European Chamber Annual Conference 2019: Does Globalisation Have a Future? Go back »
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Time2019-12-03 | 08:30 - 12:35
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Venue:Wangfu Ballroom, The Peninsula Beijing | 北京王府半岛酒店
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Fee:Members: 400 |
Non Members: 800
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The cause of globalisation has had a difficult few years, with populist sentiment on the rise and the US pulling back from its traditional multilateral roles. This is driving a rethink of long-held beliefs about the economics of development, and finding adequate responses to deal with emerging challenges has become the priority for all stakeholders. With global growth outlooks looking increasingly bearish at a time when a variety of factors are limiting the responses available to the EU and China, it is all the more pressing to explore the options that remain for governments and businesses alike.
This year's annual conference will look into the ongoing backlash against globalisation, China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and its connectivity with EU countries, and the future of the EU-China strategic relationship. Through key-note speeches, panel discussions, and audience Q & A, our distinguished guest speakers, led by Ambassador Nicolas Chapuis, including economists, think-tank leaders, business executives from the EU and China, will explore rising challenges and share their insights on how to seize new opportunities.
Agenda
08:00 – 08:30 Registration
08:30 – 08:40 President’s Opening, Joerg Wuttke, President, European Union Chamber of Commerce in China
08:40 – 08:50 Ambassador’s Address, H.E. Nicolas Chapuis, Ambassador, European Union Delegation to the PRC
08:50 – 09:20 Keynote Speech, Long Yongtu, former Secretary General of Boao Forum, former Vice Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, former China Chief negotiator of WTO
09:20 – 10:15 Panel I: The Disruptive Retreat of Globalisation
Panelists:
- Tim Stratford, Chairman, AmCham
- Henry Wang, President, Center for China and Globalisation
- Tao Wang, Head of China Economic Research, UBS
- Kevin Kang, Chief Economist, KPMG
Moderated by Lingling Wei, Chief China Economics Correspondent, The Wall Street Journal
10:15 – 10:45 Networking Break
10:45 – 11:40 Panel II: At a Crossroads: The BRI and EU Connectivity
Panelists:
- Martin Kimmig, Chief Risk Officer, AIIB
- Jens Eskelund, Vice President, European Chamber of Commerce in China, Managing Director, Maersk China Ltd
- Haining Wu, Head of Globalization Product Management, Greater China, SAP Globalization Services
- Pierre-Yves Bonnet, Group Country Head &Chairman, Societe Generale (China) Limited
- Carsten Hasbach, Director for Belt and Road, Siemens China
Moderated by Tom Mitchell, Beijing Bureau Chief, Financial Times
11:40 – 12:35 Panel III: EU-China 2020: Competition, Confrontation and Cooperation
Panelists:
- Ning Zhu, Deputy Dean, The National Institute of Financial Research (NIFR), Tsinghua University
- Peter Ling-Vannerus, Chief Representative, SEB Beijing
- Rachel Morarjee, Director, the Economist Corporate Network
- Julian MacCormac, Country Director, Greater China, Rolls Royce
Moderated by James McGregor, Chairman, Greater China, APCO Worldwide
Views expressed by invited speakers do not necessarily reflect the opinions or position of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China.
Special thanks to Huawei for their kind support.
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Speakers
Mr. Nicolas Chapuis
Mr. Nicolas Chapuis
Mr. Chapuis began his career in the 1980s as the Press Attaché at the Embassy of France in Beijing. In 1983, he was appointed Second Secretary (Political Affairs) at the Embassy of France in Beijing and then Desk Officer for China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Mongolia at the Asia-Oceania Department of France’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Between 1987 and 1988, he was a CFIA Fellow at Harvard University.
In 1988 and 1989, he held the position of Desk Officer for NATO & European Security at the Political Affairs Department of France’s MFA. From 1989 to 1992, he was the Cultural Counsellor at the Embassy of France in Beijing.
Mr. Chapuis's diplomatic career continued in the role of Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of France in Singapore. Following this, he held the position of Personal Assistant to the Deputy General Secretary for European and Economic Affairs at the MFA before becoming the Deputy Director (East Asia) of the Asia-Oceania Department of the MFA from 1995 to 1998.
In 1998, returned to China as the Consul General in Shanghai. Between 2002 and 2003, he was First Counsellor (Cultural Affairs) at the Embassy of France in the United Kingdom and the Director of Institut français du Royaume-Uni.
From 2003 until 2005 Mr. Chapuis served as Ambassador of France in Mongolia and in 2005–2009 he was Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of France in Beijing.
In 2009–2010, served as Prefect of the département of Hautes-Alpes. Following this, held the position of Chief Coordinator of the MFA WikiLeaks Taskforce until 2011.
Mr. Chapuis has been the Ambassador of France to Canada since February 4th, 2015. In September 2018 was nominated as Head of the EU Delegation to China
Mr. Jörg Wuttke
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. Yongtu Long
Mr. Yongtu Long
Mr. Long is a former associate minister of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation and a former secretary general at Boao Forum for Asia. Mr. Long was also the chief negotiator for Chinese GATT and WTO negotiations. Mr. Long graduated from Guizhou University and has been in the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation since 1965. In 1973, he attended London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) with an honorary doctorate degree in Economics. Mr. Long is a secretary general at G20 Group while serving as the president at the School of International and Public Affairs in Fudan University. Mr. Long has been awarded CCTV 2003 Annual Economic Figures and the United Nations Special Award in recognition of his outstanding contributions on promoting cooperation between the UN and China.
Mr. Pierre-Yves Bonnet
Mr. Pierre-Yves Bonnet
Pierre-Yves Bonnet is Chairman for Societe Generale (China) Limited since March 2018 and Group Country Head for China since September 2018.
He was appointed Global Head of Financial Institutions Group in April 2012 and was formerly Global Head of Strategic and Acquisition Finance, since 2008. Pierre-Yves joined Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking’s Equity Capital Markets origination team in 2001 where he was Managing Director, responsible for the Financial Institutions, Automotive, Infrastructure and Real Estate sectors. He previously spent two years as a consultant at McKinsey & Company and prior to that, he spent four years as a government official within the Ministry of Economy and Finance.
Pierre-Yves Bonnet, Finance Inspector, graduated from Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris and Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris, and attended the Ecole Nationale d’Administration.
Mr. Jens Eskelund
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. Carsten Hasbach
Mr. Carsten Hasbach
Carsten Hasbach is Director for Belt & Road at Siemens. Heading the Siemens BRI office in Beijing, Carsten and his team identify, develop and coordinate business opportunities for Siemens in Belt & Road countries worldwide and drive the company’s engagement in Belt & Road. Working more than 20 years at Siemens, Carsten hold various management positions and worked in Germany, Russia, US, Spain, Canada and China. He holds an university degree in business administration.
Dr. Kevin Kang
Dr. Kevin Kang
Dr. Kevin Kang is the Chief Economist of KPMG China and his research covers a broad range of economic and social issues. He has over 20 years of research experience on economic growth, policy analysis, business strategy, emerging technologies, and cross-border investment and M&As. He is also an expert on emerging technologies such as A.I., digital transformation, fintech, Industry 4.0, and analyses how they are re-shaping the business environment. He frequently speaks to companies’ senior executives and helps them stay on top of the rapidly changing macro environment.
Prior to joining KPMG, Dr. Kang was the Chief Economist for Asia Pacific at Caterpillar, the world’s largest construction and mining equipment manufacturer. He was responsible for Caterpillar’s economic research and industry forecast for the Asia Pacific region. Before Caterpillar, he also worked as a senior economist at Eaton Corporation, a $20 billion diversified industrial company headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. He was in charge of its Asia Pacific economic research and the worldwide vehicle industry forecast. He also worked as an economist at the RAND Corporation, a world-renowned think tank in Santa Monica, CA, and as a chief researcher at Samsung Economic Research Institute (SERI) in China.
Dr. Kang received his Ph.D. in economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and B.A. in international economics from the Peking University. He is frequently interviewed by major media outlets and invited to speak at business conferences to share his economic insight.
Mr. Martin Kimmig
Mr. Martin Kimmig
Kimmig heads AIIB’s risk management and his main responsibilities are to ensure the stability and financial continuity of AIIB. He oversees capital allocation and utilization, manages financial and nonfinancial risks (including reputational consequences) and fosters a strong risk culture throughout AIIB. Kimmig joined AIIB from The Rock Creek Group where he held the position of Managing Director covering emerging market equities. Previously, he spent a 24-year career at the World Bank Group, primarily in the International Finance Corporation where he held leadership positions in both investment operations and risk management. He holds a PhD in economics from the University of Freiburg and a CFA designation. Kimmig is a national of Germany.
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.
Mr. James McGregor
Mr. James McGregor
James McGregor is Greater China Chairman for APCO Worldwide, and author of two highly regarded books: No Ancient Wisdom, No Followers: The Challenges of Chinese Authoritarian Capitalism, published in October 2012, and One Billion Customers: Lessons from the Front Lines of Doing Business in China, published in 2005. He was a veteran reporter for The Wall Street Journal, and prior to joining APCO he was founder and CEO of a China-focused consulting and research firm for hedge funds. He also held previous roles as a senior advisor for Ogilvy Public Relations China and the China managing partner for GIV Venture Partners, a venture capital fund that focused on technology and Internet investments in China and India. In 2014, he received a SABRE Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement from The Holmes Group.
Mr. McGregor was a reporter in the Washington bureau of Knight-Ridder newspapers during the Reagan administration. After serving as the Taiwan bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal from 1987 to 1990 and China bureau chief from 1990 to 1994, he spent seven years building Dow Jones’ media business in China as CEO of Dow Jones’ China. During this time, he established CNBC in China and created the Chinese language Web site of wsj.com, Dow Jones’ Chinese-language newswires, Chinese stock-market indexes and the first weekly business-television show in China. He was also a Series A investor in Sohu.com and served on the Sohu board for several years. After successfully preventing Xinhua News Agency from obtaining a monopoly on financial information in China, he received the Barney Kilgore award, Dow Jones’ highest employee accolade.
Mr. McGregor is a professional speaker, regular television and radio commentator and a contributor of essays and opinion articles for a variety of publications. He has lived in China for more than two decades, and can speak and read Chinese. He was an active member of the Board of Governors of the American Chamber of Commerce in China (AmCham) for nearly a decade and served as chairman in 1996. He is currently chairman of the U.S. Government Relations Committee for AmCham. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Atlantic Council, a Global Council member of the Asia Society, a board member of the U.S.-China Education Trust and a member of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations.
Ms. Rachel Morarjee
Ms. Rachel Morarjee
Rachel Morarjee is director of the Economist Corporate Network, the Economist Group’s advisory network and executive briefing service. She has lived in Beijing continuously for the last three years, having begun her international media career in China in the late 1990s. Immediately prior to joining The Economist Group, Rachel worked as the Reuters Breakingviews’ China columnist, covering financial risk and China’s recent overseas investment splurge. She earlier served as a consultant at Brunswick Group advising Chinese firms on their global media strategies and non-Chinese firms on Chinese government relations.
Before moving back to China in 2013, Rachel worked as a foreign correspondent for over two decades, writing for the Financial Times in London, Moscow and Afghanistan, covering subjects ranging from the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan to Russian banking and European stock markets. A fluent Mandarin speaker, she worked for Agence France Presse as Shanghai Bureau Chief as well as in Hong Kong and Kabul during the beginning of her career. Rachel read Chinese and History at London’s School of Oriental and African Studies.
Mr. Tom Mitchell
Mr. Tom Mitchell
Tom Mitchell was appointed Beijing Bureau Chief of the Financial Times in January 2016. He was previously Beijing Correspondent for three years. Prior to that, Tom was the FT’s Deputy News Editor, based in London, and South China Correspondent, based in Hong Kong. A graduate of Duke University and former Fulbright scholar, Tom has lived and worked in mainland China or Hong Kong for 24 years. In 2000, he began a three-year posting as Guangzhou Bureau Chief for the South China Morning Post, becoming the first Western newspaper correspondent to be based in southern China since 1949. He returned to Hong Kong in 2003 and served another three years as the Post’s Deputy Business Editor before joining the FT in 2006. Tom has twice won the Society of Publishers in Asia award for ‘Scoop of the Year’.
Mr. Tim Stratford
Mr. Tim Stratford
Tim Stratford is a partner in the Covington & Burling Beijing office and a member of the International Trade, Corporate and Public Policy and Government Affairs Practice Groups. Stratford’s practice is focused on advising international clients doing business in China, as well as on assisting Chinese companies seeking to expand their businesses globally. As a former Assistant U.S. Trade Representative, Stratford is the most senior former U.S. trade official to join the U.S. business community in China. He is fluent in Mandarin and Cantonese.
Dr. Tao Wang
Dr. Tao Wang
Wang Tao is Head of China Economic Research at UBS Investment Bank and former senior economist at the International Monetary Fund. Graduated in International Economics at the Remin University with a PHD at the New York University, Tao appears regularly on Bloomberg, Business Week, Wall Street Journal, Reuters and China Daily commenting on China's economy.
Dr. Henry Wang
Dr. Henry Wang
Dr.Wang, Huiyao (Henry) is the Founder and President of Center for China and Globalization (CCG), a top independent global think tank in China. In February, 2015, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang appointed Dr. Wang as Counselor for China State Council. Dr. Wang is a well-known Chinese expert on China and globalization issues, on global migration, global talent, overseas Chinese, students, returnees and on Chinese firms going global and MNC in China; he is also a founder of several Chinese well-known overseas returnees organizations; a social entrepreneur and a top adviser to the Chinese government at both central and provincial levels as well as to international organizations and large enterprises.
He has a work life span over both Chinese and foreign governments, multinational executive and business entrepreneurs and academic circles. He has taught at Peking University, Tsinghua University, University of Western Ontario and was a visiting fellow at Brookings Institution and a senior fellow at Harvard Kennedy School. He is currently the Dean of Institute of Development of Southwestern University of Finance and Economics. He is on the Migration Advisory Board of International Organization of Migration (IOM), a member of Yale University Asia Development Council, an advisor for Laureate Education Group, a member of advisory board of Richard Ivey School of Business in Asia, a Steering Committee Member of Metropolis International, a policy fellow of IZA and an advising member to the board of Association of Executive Search Consultants in New York. He is also a frequent speaker at different international forums and often interviewed by various influential global media.
Ms. Lingling Wei
Ms. Lingling Wei
Lingling Wei is an award-winning journalist who most recently worked in the Wall Street Journal’s Beijing bureau. She earned a master’s degree in journalism from NYU in 2000 and joined the Journal to cover real estate in 2008. In 2011, Wei returned to China as a China correspondent for the Journal. Her reporting has since focused on the intersection between Chinese politics and the economy, specifically rising Chinese debt, tightened state control over the economy, and, most recently, the U.S.-China trade war, where her shared bylines with Bob Davis often indicated an article would become a must-read for trade experts and China watchers around the world.
Mr. Haining Wu
Mr. Haining Wu
Haining Wu is the head of Globalization Product Management, Greater China at SAP Globalization Services. In his present position, Haining leads the team to build up SAP globalization/localization portfolio, manage product innovation lifecycle including new generation business suite S/4HANA, HCM Cloud, e-Commerce, Industry specific solutions and best practices like Retail, Real Estate, Utility etc. engage with market and customers, by coordinating localization market strategy and product roadmap. By bringing leading edge solutions into local practices, the innovation under his leadership got recognized by both internal stakeholders and external market, and help customer gain competitive advantage in the digital era.
Haining has 20 years’ experience in Enterprise consulting and service management, Product management, and Globalization. With his experience and practices in SAP industry and consulting management, He has worked with customers and ecosystem in various industries, to drive enterprise digital transformation, deliver the value of globalized software platform and digital business services, from business strategy, IT roadmap, to implementation, program management, and product innovations.
Prof. Ning Zhu
Prof. Ning Zhu
Zhu Ning is appointed as Senior Partner and Head of China at Brunswick Group. He was Oceanwide Chair Professor of Finance, Deputy Dean, National Institute of Financial Research, Tsinghua University, Co-director of the DBA/EMBA/EE programs and a Professor of Finance at Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance (SAIF), a faculty fellow at the Yale University International Center for Finance, and a Special-Term Professor of Finance at University of California, Davis and at Guanghua School of Management, Peking University.
Professor Zhu is an expert on behavioral finance, investments, corporate finance, and the Asian financial markets. He has published numerous articles in leading journals in the finance, economics, management and legal fields, including Journal of Finance, Review of Financial Studies, Management Science, Journal of Legal Studies, etc. Professor Zhu has also written or co-authored several books, including most recently "China's Guaranteed Bubble".