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Time2021-12-02 | 14:00 - 17:30
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Venue:3rd floor, The Westin Pazhou
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Fee:Members: 300 |
Non Members: 600
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Over the past two years, companies in South China have been dealt a series of hardships stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic that has put additional pressure on them. Travel policies may be seen as the most challenging obstacle to tackle for businesses as it grows increasingly difficult to not only return key employees from abroad, but, more importantly, attract talent to move to South China.
The European Chamber’s HR Conference will focus on this major challenge shared by companies across the Greater Bay Area: Talent. Acquiring, managing, adapting, and developing talent is crucial to the success of companies in the GBA. During this conference, our expert speakers and panellists will share best practices, propose problem-solving solutions, highlight hard data about HR in the GBA, and emphasise policies and regulations that will benefit you and your company.
The conference will be followed by networking for participants to meet their peers, facilitating the communication between experts and members across South China.
AGENDA
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Klaus Zenkel - European Chamber Vice President, Chairman of the South China Chapter
- Moderator - Rosanna Terminio - European Chamber Human Resources Working Group National Chair
- He Xiaoyu - HR Director, Chief Officer of Government Affairs, ANDRITZ (China) Ltd.
- Alessandro Fiorito - General Manager, Autoneum-Nittoku (Guangzhou) Automotive Sound-Proof Co. Ltd.
- Fabian Blake - Managing Director, AMS Group
- Moderator - Sebastian Hardt - European Chamber Human Resources Working Group South China Chair
- Frank Chen - Human Resources Director, China Cluster of Coats Group Plc
- Tulip Zeng - HRM & HRBP at IDEMIA
- Kristina Zhang - HR Business Partner at Siemens Energy
- Cece Tang - Senior Manager, HAYS Guangzhou
- Emilio Wang - Managing Partner, Mazars
- Marco Zhou - Principal, Guangzhou Office Head, Mercer
- Guilherme Campos - Manager of South China & Hong Kong, Dezan Shira & Associates
- Klaus Zenkel - European Chamber Vice President, Chairman of the South China Chapter
Remark
This is an offline, in-person conference. Please confirm that your email address is correct when registering on our website or through email to gz.research@europeanchamber.com.cn. 本次座谈会是现场活动。请您在通过官网或向gz.research@europeanchamber.com.cn发送邮件报名时,确认邮箱地址填写正确。
Please register before 30th November. 请于2021年12月1日前报名。
Registration
1. Online registration
2. Email registration: please send Company Name, Name, Title, Mobile Number to gz.research@europeanchamber.com.cn. The registration is complete only if a confirmation letter is received.
活动注册
1. 网上注册
2. 邮件注册:请将公司名称,姓名,职务,手机号码发送到 gz.research@europeanchamber.com.cn。收到商会邮件确认后注册成功。
Terms & Conditions:
Events have limited seating so to ensure your attendance we encourage advance online registration and payment for ALL events. We cannot guarantee entry to anyone not registered in advance.
All our events are held in English and are off-the-record unless otherwise stated.
活动条款
活动的席位有限。为了确保您的出席,我们建议所有活动都提前网上注册或邮件注册。对于任何未提前注册者,我们都不能保证您的参与。
我们全部活动都由英文召开,且除特殊说明外均为非公开的。
Cancellation Policy
If you cannot attend an 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 gz.research@europeanchamber.com.cn or 2) cancel online if you registered for the event through the website.
取消报名
如果您不能参加已注册过的活动,请在不少于一个工作日的时间内取消您的注册。若您未能及时地通知我们,我们将收取您相应的活动费用。
如取消注册您可以: 1) 发送邮件至gz.research@europeanchamber.com.cn; 或 2) 网站注册者可在网上取消。
Speakers
Ms. Rosanna Terminio

Ms. Rosanna Terminio
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.
Ms. Xiaoyu He

Ms. Xiaoyu He
Sarah holds a Master degree in Business Administration from People’s University of China and has spent seventeen years working in various HR roles in foreign invested companies which has helped her to build professionalism and competence in Human Resources Management. She is the strategic business partner for business leaders and to support their business for profitable long-term growth.
She joined ANDRITZ in 2008, starting in the joint-venture ANDRITZ-Wolfensberger Special Alloy Foundry Co., Ltd. She has served as HR & Adm. Manager as well as Commercial Manager, contributing to start-ups with responsibilities for various challenging projects. In 2015 she was transferred to ANDRITZ (China) Ltd. and took the position of Senior HR Operation Manager. She is the Global Talent of ANDRITZ and has taken an international assignment in Graz, Austria during 2019 and was the Head of the Centre of Excellence - Talent Acquisition in the Group HR team of ANDRITZ Group. From 2020 she has taken the HRD position and is the youngest leader in the top management at ANDRITZ China. Prior to joining the ANDRITZ, she has worked in Shenzhen for over 4 years and once worked in Wal-Mart Global Procurement Center.
Mr. Alessandro Fiorito

Mr. Alessandro Fiorito
Mr Alessandro Fiorito holds a Master Degree in Electronic Engineering from Politecnico di Torino, Italy, and started his career as an acoustics and vibration research engineer with Fiat. In 1998 Mr Fiorito moved to the UK to join Autoneum, where he covered positions in Product Development, Program Management, Sales and Procurement. Before moving to China he worked 3.5 years in South Africa as General Manager of Autoneum-Feltex, a Joint Venture Tier 1 automotive manufacturer of heatshields and vehicle undercovers. Since August 2016 Mr Alessandro Fiorito is the General Manager of Autoneum-Nittoku (Guangzhou) Automotive Sound-Proof Co. Ltd.
Mr Fiorito is passionate about manufacturing with particular emphasis on safety in the workplace, lean production and waste elimination.
Mr. Fabian Blake

Mr. Fabian Blake
Fabian Blake is a Belgian national who presently serves as the Managing Director of AMS Assembly Foshan, a Dutch-owned company that has been operating in the Pearl River Delta, providing manufacturing services in South China since 2003.
Having resided and worked in China since 2008, Fabian has accumulated 16 years of experience exclusively in South China. During this time, he has played a pivotal role in the operational development of major corporations like the ETEX Group. Additionally, he has successfully managed smaller Chinese business units specializing in engineering services, offering value-added solutions to European clientele.
AMS Group, under Fabian's leadership, currently boasts a workforce of 90 employees, with 80 of them based in our facilities located in Foshan and Shenzhen. The company is actively involved in the development, manufacturing, and assembly of hardware devices, primarily serving customers situated in Europe.
Furthermore, Fabian has also served as a Member of the Board of the Benelux Chamber of Commerce from 2013 to 2016. His extensive experience and dedication to the industry make him a valuable asset to both AMS Assembly Foshan and the broader business community.
Mr. Sebastian Hardt

Mr. Sebastian Hardt
Sebastian Hardt is the Commercial Director of Taixiang Vehicle Replace Parts Co., Ltd in Shenzhen, an affiliated company of the Robert Bosch Group. In his current position he’s responsible for Finance Controlling, IT and Logistics operations in the biggest production location of the Automotive Aftermarket division of Robert Bosch. Within the last 13 years he has gained rich experience from working in various Finance/Controlling roles and in HR such as Head of Plant Controlling and Head of HR in different locations and countries with achievements in location transformation and restructuring initiatives with significant personnel and cost reductions.
Mr. Frank Chen

Mr. Frank Chen
Frank Chen joined Coats Group in March 2015, and is the current HR Director of China Cluster covering the territories of Greater China, Japan, South Korea and Pakistan. He has more than 25 years of HR experience.
Frank has led many HR and business projects including Mergers & Acquisitions, Organization Restructuring, 360degree Feedback, Organization Health Survey, Talent Development Planning, Integrated Performance Management, Trainee Program, Talent Assessment Centre, Lean 6 Sigma, and Great Place To Work Certification.
Before joining Coats, Frank has been in industries of Retail (GIORDANO, G2000), FMCG (PepsiCo), Energy (BP), Chemical (Sherwin Williams) and E-commerce (Mangocity.Com). He is an MBA and Certified HR Professional.
Ms. Tulip Zeng

Ms. Tulip Zeng
Tulip Zeng is the HR manager leading Talent Acquisition for BU of China and Japan and supports the Learning & Development for China at IDEMIA.
She has more than twelve years experience in HR full functions like BP, TA, TD, C&B, PM, and ER. Meanwhile, she has quite a lot of experience in HR and business projects like department training program, ATS, EHS, Lean & 6Sigma management, and product security.
Before joining IDEMIA, Tulip has been in different industries such as Retail(Walmart GS), Toys(LEGO), Electronics(Murata). She is embarking on MBA education at Tongji University.
Ms. Kristina Zhang

Ms. Kristina Zhang
Ms. Kristina Zhang is the HR BP for the Transmission Division, China at Siemens Energy. Ms. Zhang graduated from Central China Normal University with double degrees in English Literature and Journalism. She has received her Psychology master’s degree at Peking University. Ms. Kristina Zhang has pursued her coaching learning from TASC Coaching Arts and Science, Erickson College and LMI( Leadership American Institute ). She is also a certified visual training trainer, and OCEAM Assessment Expert.
Ms. Kristina Zhang has solid HR Experience in HR full functions, from recruitment to staffing, C&B to T&D. Meanwhile, she has quite a lot of experience in HR projects like M&A, campus cooperation, and vocational training. Ms. Kristina Zhang works as an HR Business Partner and received global awards, for example she has supported the company for a successful turnaround by launching the culture transformation program. In 2020, Ms. Kristina Zhang has contributed to fighting against flooding disasters and supporting the recovery from disaster in an amazing speed.
Work smart and have fun, unleash the potential and open for growth mindset is her tenet!
Ms. Cece Tang

Ms. Cece Tang
Cece currently leads the Hays Guangzhou office – she’s personally specialising in mid-senior level recruitment across engineering and supply chain sectors. With nearly a decade of recruitment experience, she now leads a team of over 20 people in the Guangzhou office that recruits across several major divisions including Engineering, Procurement & Supply Chain, Sales & Marketing, IT/Technology, Life Sciences, Banking & Financial Services, HR & Finance. Cece graduated in 2012 with a bachelor’s degree in International Tourism Management from Sun Yat-sen University. She has interests in gender development as well as supporting to build a more diverse & inclusive workplace.
Mr. Emilio WANG

Mr. Emilio WANG
Trained as Chinese Certified Accountant, Emilio WANG started his journey of advising European investors in setting up business in China, back to 2002 in Beijing. With almost 18 years’ hands-on delivering professional services, Emilio has acquired deep knowledge of international and Chinese accounting, tax and business regulations as well as very practical experiences in dealing with Merger & Acquisition, Auditing and Tax advisory related projects in China. His clients include many European rooted Fortune 500 companies as well as SMEs. Starting from 2012, Emilio and his team accompanied quite numerous Chinese companies to go global, and to set up business through green field investment or M&A, especially in Asia Pacific region and Europe.
In 2018, Emilio was moved from the North to the South to manage Mazars office in Guangzhou, with also a mission to set up and develop Mazars office in Shenzhen.
Mr. Marco Zhou

Mr. Marco Zhou
Marco is one of the principals in Mercer China. He is responsible for the P&L of two business units in Guangzhou:human capital consulting and information service. Marco has over 10 years consulting experience in human resource management. His expertise field includes leadership enablement, strategy decoding, HR strategy planning, organizational change, compensation and incentive design, and performance management optimization.
Mr. Guilherme Campos

Mr. Guilherme Campos
Within DSA’s International Business Advisory unit, Guilherme mainly advises corporate investors on legal and tax compliance and in setting up and growing their business in China and ASEAN, with a specific regional focus on South China’s Greater Bay Area. As a member of the firm’s Italian Desk, Guilheme looks after several of the firm's Italian accounts, as well as publications and business partnerships.
Prior to joining DSA, Guilherme gained consulting experience at other advisory firms in Shanghai, Hong Kong and Macau.
Guilherme speaks fluent Portuguese, English, Italian, French and Spanish. He has a masters in Law from Portugal and the UK, and an EMBA in finance from Hult Business School in Shanghai.
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