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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 National Vice President of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China.

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Yameng is an Assistant Professor at International Business School Suzhou (AACSB, EQUIS, AMBA), Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University. She takes the position of Programme Director of BA International Business with Language, and she is awarded as "Innovation and Entrepreneurship Doctor" by Jiangsu Talent Programme (江苏省“双创”博士) in 2020 and evaluated as Key Talents in Science and Education (科教区骨干人才) by Science Suzhou Industrial Park in 2023. Previously, Yameng obtained her PhD. degree from Adam Smith Business School (AACSB, EQUIS, AMBA) at the University of Glasgo. Her research interests lie at the nexus of strategic management and international business (IB). She is a principal investigator of the project "The Study on the Mechanism and the Dynamic Relationships between International Friendship Cities and Outward Foreign Direct Investment", funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China. Her current research focused on the localization strategy of MNEs under geopolitical tension. Cooperated with a European Research Council Advanced Project (REDEFINE, €2.5 million), Yameng successfully obtained National Natural Science Foundation of China and the European Commission "Sino-EU Talent Project" in 2021, exploring the rationales for Chinese investment in Europe, the geopolitical dynamics surrounding these financing streams, the structuring of projects, and how they interface with national and local development policy.

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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.

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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.

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Holly Lei has taken over as President of Covestro China based in Shanghai, effective July 1, 2019. With more than 20 years of experience in cross-cultural management around the world, Lei is the first local female leader for this position.
With a strong technical background in chemical engineering and material science, Lei started her career at Bayer Material Science (the predecessor company of Covestro) in 1999 as a technical representative and has since held various management positions of increasing responsibilities focusing on sales, technical service and R&D in Greater China and the APAC region. As a seasoned leader strong at managing dispersed teams, she devoted her cross-industry insights and customer centric mindset to develop focus industries for Covestro’s Business Unit Polycarbonates in Greater China and the APAC region.
In her role as Global Head of Electrical, Electronics & Appliances (EE&A), BU Polycarbonates, Lei helped Covestro strengthen its industrial leadership by enhancing the global CMF (color, materials, finish) capabilities, transforming Covestro from a material supplier to an innovation partner.
Apart from her business success, Lei is also an affectionate people leader and excels at fostering an environment that allows people to flourish and develop to their fullest potential. As an avid ambassador of diversity and inclusion (D&I) at Covestro, she is actively involved in promoting D&I and equality in the workplace.
Lei holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Dalian University of Technology in China and a master’s degree in material science from Université de Sherbrooke in Canada. She has also received executive training at INSEAD Business School in France.
Lei is also a supervisory board member of GEA Group AG, Vice Chair of the Shanghai Chapter of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, and Vice Chairman of the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park International Experts’ Consultancy Forum.

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Blair spearheads in building Shui On's innovation eco-system, developing strategic partnerships with top-tier universities, institutions, investors, tech-giants, start-up communities, and venture capital companies. Meanwhile, she is also in charge of RayVC, Shui On's VC platform with two funds currently under management, focusing on how tech start-ups could contribute to the sustainable growth of our future city. Prior to joining Shui On, she worked at a private equity investment platform with experiences in both investment and fundraising. In 2015, she co-founded the co-working start-up "WooSpace", hosting innovation-related events for the start-up community in Beijing. Blair holds a master's degree from Harvard University and a bachelor's degree from Cornell University.

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Charles Billard has been CFO for Sanofi Greater China since January 2023. He is based in Shanghai and reports directly to Sanofi global CFO. Charles previously held several key positions at Sanofi Finance and Strategy leadership team, including CFO for Sanofi India & South Asia, based in Mumbai, between 2018 and 2020. Prior to joining Sanofi, he also spent 9 years at Boston Consulting Group, based in France but carrying out multiple missions abroad (US, Korea, Egypt, ...) in the field of infrastructure and health. Charles is a French national and has been a French Foreign Trade Advisor since 2020. Charles is a graduate of Ecole Centrale Paris (Engineer), and speaks English, Spanish, Russian, and French.

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Weisi Xie is the Shanghai Director at the Economist Intelligence Corporate Network (EICN), and is responsible for engaging with top executives in the region on key economic and political issues as well as industry-specific analysis to support their businesses in the dynamic Chinese market.
Mr Xie served as an Assistant Professor of Economics at Shanghai Jiao Tong University before joining EICN. As a trained trade economist, his teaching and research mainly focused on the fields of international trade, industrial economics and economic development, with a particular emphasis on China’s economy in a global perspective. He also possesses extensive expertise in the non-profit sector through work experience with think tanks and international organisations, including the Shanghai Institute for National Economy and the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva, Switzerland, where he contributed to multiple government counselling projects and policy studies. His work has appeared in leading academic journals as well as major economic policy publications.
Mr Xie has a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and a B.A. in International Business from Southwestern University of Finance and Economics.

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Francis was appointed Vice President, Atlas Copco (China) Investment Co., Ltd. in August, 2016. Based in Shanghai, he oversees Atlas Copco’s operations in Greater China and Mongolia, with more than 35 legal entities.
Over the past 23 years, he has held various managerial positions with increased responsibility within Atlas Copco Group and has been working most of his time in different countries in Europe and Asia. Prior to his current position, he was the General Manager of Atlas Copco Singapore & Malaysia.
Francis is a Belgian citizen, and holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration.

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Mickael Naouri is the Corporate Affairs Director & H2E Senior Business Developer for Air Liquide China, a leading French industrial gases company. Michael is responsible for developing the hydrogen strategy and marketing for Air Liquide in Asia Pacific, having previously worked for Air Liquide on refinery, chemical and energy topics for the large industry business line. Mickael is the former National Vice Chair of the Energy Working Group (2020-23) and is currently based in Shanghai.

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With an international background in Europe and South America, and over 15 years living in China, Rosanna Terminio is a consultant, contributor and lecturer specializing in innovation and strategy for the organization, as well as human resources strategist. She works since 2006 for AsecorpChina of which she became owner in 2011 together with a Chinese colleague. Through their offices in Shanghai and Jiaxing (Zhejiang), they support European manufacturing companies doing business in China. As an independent researcher, she published an academic paper titled: “The impact of RAAI (Robotic, Automation and Artificial Intelligence) from the employee perspective. A scoping review”, the paper was presented at: 3rd Catalan Congress of Economy and Business, Barcelona (Spain) in 2018. She also contributed to the book “The work we need. People for Industry 4.0”, published in Italy in October 2018. She is now working at her PhD research about technology driven change and employee’s identity at Catalunya Open University (UOC) and recently completed an exchange semester at Xi’An Jiaotog-Liverpool University, Taicang campus in the Department of Robotics. Rosanna is certified as an Executive Coach (ICC) and LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® facilitator. She gives lectures about Doing Business in China and HR Management in different Management Schools and Universities in Europe and China and participates, with pro-bono consulting, to several CSR activities.

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Davide is currently covering the position of Managing Director and President of Casappa Hydraulics Shanghai and President of Casappa Hydraulics Korea.
Casappa Group is a medium-sized multinational enterprise, funded in 1952 in Parma - Italy. Casappa focuses on creating and delivering value to customers with its Power, Filtration and Electronic Control solutions for Hydraulic Systems, serving global and local top-class OEM customers in different field of applications, such as construction and earth moving machines, industrial, material handling and agriculture vehicles.
Casappa Hydraulics Shanghai is the Regional Headquarters of Casappa Group in East-Asia.

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Dr Gang Yang has received his master’s degree in industrial engineering and a doctorate in production management from TU Berlin. In the period of 2007 – 2011, he taught at Sino-German graduate school of Shanghai Tongji University as Professor of DHL-Chair for Global Supply Chain Management.
Before becoming the CEO of TRUMPF China since 2018, Dr Gang Yang was heading the global machine tool sales of TRUMPF group in Germany.
Before joining the industry sector, he had several consultant positions in top global consulting companies. Now, he is a senior executive with almost 20 years’ experience in general management both in Germany and China.