2024 Human Capital Conference: Empowering Employees Amid China’s Shifting Business Dynamics Go back »
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Time2024-05-15 | 13:00 - 17:30
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Venue:Beijing Ballroom, 3F, Four Seasons Hotel
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Address:No. 48 Liangmaqiao Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing
北京市朝阳区亮马桥路48号四季酒店三层北京厅 -
Fee:Members: 400 |
Non Members: 800
Sponsors and partners
* This is an offline only event. Seating will be reserved on a first-come-first-served basis.
* Events are held in English with no translation services and follow the Chatham House rule.
* The European Chamber is pleased to extend one complimentary ticket to the in-house HR from the member companies in Beijing. Please notice to indicate your company position when registering. We will confirm the eligibility for the complimentary ticket one week prior to the event.
* If you are interested in sponsorship, pls contact Ms. Queenie Cheng, qcheng@europeanchamber.com.cn, 010-64622066*54
The latest report launched by the European Chamber, Riskful Thinking: Navigating the Politics of Economic Security, illustrated that the volume, complexity and severity of the risks companies face has grown exponentially in recent years, as politics has seeped into the business environment. While Chamber members differ in how they are responding, clear sets of strategies are emerging, with some pulled into the China market to increase localisation and/or investment, and others pushed to shift investments and/or parts of their operations away from the country.
At this year’s annual Human Capital Conference, the European Chamber is delighted to invite chief executive officers (CEOs) and human resources (HR) leaders from top-tier companies to debate key strategies for adapting to the shifting business dynamics in China. Speakers will explore how to cultivate a culture of talent engagement and retention, while also examining which cutting-edge tools and technologies can help elevate the employee experience and drive organisational transformation.
This event aims to provide a platform for industry leaders and HR professionals to share ideas and gain valuable insights to enhance HR practices and improve the working lives of employees.
Host of the event: Sunny Sun, Chair of HR Forum in Beijing, European Chamber
Agenda:
13:00-13:30 Registration & Networking
13:30-13:35 Welcome Remarks
- Carlo Diego D’Andrea, Vice President, European Chamber; Chairman, Shanghai Board
13:35-14:35 CEO Panel: Overcoming Challenges to Transparency in Leadership
- Esther Langford, Head HR Life & Health Reinsurance & Countries, Group Human Resources, Swiss Re
- Gianni Di Giovanni, Chairman Eni China BV; EVP Eni China Rep Office
- Sylvia Pan, General Manager of United Family Healthcare Beijing-Tianjin and Shenzhen, GM of Beijing United Family Hospital
Moderator: Jenny Liu, Head HR China, Group Human Resources, Swiss Re
14:35-15:05 Keynote speech I: Bridging the Gap to Align HR Strategy with an Organisation’s Goals
- Charles Shao, Managing Director, Korn Ferry Advisory business in Greater China
15:05-15:35 Coffee break
15:35-15:55 Keynote Speech II: Navigating talent incentives through transformation of business strategy
- Faye Yu, Partner, PwC China
15:55-16:45 HRVP Panel: Driving Business through Empowering People
- Ning Fei, Vice President Human Resources and Workplace, Airbus China
- Melissa Hu, Head of Human Resources, Societe Generale China
- Martin Tian, HRVP, Bairong
- Doug Hung, Director of HPO Group
Moderator: Gladys Guo, Director of HR, KPMG China
16:45-16:55 Lucky draw & Closing Remarks
16:55-17:30 Networking
Advisory Council Policy
Members of the Advisory Council may receive complimentary admission to Chamber seminars and conferences up to two attendees per event. Additional participants will be charged at the member rate.
Advisory Council members will still be charged the standard member rate for participation in training courses and special events, such as gala balls, government appreciation dinners, exclusive tours or admission to corporate social events/tournaments.
For further information contact Luyang Syvänen lsyvanen@europeanchamber.com.cn
Terms & Conditions
Events have limited seating so to ensure your attendance we encourage advance online registration and payment. We cannot guarantee entry to anyone not registered in advance.
- Members can pay via wechat QR code once registered.
- Non-members will receive an email with a payment code shortly.
Fapiao will be mailed to you within 5-10 working days after the event.
Cancellation Policy
If you cannot attend the event for which you have registered, please cancel your registration no later than one business day prior to the event. If you fail to notify us of your cancellation in a timely fashion, you will be charged for event costs.
To cancel you can: 1) email cdu@europeanchamber.com.cn, or 2) cancel online if you registered for the event through the website.
Disclaimer
Please notice that European Union Chamber of Commerce in China might take photographs from the event and post these on its public web-page (or social media platforms) in order to create awareness of these events. By attending this event you consent to European Union Chamber of Commerce in China taking and using such photographs as described above.
Speakers
Ms. Sunny Sun
Ms. Sunny SUN joined Bernard Controls in 2014 in the position of HRD of Asia and then meanwhile takes the responsibility of MD of Bernard Controls China. Sunny has 20+ years working experience in high management and in the field of HR.
Bernard Controls is a multi-national company as the leader of electronic actuators world-wide. Their Chinese brand has the teams of factory, sales, R&D and operation depts which enhance Sunny the management ability in crossing fields and diverse culture. Before Joined BCC, Sunny worked in Funcom China as GM and she also served for Kingsoft and Datang Telecom as overseas BD manager.
Sunny received her EMBA in Robert School of Maryland University and she also takes the economics master degree of Renmin University. As a professional HR expertise, Sunny has strong knowledge in leadership development, cross-culture cooperation and implementation of HR& business.
Mr. Carlo Diego D’Andrea
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 National Vice President of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China.
Dr. Gianni Di Giovanni
Dr. Di Giovanni was born on July 3, 1963, Italy. He obtained a master’s degree in Energy and Climate Change. He is the States' Representative of European Chamber since 2023.
• 2006-2013: Executive Vice President of Eni Communications.
• 2012-2015: President and CEO of the AGI SPA（Eni Group）.
• 2015-2020: Chairman of the Board of Directors of Eni USA Uptream, Chairman of the Board of Eni USA Downstream, Executive Vice President of Eni USA Branch Office.
• Since 2020, Chairman of the Eni China and Executive Vice President of Eni China Branch Office.
Ms. Sylvia Pan
Ms. Sylvia Pan joined the United Family Healthcare in 1996 and participated in the preparations for, and opening of Beijing United Family Hospital. In 2020, she became the General Manager of United Family Beijing Market.
She holds a Master’s degree in Healthcare Business Administration at the University of Colorado, a Master’s degree from Peking University’s Guanghua Business School and a Bachelor’s degree in English literature. She finished her Ph.D courses of Executive health administration at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and she is currently taking her DrPH courses at Tsinghua Johns Hopkins University.
Ms. Pan has won several awards, including but not limited to, the 2012 Healthy China Ten 10 People of the Year conferred by Health Times, Research Center for Public Health of Tsinghua University, Institute for Health Communication of Tsinghua University, 2017-2018 Health Circle Top 10 People of the Year - Excellent Manager conferred by Health media Med.china, etc. In 2018 she received a golden award as the hospital CEO of the year in China, conferred by Asia Hospital Management Awards.
Ms. Jenny Liu
Jenny Liu is Senior Vice President, Head of HR China for Swiss Reinsurance. Before joining Swiss Re, Jenny has over 20 years of professional experience as China HR Head with Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, Burson-Masteller and as Senior HR Manager with China International Capital Corporation Limited ("CICC"), to develop organization, culture and people solutions to enable business success.
Jenny holds an MBA from State University of New York at Buffalo, Renmin University of China. She is a certified coach, an accredited international practitioner in Talent Appraisal, and a certified global remuneration professional ("GRP").
Jenny is a Director of the Human Resources Association ("HRA"), one of the founding members of CHO100 sponsored by National School of Development, Peking University, as well as a career mentor for BiMBA, Peking University.
Mr. Charles Shao
Mr. Shao is Managing Director of Korn Ferry Advisory business in Greater China. He leads Greater China advisory team to help multinational and local companies to drive and sustain superior business performance through talent and organizational interventions.
Mr. Shao brings 20+ years global experience in both corporate and consulting to clients and the Firm. Prior to his current role, he used to be Senior Client Partner leading Leadership Development &Assessment solution at Korn Ferry China. He used to be the Global Head of Leadership Development and Learning & Development at Caterpillar Inc, a US Fortune 100 industrial company. Prior to that, he was Practice Leader at Hewitt Associates, advising clients from various industries, such as: industrial, real estate, pharmaceutical, financials, etc.
Mr. Shao focuses on helping local companies goingglobal and multinational companies to succeed inAPAC through leadership assessment anddevelopment, executive coaching, talentmanagement, culture transformation, DE&l, HRtransformation and M&A.
Mr. Shao graduated from executive educationcertificate program at Stanford University inpartnership with Caterpillar. Mr. Shao holds Masterof Business Administration from Rotterdam Schoolof Management at Erasmus University, theNetherlands and Bachelor of Economics fromShanghai University of Finance and Economics.
He is HR Committee Co-Chair at AmCham China.He is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) withIntemnational Coaching Federation (lCF) andaccredited for several leadership assessmentinstruments.
Ms. Faye Yu
Faye Yu is an experienced Partner within PwC’s Tax and Business Advisory team with extensive experience in providing tailor-made international individual income tax planning, human resources consulting as well as business advisory services to multi-national corporations, Chinese enterprises as well as high net-worth individuals and families. Her focused areas including:
Assisting to manage employment costs, associated employment tax during diversified workforce, employment risk controls and rewards issues.
Advising reward strategy especially the design and implementation of equity incentive schemes, employment structure, benefits & reward policies from global taxation efficiency perspective.
Local tax dispute resolution experience and providing practical solution in tax controversial issues with considerations of business model, local tax incentives, foreign exchange control, tax treaty analysis, cross-border taxation.
Supporting to high net-worth individuals and family offices including tax planning, family wealth and business succession planning to achieve their specific personal, family and business goals.
She is also a frequent speaker at symposiums forum and serves as the external instructor of Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, the Advanced Institute of Finance at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
Faye is a Certified Tax Agent in China and a US Enrolled Tax Agent authorized by IRS. She is also a STEP affiliate member.
Ms. Fei Ning
Fei NING, a seasoned HR and business leader with a diverse background across industry and culture. With +20 years of experience in automotive, rail & aviation industry while having worked in procurement and HR in China, France and Germany, Fei Ning brings operational insight to the HR team and business in China.
Mr. Martin Tian
Mr. Martin Tian is a seasoned HR leader with 23 years experience in HR.
Cross Industries
Leading MNCs in FMCG - Pepsi , Colgate, Mars-Wrigley
Leading Local Enterprise Group in Real Estates and Medical Care - Longfor
Top Capital Fund (TMT, New Consumption, Hi-Tech, Health and Medical…) – Wu Capital
Leading FinTech Company in China - Bairong
Led through different Business Stages – Zero to One / Turnaround / Unicorn / IPO, etc.
Rich experience in：
Business and HR Strategy Development
Organization Development
Talent Development
Learning and Development
Talent Acquisition
Performance Management
Reward and Recognition Management, Associate Engagement
Culture Shaping, etc.
Martin holds a MBA degree at Carlson School of Management, University of Management and has his bachelor degree at Zhongshan University.
Mr. Doug Hung
Doug Hung is Director of HPO Group. He has advised clients in a range of industries, with his
core area of work around leadership and sales process development. In his current role as
Director of Business Development, Doug spends half of his time working with international
partners to provide world-class program methodologies to the Chinese market.
Doug helps high-tech providers and consumer goods companies refine their talent development
strategies and undertake organization development initiatives. His clients include enterprise
software companies, media and entertainment technology providers, consumer package
companies, and hardware manufacturing firms.
Doug holds a bachelor of business administration from University of Michigan. He holds a
Master in Business Administration from Columbia Business School.
He speaks English, Mandarin Chinese and Taiwanese fluently