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Mr. Harborn has a proven record of successful introductions of products and companies into China over years. He is now the head of TRATON China Office.

From 2017 to May of 2019, Mats Harborn was elected 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.

From 2020 to 2024, he was president of Scania China Group in charge overall strategy and governmental communication in China. Between 2011 and 2020, he worked as 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 Commercial Counsellor, 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.

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

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Dr Lu, currently global partner of Brunswick Group providing snr advisory service to FTSE 500 Corp. snr leadership on Sustainable Business Strategy, Corp. affairs strategy and strategic communications, Innovation & business transformation, Issues & Crisis management, as well as operating excellence.

Previously Group Executive Vice President of RGE Group (China), Chief Rep of RGE Group (China), Chairman of Asia Symbol Pulp & Paper (Shandong) Ltd., Vice President Sateri Group. Prior to RGE, Acting President BHP Billiton Group (China). Former UN diplomat in charge of electronic trade efficiency program implementation in China. Dr. Lu is Deputy Director-General of China Corporate Social Responsibility Think Tank; Expert of China Federation of Industrial Economics Think Tank; Board member of Shenzhen Manufacturing Strategy Council, Co-Chair of American Chamber (Shanghai) BCSR Committee; Founder of CSR Thought Lab, Guest Professor at Nankai University, Mentor for Tong Ji University Institute of Innovation & Entrepreneurship.
Dr. Lu obtained PhD of e-Commerce at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Master of Industrial Management at Ecole Centrale de Paris, and Bachelor of Chemical Engineering at Zhejiang University.

Professional expertise
- Overall BD/Marketing and manufacture operation management
- Sustainable business strategy
- Corporate affairs & strategic communications
- Leadership & organizational development
- Issues & Crisis Management
- Innovation, transformation & Change management
- LEAN & Continuous Improvement
- Sustainability & Corporate Social Responsibility

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Mr. Zhang Hui served as the CSR and sustainability leader in multiple Fortune 500 companies, leading the development and evolution of CSR strategies and driving signature campaigns across regional and international markets. Since 2014, Mr. Zhang has taken the CSR Forum Chair and Vice Chair role of European Union Chamber of Commerce Shanghai Chapter, fostering the cross-sector CSR and sustainability collaboration on the European Chamber CSR Forum platform. He also contributed his knowledge and experience by serving as the CSR Think Tank expert of China Federation of Industrial Economics, lecturer of Syntao Academy and universities, CSR advisor of UNAIDS, UNDP and ILO in China in the past years.

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Dr Cao is an associate professor of management at International Business School at Suzhou (IBSS), Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU). Dr Cao’s research interest, at the intersection of strategy and sustainability, include corporate environmental strategy, corporate sustainability, sustainable entrepreneurship and sustainable innovation. Since 2008, he has conducted one NSFC research project and ten contracted consulting research projects for Suzhou government as principal investigator. Currently, he is supervising a Ph.D student focusing on research of entrepreneurial orientation, corporate environmental strategy and performance. Dr Cao is the honorary "Middle-Aged Academic Leadership" awarded by 'Qing-Lan Project' of the Education Department of Jiangsu Province.

In the past years, Dr Cao pioneered many innovative teaching practices in XJTLU. He has developed broad international collaborations on research and teaching. Dr Cao is the visiting researcher at Institute of China Business and Economy of University of Würzburg and Centre for Sustainable Management of University of Lüneburg, Germany.

Within IBSS of XJTLU, Dr Cao is the team leader of PRME (Principles of Responsible Management Education) working group. Dr Cao is also the founder, convener and host of PRME China Signatories Sustainability Management Education Roundtable Forum, an annual event of PRME signatories for promoting sustainability management education in business schools. Beyond IBSS, Dr Cao keeps close engagement with businesses in Suzhou and Shanghai. Dr Cao is a special invited consultant by Suzhou Industrial Park CSR Alliance.

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Onny Jalink has been Deputy Consul-General and head of the Economic Section at the Consulate-General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Shanghai since November 2016. Previously she was the head of the Dutch regional rule of law unit in the Western Balkans. She has more than 17 years of international experience at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Economic Affairs in areas such as security, economy, and the European Union.

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Emilia Gargallo is Trade Officer at the Delegation of the European Union to China since April 2014. Emilia joined the European Commission in July 2008. Prior to his posting in Beijing, he was project manager in the EU Office to Kosovo* in charge of inter alia private sector development and the European integration in the fields of trade and public administration. During six years, she followed regulatory dialogues, trade negotiations and cooperation projects in those fields. Previously, she worked for the General Counsel office in UNOPS (United Nations Office for Project Services), the Commercial Office of Spanish Embassy in Greece and a top leading EU competition specialized law firm in Madrid. She holds a degree in Law (Madrid, Spain), Specialized in EU issues in The Paris Institute of Political Studies (Paris I-Sorbonne, France) and at the College of Europe (Bruges, Belgium). She has completed her education with an MBA in International Business by the Foreign Trade Institute of Spain (Madrid, Spain)

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Ren Min is the General Manager of Enactus China, a global non-profit organization active in over 1600 universities in 36 countries. Enactus connects today-current business leaders and tomorrow-university students leaders, working together for a better and more sustainable world through entrepreneurial actions.
Ren Min’s main responsibilities include leading program team to manage campus relationships with 287 universities in China, maintaining current 70 corporate partners and developing new corporate relationships, supervising marketing team to promote Enactus among key stakeholders, and facilitating government relations. Ms. Ren has developed and executed over 30 CSR and charity initiatives with several multinationals and Chinese companies including Coca-Cola, Johnson and Johnson, Ali-Pay, FedEx, Unilever, China Unicom, HSBC, TCL, PepsiCo, BP, Goldman Sachs and Chow Tai Fook in the areas of environmental sustainability, migrant youth education, women’s economic empowerment, traditional arts revitalization and financial literacy education. Enactus program covers 95% top schools (985 ranking) and 85% tier one schools (211 ranking). A lot of university students see Enactus as the best organization to improve their hands-on capabilities and develop personal success skills. Enactus brand and its unique value impresses young generation deeply.
Prior to assuming the role of General Manager of Enactus China Ren Min was the Asia Regional Program Director for Enactus. In this role Ren Min was responsible of the delivery of content in in 10 Asian countries where Enactus operates.
Ren Min has a Masters Degree in Enterprise Management from Shanghai Jiaotong University and a Bachelor Degree onf Business Administration from Shanghai Jiaotong University. She also holds a diploma in Public Administration from the University of Hong Kong. Ren Min won Marilyn Page Leadership Award by Enactus Worldwide in 2011.

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Lydia J. Price is Professor of Marketing at CEIBS. From 2006-2012 she was Associate Dean and Director of the CEIBS MBA Programme. Under her leadership the programme deepened its international focus and stature as well as its China expertise, rising steadily in major business school rankings as a consequence. In 2009 she implemented a major curriculum change that strengthened the programme’s commitment to Responsible Leadership and Sustainability, including an innovative mandatory course in which students complete sustainability field projects in the China context. Several of these student projects have earned global awards and accolades from the corporate and academic communities.

Professor Price is an award winning professor of marketing with more than 20 years’ experience teaching Chinese executives and MBA students. Her current teaching and research interests lie in the area of responsible leadership and marketing strategy. Prior to joining CEIBS, Professor Price was on the faculties of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and INSEAD, France. She also has been a visiting professor at New York University, Beijing University, and Catholic University of Lisbon, Portugal. Professor Price holds a PhD in Marketing from Columbia University, an MS in Marketing Research from University of Cincinnati, and a BS in Marketing from Miami University.

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Fiona Lang is now the partner of SynTao Sustainability Consultancy responsible for providing strategic sustainability suggestions to various organizations, including government organizations, industrial associations, enterprises, academics, NGOs, etc. Sustainable consumption is one of the key issues that Fiona mainly covers, the key efforts she made include developing a Sustainable Guide to Chinese Retailers with the industrial association, continuously conducting research on sustainable consumption trends in China for 6 years, helping enterprises promote sustainable product innovation, operation, marketing as well as recycling, advocating sustainable lifestyle among the public, etc. Besides, Fiona also focuses on ESG strategy consulting, helping listed companies manage non-financial risks and strengthen their recognition in the capital market with a well-shaped ESG strategy. Before SynTao, Fiona took the position of CSR Director of Walmart China, overseeing CSR strategy development and program implementation.

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Dr. Cinderella von Dungern works for the GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH) as China coordinator for the EMSD (Emerging Market Sustainable Dialogues) project. She has rooted her professional career in the finance sector. After a banking apprenticeship in Hamburg, she studied business administration with a major in banking and finance at the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland). During her doctoral studies at the same university she worked as research assistant and lecturer for East-Asia Scienes with a focus on intercultural management and economic systems comparisons. She wrote her thesis on „The future of private banking in the P.R. of China“.

After her PhD, Dr. von Dungern worked for the eldest Swiss private bank (Wegelin & Co.) as a personal advisor to the managing partner. Her subsequent employment at the business federation Economiesuisse in Zurich put her into fiscal matters. As project manager she was in charge of a political project on comparing tax systems in 20 OECD countries and extracting guidelines for the Swiss government in the field of worldwide tax competition. Afterwards, she worked in the consulting business for financial services and strategic issue management. Her interest in first sector industries led her into the railway and logistics sector, where she became CFO of a medium sized family owned company. In the past years Dr. von Dungern worked as consultant for capacity building, controlling and change management in the agricultural, retail, banking and third sector.

Next to her business jobs, Dr. von Dungern is dedicated to social and charity topics. She is member of the „Bundesverband Deutscher Stiftungen“ and well connected in the third sector. In her recent major honorary post she is running a small charity foundation. She was also part of the regional steering committee in Hamburg for the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP e.V.).

For further information please refer to www.emsdialogues.org

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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.

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Since August in 2006, Cindy Zhang has been responsible for communications strategy and plans, including sustainability communications for Stora Enso in China. In addition, she also focuses on developing and maintaining partnership with target associations, chambers and NGOs from global to domestic in order to support branding in sustainability and bring benefits to target audience. Before that, Cindy takes different roles which ranges from sales to marketing from 1998 to 2006.