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Time2017-12-06 | 08:30 - 10:30
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Venue:The Capital Club
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Fee:Members: Free |
Non Members: Free
Public registration is closed for this event. To register contact Yang Yuehong yang.yuehong@interchinaconsulting.com
InterChina and Taylor Wessing are delighted to once again host their annual business forecast. InterChina will share their views on the business issues for the year ahead, drawing on their survey of around 100 China country heads, combined with recent project experience. Executives on the corporate panel will then share their views on developments in their industries and implications for corporate strategy.
2018 will be the final consolidation of China’s "New Normal". Against a fast changing background, foreign companies across different industries still expect to achieve high single and even double digit growth in China. New technologies and services are creating unprecedented business opportunities. In addition, re-prioritization of revenue drivers, re-designing commercial and distribution channels, localization and consolidation all promise to play continued or expanded roles in the year ahead.
China Business Forecast 2018 will focus on how multinational companies are reacting to increasing challenges in their day to day business operations, such as continuing cost increases, the impact of new local technologies, the strengthening of environmental compliance, and how the re-opening of IPO markets is impacting domestic corporate strategies. As China has presented its new leadership at the Party Congress, this will also be the right time to consider the overall political environment, and what this means for global corporations.
Agenda
08:00-08:30 Registration
08:30-09:00 Forecast Presentation
- Eduardo Morcillo, Managing Partner, InterChina Capital
09:00-10:00 Panel Discussion & Breakfast
- Mats Harborn, President, European Union Chamber of Commerce in China
- Marcus Wassmuth, Vice Chair Shanghai Chapter, European Union Chamber of Commerce in China
- Christoph Hezel, Partner, Taylor Wessing
- Gilles Castera, China General Manager, Werfen
- Jan Borgonjon, President, InterChina
10:00-10:30 Networking
This is a Chamber supported external event. For registration and more information about the event please contact yang.yuehong@interchinaconsulting.com
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This is an external event organised by InterChina & Taylor Wessing. The European Chamber takes no responsibility for the content of this event.
All participants must register in advance directly with the organizers via the contact details listed above. The organizing parties reserves the right to refuse admission to this event.
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Speakers
Mr. Mats Harborn
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. Marcus Wassmuth
Mr. Marcus Wassmuth
With a 16 year background in banking in Germany, Marcus Wassmuth came to China in July 1994. Here he participated in the establishment of the branch of Commerzbank AG in Shanghai. For 7 years he was not only responsible for the organization and operation of the Branch, but also consulted clients with their market entrance in China. In 2001 he joint Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg’s (LBBW)
representative office in Shanghai as their Chief Representative. In this capacity, Mr. Wassmuth helped customers of LBBW, in the majority small and medium sized companies form the southwest of Germany to establish their business in China and handle their market entrance in this country. In February 2017, he switched from LBBW to the Shanghai Branch of Unicredit S.p.A. as their Head of European Corporate Coverage China. In the new position, Mr. Wassmuth advises European clients of UniCredit Group from Italy, Germany and Austria in their financial activities in China and helps to provide tailored products for their financial needs.
For more than 15 Years, Marcus Wassmuth is active in the European Union Chamber. Within this time he was and is a member of the local board of the chamber in Shanghai for together 8 years. He headed the local banking working group from 2002 until 2006 and from 2010 to 2012. For more then 3 years, he represented the SME Forum in Shanghai as its founding chairman. He represented the EUCCC in numerous official events and meetings like the activities during the 2016 G20 summit in China.
Mr. Gilles Castera
Mr. Gilles Castera
Based in Beijing since 2014, Gilles Castera is General Manager of Werfen in China. Werfen is a privately own company, founded in 1966, Barcelona Spain, committed to providing high quality, innovative IVD solutions for hospitals and clinical laboratories to enhance patient care. Its fields of excellence are Hemostasis, Acute Care Diagnostics, Autoimmunity and Blood Patient Management. The company is a member of the China board of AdvaMed (Advanced Medical Technology Association) and a member of the Chinese Association of Medical Equipment (CAME).
Mr. Christoph Hezel
Mr. Christoph Hezel
Christoph is a German national who has lived and worked in China for almost 20 years. Christoph is a corporate partner who specializes in working with clients in mainland China from the automotive and mobility sector as well as life science and healthcare industries.
Christoph supports multinational and mid-size companies on their business operations and investments in mainland China. He focuses on foreign direct investment, mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring and the PRC tax regime. Christoph speaks Chinese, English, French and German and is fluent in the business culture of Europe and China, making him an excellent adviser and negotiator on any transaction.
Mr. Jan Borgonjon
Mr. Jan Borgonjon
A native of Belgium, Borgonjon dedicated his life to help people and companies do business in and with China.
Mr. Borgonjon pioneered China’s business education in the mid 1990s as the chief negotiator, co-founder, and founding president of the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) in Shanghai. Mr. Borgonjon is currently a member of the board for the now 11th ranked (FT) business program in the world.
Together with a graduate of the first MBA class of CEIBS, Mr. Borgonjon established InterChina Consulting in 1994 in Beijing, and has led the company as its president and partner to where it is now.
Mr. Borgonjon has a Bachelor degree in Chinese studies from Leuven University, Belgium, followed by two years at Nanjing University and an MBA degree from Henley, UK.
He has lived in Beijing for nearly 30 years and speaks fluent Mandarin, English, Spanish, French, and Dutch.
Mr. Eduardo Morcillo
Mr. Eduardo Morcillo
Eduardo is the Managing Partner of InterChina Partners, a boutique M&A Advisory firm established in 1994, which has been involved in 160 cross border transactions with an accumulated investment of 7 billion Euro. He has been living and working in China for over 14 years, focusing on M&A and Investment projects. He has expertise in corporate transactions (joint venture formation/buyouts, structure mergers & acquisition transactions, senior level negotiation support, valuation and company restructuring). He has been lead negotiator in more than 40 transactions in the past years.
Eduardo is Executive Committee Member of the EU Chamber of Commerce in China, and Non Executive Board member in several JVs and Asia related corporations. He is also Associate Professor at IE Business School and Cheung Kong Business School since 2008.