[Hybrid: Online & Offline] Back on the Menu: The Future for Plant-Based Foods and Beverages in China Go back »
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Time2020-07-24 | 16:00 - 17:20
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Venue:Online - Zoom Online Meeting Platform | European Chamber Shanghai Office
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Fee:Members: 100 RMB |
Non Members: 150 RMB
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The Plant-Based Food & Beverage market was valued at CNY 299 billion in 2019. In the past couple of years, this market has been witnessing considerable growth driven by growing urbanization, improving healthcare services, growing vegan populace and increasing awareness about the environmental crisis.
Countless new products from plant-based companies have hit supermarket shelves in order to satisfy the growing demand for environment- and animal-friendly foods. From plant-based meat to gluten-free milks and yoghourts, there’s been no shortage of new options to try.
The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China is delighted to invite participants to discover how today’s advances in the food sector enable the plant-based lifestyle, how plant-based foods will meet consumers’ needs in a healthy and sustainable way and the future trends of this sector. Participants are welcome to join this hybrid event both via Zoom or from the Shanghai Chapter of the European Chamber.
Agenda
4:00pm-4:05pm Welcome words by European Union Chamber of Commerce in China
4:05pm-4:50pm A dialogue with Plant-based food and beverage players
- Aileen Zhou, Buying Director in charge of the RTE/RTC, Aldi China
- Evan Li, Associate Director, Regulatory Affairs at Danone Asia-Pacific
- Nick Halla, SVP International, Impossible Foods
- Chloe Lin, Leader of Sustainability and Business Development, OATLY
- Shirley Lu, Country Executive Director, Greater China, ProVeg International
- Liqin Lu, Co-founder and CFO, Youkuai Food (Z-Rou Meat)
4:50pm-5:15pm Q&A Session
5:15pm-5:20pm Opening words by European Union Chamber of Commerce in China
This webinar will be off the record and follow Chatham House rules.
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Speakers
Ms. Sandy Li
Ms. Sandy Li
Sandy Li is the current chairperson of the AFB Working group in the European Chamber, She has been a AFB working group vice-chair for three consecutive years before she’s elected chair in 2020. She has more than 10 years of working experience in food industry on quality and regulatory affairs management, assuming the role of Regulatory Affairs Manager in Unilever China Foods. She is a technical committee member of Tea standard association, technical committee member of Beverage association to be involved in the standard reviewing and discussions, a member of International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) China and a member of Food Industry Asia (FIA) China Working Group.She represented Unilever to be the executive member of China National Food Industry Association (CNFIA) and present Unilever to be involved in the standard reviewing and discussions in China Association of Bakery & Confectionery Industry (Ice Cream branch).
Ms. Aileen Zhou
Ms. Aileen Zhou
Aileen is the Director of Buying for Aldi China. Aldi China has taken the pioneer by successfully launching plant-based RTE meals in stores since June.
She has more than 15 years of working experience in Food and Retail Industry in China market. Before joining Aldi, she has been dedicated to management roles in leading international F&B brands, such as Costa, Carl’s Jr and Pret A Manger to support with their China market entry and growth strategy. Her areas of expertise cover across buying, products innovation and supply chain management. Aileen holds a MBA degree from Webster University.
Mr. Evan Li
Mr. Evan Li
Mr Evan Li is currently the Scientific and Regulatory Affairs Head of Danone Waters China and Danone Essential Diary & Plant-based Northeast Asia. His areas of exepertise in the Fast-Moving Consumer Goods Industry include Scientific and regulatory affairs, Quality, and Product Safety. He has had previous roles in PepsiCo China, Heinz-UFE, Procter & Gamble. Mr Li holds a Master of Engineering degree from Sun Yat-Sen University.
Mr. Nick Halla
Mr. Nick Halla
Nick Halla joined Impossible Foods as its first employee and has helped build the company from the ground up. Nick has held numerous senior executive roles at Impossible Foods and currently serves as Senior Vice President for International. He oversees the company’s growing presence around the world, including overseas business development and operations.
Before joining Impossible, Nick was an expert in food commercialization at General Mills, where he developed and launched several new product lines and designed large-scale food manufacturing systems. He also has experience in agriculture, having grown up on a family dairy farm, and commercializing new technologies such as solar, energy storage and biofuels.
Nick holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Minnesota, an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and an M.S. in Environment and Resources from the Stanford School of Earth Sciences.
Ms. Chloe Lin
Ms. Chloe Lin
More than 12 years of working experience in financial and strategic consulting field, incl. FE Leasing,Citic securities and Triwise capital.
Joined OATLY since 2019, responsible for Sustainability APAC, incl. promoting the localization of global policies/requirements, formulating Asia sustainability strategy, and planning and implementing key projects.
Foundation projects: LCA at company/enterprise level, restorative farming (coffee bean) project, factory APAC1&2 energy and water solution, waste and circular economy solution, ingredient research and entry approval, PCR innovation, Plant-based category building, innovation hub.
Other projects: 2021/2023 White paper of China Oat Milk Industry, Silent Barista; Hey Barista; OATLY recycling project etc.
Education: UC Berkeley, CKGSB, XMU
Ms. Shirley Lu
Ms. Shirley Lu
Shirley serves as Managing Director - Asia and Chief China Representative, ProVeg International, the largest European non-profit organization for plant-based diets and food innovations. On this role, Shirley launched the first ever plant-based innovation campaign with major universities and leading food manufacturers to introduce planted-based food offerings that appeal to the Chinese taste buds. She is planning to roll out this campaign to the Southeast Asia region. To accelerate plant-based innovations in China, Shirley has spoken and initiated forums bringing together officials, academics, senior food executives as well as startup entrepreneurs to provide insights and share opportunities and challenges.
Shirley has extensive background in both retail foods and foodservice in Asia. She started her career with P&G in Taiwan, and has worked for Mars in Southeast Asia, Korea, and Taiwan, Unilever in China, Rich’s Foods Asia in Shanghai, and as the regional marketing head at Tate & Lyle APAC in specialty food ingredients based in Singapore. Her expertise includes go-to-market strategy, innovation, brand & product portfolio management, insights, brand communication, and customer acquisition. Shirley’s footprint goes beyond Asia. She has frequented major international food shows to scout for new ideas and innovations driving the green food movement.
Shirley had served as Vice Chair at AmCham Shanghai’s Food, Agriculture & Beverage Committee from 2010 to 2019 and was the founder and leader of the Foodservice sub-committee.
She holds a BA degree from National Taiwan University and an MBA from Columbia University in New York.
Ms. Liqin Liu
Ms. Liqin Liu
• Mission-driven entrepreneur with experience driving start-up projects in food/agriculture and education/lifestyle sectors
• Co-founded and led operations at Jingmeng Agri, a green pork project in Beijing and Inner Mongolia, whose mission was to provide Chinese consumers with antibiotic-free and traceable pork products
• Prior to being an entrepreneur, Liqin was an investment banker for 10 years at tier 1 bulge bracket firms in Hong Kong, including Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Citigroup and UBS. She had worked in various capacities including ECM (equity and equity-linked origination), IBD (China team), and corporate finance advisory within Wealth Management. She was involved in the origination, structuring, and execution of numerous financing transactions including convertible bond issuance, IPO, equity follow-on, USD-bond issuance, share-backed financing, and direct PE co-investment
• Deep and strategic thinker with strong project execution capabilities
• Graduated from Middlebury College (US) with major in Philosophy and minors in Economics and Chemistry
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