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Time2019-12-11 | 08:30 - 12:30
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Venue:Regal International East Asia Hotel, Emerald Room
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Address:516 Hengshan Road, 2nd Floor
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Fee:Members: 300 RMB |
Non Members: 600 RMB
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The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China is excited to announce that this year's China Outlook 2020 Conference will take place on December 11th, 2019, in Shanghai. Every year, this event welcomes a program with dynamic and diverse speakers that will bring to you an unbiased - and reliable - economic overview for the coming year.
Please save the date and keep an eye on this website for updates in this year's conference program.
Agenda
8:00am-8:30am Registration and Networking
8:30am-8:40am Opening Words by Dr Ioana Kraft, General Manager, Shanghai Chapter, European Union Chamber of
Commerce in China
8:40am-9:00am Keynote Speech by Mr Joerg Wuttke, President, European Union Chamber of Commerce in China
9:00am-10:00am Panel Discussion I: China Economy Outlook
Moderator: Mr Jens Ewert, National Chair of the Investment Working Group and Shanghai Chapter Board
Member at the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China. Partner at Deloitte
Panellists confirmed:
- Mr Joerg Wuttke, President, European Union Chamber of Commerce in China
- Dr Michiel Haasbroek, Chief Risk Officer Greater China, ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
- Dr Liu Shengjun (Dr Gary Liu), Director of the China Financial Reform Institute
- Professor Michele Geraci, Adjunt Professor of Finance at NYU, Former Undersecretary of State at the
Italian Ministry of Economic Development
- Dr Kenneth DeWoskin, Senior Advisor to The Conference Board China Center for Economics and
Business and Senior Advisory , Chinese Services Group, Deloitte.
10:00am-10:20am Coffee Break
10:20am-11:20am Panel Discussion II: The Twists and Turns of The US-China Trade War and their Impact in Growth
Moderator: Ms Mary Boyd, Director, Shanghai Corporate Network, The Economist Intelligence Unit
Panellists:
- Ms Yan Mei, Senior Partner, Chair of China, Brunswick Group
- Mr Michael Kuan, Vice Chairman, Center for China and Globalization (CCG) and Founder and
Chairman of Kuan Capital
- Dr Kevin Kang, Chief Economist, KPMG China
- Mr Owen Haacke, Chief Representative, US-China Business Council Shanghai Office
11:20am-12:20pm Panel Discussion III: The Changing Economy and its Impact on Business, by Business Leaders
Moderator: Mr Marcus Wassmuth, Board Member of the Shanghai Chapter at the European Union
Chamber of Commerce in China and Head of European Corporate Coverage China at UniCredit S.p.A.
- Ms Joanne Wood, Chairman, Capital Eight
- Mr Denis Depoux, Head of Asia, Roland Berger Shanghai
- Mr Pentti Ilmasti, Senior Vice President, Consumer Board China, Stora Enso
12:20pm-12:30pm Closing Words by Dr Ioana Kraft, General Manager, Shanghai Chapter, European Union Chamber of
Commerce in China
Views expressed by invited speakers do not necessarily reflect the opinions or position of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China
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Speakers
Dr. Ioana Kraft
Dr. Ioana Kraft
Ioana has been based in Shanghai since 2003 where she worked for the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China (European Chamber) from 2004 to 2022. From 2009 to 2022 she served as General Manager of the Chamber’s Shanghai Chapter and was responsible for implementation and development of European Chamber objectives, visibility, and advocacy activities on a regional level in Shanghai and neighbouring regions.
Ioana is currently an Associate Director with X-PM Transition Partners, a leading European Executive Interim and Transition Management firm with teams in Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong. X-PM is part of the WIL group, a network of 13 firms operating in 35 countries that deliver interim and transition solutions to clients around the world and offers a unique international “multi-sourcing” model that leverages the assets of each member firm and ensures the best assignments globally.
A German-qualified lawyer, Ioana practiced with a German law firm in Shanghai from 2003 and 2004. She also holds a PhD degree in law from Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, where she worked from 1999 to 2003 as a Senior Research Assistant focussing on the areas of Civil Law, Insurance Law, Comparative Law, International Private Law and Labour Law.
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. Jens Ewert
Mr. Jens Ewert
Jens Ewert, a Senior Partner with Deloitte China, has over 30 years of working experience in the professional services, based in Shanghai since end 2002 – he has been a member of Deloitte China Eastern Region Management team since then. Jens is the national leader for Deloitte China Life Science & Health Care Industry, leading a dedicated industry team comprising over 1000+ partners and professionals. He also covers our full range of multidisciplinary services, from consulting, risk & financial & tax advisory and audit & assurance, offering to Multinational Clients in China.
Jens has received the ‘Magnolia Silver Award’ from the Shanghai Government in September 2021, recognizing foreign business leaders for their special and outstanding contribution to the City’s development. He is also a Board member at the EUCCC Shanghai and the National Vice-Chair of the Investment Working group at the EU Chamber in China.
Prior to moving to China, he has been working in numerous countries always in professional services, such as France, Hungary, Vietnam and Indonesia. He hold a Master degree from University Paris X Dauphine in Business & Finance and a Diploma of Political Science from Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris. He also attended numerous executive programs at IMD and Insead. He is married to Christine and calls France his home.
Dr. Michiel Haasbroek
Dr. Michiel Haasbroek
Dr. Michiel Haasbroek has over 12 years of experience in Financial Services with a clear focus on Asia, where he has lived and worked since 2012. He has held a number of positions in risk management, including a CRO role since 2015. In the past years, Michiel has helped to set up new locations of ABN AMRO in APAC (Shanghai and Sydney) and has been living in Shanghai and Hong Kong for the last 7 years. He has a solid academic and professional interest in the Chinese banking sector and regulatory reform.
Michiel holds a PhD in Political Economy of China, an MA in Political Science and History, and an MSc. in Financial Management. In his spare time, Michiel is an avid reader and triathlete.
Dr. Shengjun Liu (Dr Gary Liu)
Dr. Shengjun Liu (Dr Gary Liu)
Dr. Liu Shengjun is an independent economist well known for his research on China’s economic and financial reforms. He is currently founder of China Financial Reform Institute. As a KOL, his microblog has more than 1600,000 followers and his WeChat has nearly 170,000 subscribers. He was a member of Global Agenda Council, World Economic Forum (2012-2014). In 2014, he was invited to a policy-consultation meeting chaired by the Chinese Premier LI Keqiang. Dr. Liu is a columnist for FTChinese.com, cn.WSJ.com and Caixin.com. Dr. Liu was elected Person of Year 2012 by Bloomberg BusinessWeek China, 2013 Chinese Young Economist by Beijing Newsand Person of Year 2016 of New Finance by Hurun Report, top 10 financial writers by TOUTIAO. His publications include the popular book The Next Decade of China. Dr. Liu has been invited to speak frequently by chambers of commerce and consulates, multinationals, universities and governments.
Dr. Kenneth DeWoskin
Dr. Kenneth DeWoskin
Dr. Kenneth DeWoskin is a former partner for China Strategy and Business Development at one of the Big Four, founder of Deloitte's China Research and Insight Centre, and now serves as a Senior Advisor and Eminence Fellow to Deloitte for China research and insight. He concurrently serves as Senior Advisor to The Conference Board China Center for Economics and Business. A former professor of International Business and chairman and professor of Asian Cultures at the University of Michigan, Ken has been involved with China for over 50 years and has lived and worked extensively in both China and in Japan. Ken's direct experience with mainland China goes back to 1977. He has served numerous clients in financial and strategic investment, logistics, automotive and industrial sectors, energy, telecommunications, consumer products, commodities and mining, retail, entertainment, media and IT, software, pharmaceutical and healthcare, and financial service industries. Ken provides research and thought leadership and consults with C-Suite executives on critical financial, economic, and business issues. Ken has taught numerous executive education programs and participated in forums for Michigan, Singapore Management University, Tsinghua University, and Wharton. He has appeared in media interviews, with the New York Times, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, Economist, Bloomberg, SCMP, People's Daily, China Daily, CNBC, Business Week, Fortune, Asian Wall Street Journal, Hong Kong Economic Review, Xinhua News agency, Voice of America, the Washington Post, BBC World Services, and major networks and wire services. He has presented on China business issues across the US and throughout Asia and Europe, in the World Economic Forum, Council on Foreign Relations, Chambers of Commerce, Economist Intelligence Unit, Eurasia Group, the Conference Board, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, US China Business Council, Asia Financial Forum, China Britain Business Council, World Transportation Forum, BOAO Forum For Asia, and Greenbrier Global Leadership Conference. He currently writes a CFO opinion column for the Wall Street Journal. Ken received his B.A. from Columbia College in 1965 and his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1974. He has also studied at National Taiwan University and Kyoto University, and he is a fluent speaker of Mandarin Chinese and Japanese
Ms. Mary Boyd
Ms. Mary Boyd
Mary Boyd is responsible for programme development and client servicing in Shanghai. She also provides research and conceptual support on China for Corporate Network programmes.
Before joining the Economist Group Mary Boyd was in the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs, serving on assignment in Hong Kong, Thailand, Taiwan and China (in Shanghai, Guangzhou and Chongqing). Since leaving government service she has researched and published on economic development and governance issues in China, and has undertaken consultancy work for the World Bank and other international institutions, as well as multinational companies. She has written for a number of Economist Intelligence Unit publications, including Country Report, China Hand and Business China. She co-authored the Economist Intelligence Unit report Taking on the Competition: Domestic Companies in China in 2005.
Ms Boyd has an MA (Area Studies) and an MSc (Public Policy and Management) from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and has also completed language studies at Nanjing University. Her research interests include local governance and decentralization policies, and public-sector reform.
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Mary is an expert on economic development and governance issues in China and has written for a number of Economist Intelligence Unit publications, including Country Report, China Hand and Business China.
Ms. Yan Mei
Ms. Yan Mei
After a distinguished career serving major international media companies for more than twenty years, Mei Yan joined Brunswick Group in 2013. As Senior Partner and Chair of China, she oversees Brunswick’s China business and acts as a counselor to senior executives.
Yan advises major global corporations with a particular focus on public affairs, government engagement, mergers & acquisitions, and corporate reputation management as well as crisis and issues management. She provides counsel to senior management of foreign companies as they position their organizations in China and leaders of Chinese companies going global.
Yan joined Brunswick from Viacom International Media Networks, where she was Managing Director of Greater China and Chief Representative of Viacom Asia. Previously, Yan held a series of China-based senior positions at Turner International Asia Pacific, News Corp., and its STAR Group.
Yan worked as a journalist for ITN and CNN for more than a decade, winning three Emmy Awards in that time.
In addition to her role at Brunswick, she serves as a senior advisor at global investment firm KKR, sits on the board of French global automotive supplier Faurecia and is an international council member of the British Council’s Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre.
Today, she is a regular speaker at preeminent events, including the Hamburg Summit and POWER Shanghai. She is a Vice-Chair of the board of The Golden Bridges Foundation and the China Women’s Club. Born in Beijing, Yan holds two Master’s degrees in International Relations and Political Science from Columbia University, New York, and a Master in Advanced Russian Area Studies from Hunter College at the City University of New York. She also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Russian Language and Literature from Beijing Normal University.
Dr. Xin Guan (Michael Kuan)
Dr. Xin Guan (Michael Kuan)
Guan Xin (Michael Kuan) is the founder and chairman of Kuan Capital, an investment and asset management firm based in Shanghai, China. Prior to establishing Kuan Capital in 2013, he served as the co-founder of CyberCity Investment, SIG Capital and was a partner of GGV Capital.
Born in China and educated in the United States, Michael’s investment career spans over thirty years-- starting in 1986 as a venture capitalist in Silicon Valley. He returned to China in 1992 to become one of the pioneering investors in TMT, Internet, Education and the Biotech Industry.
Michael has invested and played key roles in some of the most successful ventures, which include Quantech Electronics, China.com, Sina.com, Liming Networks, China Cable Networks, Grandhope Biotech and Hippo Animation. Kuan Capital is also an investor in Anchor Pacific Capital, RedBird Capital and Singularity University in United States.
Michael was also the co-author of InvestAmerica (1989), an investment guide for foreign investors seeking US investment opportunities. He was the 2006 commencement speaker at Pepperdine University and has served a number of board members of private and publicly traded companies in the US, China and Hong Kong.
Additionally, Michael serves as a founding council member of TEDx Global.
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. Owen Haacke
Mr. Owen Haacke
Owen Haacke is Chief Representative of the US-China Business Council (USCBC) Shanghai office. He has worked at USCBC since October 2013, working closely with US member companies to inform and advocate for US companies doing business in China. Owen has experience serving USCBC member companies at USCBC’s headquarters in Washington, DC and in Shanghai.
Owen coordinates targeted research and intelligence on best practices, operational issues, and policy & regulatory changes that impact operations of US companies in China. Owen also coordinates with USCBC’s Beijing, Washington, and Shanghai office to advocate in both the US and in China on issues that impact the trade and investment climate for US companies.
In his role, he writes, speaks, and consults with senior executives and government officials regularly on a broad range of business and investment issues in the China market, including human resources, administrative licensing, regulatory transparency, operational planning, and investment issues.
Prior to joining USCBC in 2013, Owen held a variety of positions in the public and private sector in US, including working on international trade policy for former Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, and serving as a Research Fellow at the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, where his analysis focused on China’s monetary policy.
Owen holds a B.A. from Dalian University of Foreign Languages in Chinese, International Economics and Trade. He is fluent in Mandarin Chinese, and has spent over seven years living and working in China.
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. Denis Depoux
Mr. Denis Depoux
Denis Depoux began his career in China in 1993 with French energy giant EDF before entering the management consulting industry. In 2001, Depoux joined Roland Berger, focusing on the energy and environmental sectors, and sharing his strong consulting expertise and rich industry experience in the US, Europe and Asia.
Depoux has been actively supporting the firm's Greater China operations since 2007. Since moving to Shanghai in 2015, he has contributed a lot to the transformation towards the new Roland Berger in this region. For Roland Berger Greater China, he has been committedly overseeing a wide variety of Competence Centers. In 2020, Denis was elected Managing Director and has been devoted to the management of Roland Berger's global affairs.
In the energy and utilities sector, Depoux has supported the transformation of major European players throughout the energy market's transition facing a more liberalized and competitive market. He has made extensive contributions in the areas of new products and services, the development of wholesale-market trading, risk management, the development of energy services, etc. He has also advised on several major mergers of European energy players and supported the expansion of electricity and natural-gas players into Europe, the Americas and Asia. More recently, Depoux has supported European and Asian energy players in addressing challenges raised by the trends toward low-carbon energy, energy efficiency, decentralized energy generation and the Internet of energy.
Beyond the energy sector, Depoux has extensive experience in performance and operations improvement, operational and G&A cost reduction, purchasing process transformation, screening, commercial and strategic due diligence for acquisition targets, post-merger integration and organization and governance.
Depoux is a key speaker at top-level forums in Asia, including the Boao Forum for Asia, World Knowledge Forum and China Development Forum. As one of the leading foreign experts working in China, he was invited to a New Year meeting with Chinese Premier to discuss the nation's development. Besides, Depoux often shares his insights on trendy topics both inside and outside China by taking interviews and writing articles for mainstream media channels, including People's Daily, CCTV and Caijing.
Ms. Joanne Wood
Ms. Joanne Wood
Joanne Wood is a 40-year veteran investment banker turned tech investor and entrepreneur.
In 2006, she founded Capital Eight, a corporate finance house headquartered in Shanghai, advising clients on a wide range of M&A, debt and equity capital raising, corporate restructure and infrastructure financing. Joanne previously worked in senior corporate finance positions with UBS, Jardine Fleming and GE Capital across Europe, the USA and Greater China, and was internationally ranked as a leading Asian-emerging markets advisor.
In 2012, Joanne began mentoring tech startups in China, advising aspiring entrepreneurs as an accredited mentor of Silicon Valley’s SOSV accelerator programs. She now mentors globally, and also serves on the Advisory Boards of a UAE-headquartered Web3 infrastructure platform, an Italian biotech and an Australian new energy venture. In 2023, she joined the founding team of a pioneering Singapore agri-tech developing a proprietary range of alternative plant-based proteins from farm waste.
Over the last 20 years, she has been active in the local community serving as Chair of the British Chamber’s Financial Services Group, Chair of the American Chamber’s Ethics Council, inaugural Chair of the National Australian Chamber Greater China and Vice Chair of the EU Chamber’s Investment Working Group. She is a staunch advocate of female entrepreneurship and the empowerment of women in business.
Joanne is a regular speaker at international conferences and often asked for her views on the China investment environment. She holds an MBA from London Business School, a B. Arts degree from the University of Adelaide, South Australia and reads, writes and speaks Mandarin.
Mr. Pentti Ilmasti
Mr. Pentti Ilmasti
Mr. Pentti Ilmasti is the current Senior Vice President of Stora Enso China. He has previously served as the General Manager as well as the Head of Industrial Operations of Stora Enso (Guangxi) Packaging. Prior to his rich experiences working in China, Mr. Ilmasti served as the SVP for Stora Enso’s operations divisions in Finland, Sweden, Germany, Belgium, and the UK. Mr. Ilmasti has been with Stora Enso for over 15 years, giving him a rich understanding of many facets of the company including his involvement in the Business Area Management Team, Corporate Investment Working Group, Corporate Energy User Board, Wood Supply Sweden User Board and Corporate Intellectual Property Steering Team.
Mr Ilmasti holds a master’s degree in technology from Oulu University in Finland. He also completed Stora Enso’s Corporate Program at IMD Business School in Switzerland as well as Stora Enso’s Executive Program.