC, time management, customer service and business writing. Her clients include Triumph, Panalpina, McDonald’s, Lego, Carrefour, Dragages, Fiducia, Fresenius, Generali, SSH, CLP Power.
Ms. Sophia Hou
Sophia has been working as an IP consultant for about 15 years in Rouse. She is very experienced IP enforcement in China including administrative, civil, and criminal enforcements .
Sophia was qualified as a PRC lawyer in 2007 and is a member of Rouse Dispute Resolution Team. Since 2011, Sophia has been providing clients advice in IP and trade secret protection in their supply chains. She is qualified as a Top-Level Trade Secret Protection Specialist (高级保密师) in 2012.
Sophia holds a masters degree in civil and commercial law in Sun Yat-Sen University and a bachelor’s degree in the English language.
Sophia has worked in Vietnam March to August 2015.
