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Time2023-06-21 | 14:00 - 16:00
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Venue:Zoom/ European Chamber Shanghai Office
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Fee:Members: Free |
Non Members: 300
The European Chamber, in collaboration with Roland Berger, cordially invites you to attend the launch of its Business Confidence Survey (BCS) 2023 on 21st June, from 14:00–16:00 (Beijing time).
At the event, Mr Carlo Diego D'Andrea, Vice President of the European Chamber and Chairman of the Shanghai Board will present the key national findings of this year’s survey with a local Shanghai focus to explore the reasons behind Shanghai’s decreasing allure as a destination for regional HQs.
Since China ended its ‘zero-COVID’ strategy, Chinese officials have been on a charm offensive in an attempt to restore the country’s allure as an investment destination. However, more will need to be done if China is to successfully reverse the deterioration of business sentiment that has taken place over the past three years.
European companies have already begun shifting investments overseas and faced with growing risks and a more volatile operating environment, many have adjusted their investment and operational strategies. There is now an increased focus on making operations more durable—for example, through localisation or diversification of supply chains—as opposed to capturing market share. With China’s economy facing numerous headwinds, this trend appears set to continue at least into the medium-term.
Agenda
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14:00 – 14.30 |
Registration |
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14:30 – 14:35 |
Welcome remarks by Mr Steven Basart, General Manager, Shanghai Chapter, European Chamber |
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14:35 – 14:55 |
Presentation of the 2023 Business Confidence Survey Results by Mr Carlo Diego D'Andrea, Vice President of the European Chamber and Chairman of the Shanghai board |
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14:55 – 15:55 |
Panel discussion and Q&A Session Moderator: Mr Steven Basart, General Manager, Shanghai Chapter, European Union Chamber Ms Elaine Chen, Chair of the Logistics Working Group, Vice President, Deutsche Post DHL (DPDHL) Corporate Office China Mr Laurent Doucet, Partner and Vice President for Greater China Roland Berger Mr Charles Billard, Shanghai Chapter Board Member, European Chamber CFO, Sanofi Greater China Ms. Beijue Tang National Vice Chair of the European Chamber Legal and Competition Working Group, Director of Legal &Tax APAC of Wuerth China Holding |
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15:55 – 16:00 |
Closing remarks by Mr Steven Basart, General Manager, Shanghai Chapter, European Chamber |
* Embassies and consulates of European member states can have one complimentary ticket on the first-come-first-served basis.
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Speakers
Mr. Steven Basart
Steven has lived and worked in China for over 15 years in the non-profit management industry leading and representing global trade associations, professional societies and business interest groups in the region.
Steven is a Dutch national and a Permanent Resident of China. He is a lawyer and sinologist by training. He has a native level language proficiency in Mandarin, English, and Dutch.
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 Vice President of the European Chamber and Chair of the Shanghai Chapter.
Mr. Laurent Doucet
Laurent Doucet is a Partner at Roland Berger Greater China. He leads Roland Berger's Asia Insurance practice across Greater China and South East Asia.
Laurent has over 20 years of professional consulting experience with an extensive international background having worked out of Europe, North America and for the last 5 years Asia, where he has been based in Hong Kong. During this time, Laurent has helped clients solve issues related to strategy, transformation, operations, digital, merger & acquisitions, and private equity investments. His track record includes successful assignments for both multinational and local clients in the insurance, retail banking, asset management industries. He is also an expert on digital and operations topics – leading large transformation program for global financial services players, involving significant digital component to achieve top line, customer excellence and efficiency objectives.
Prior to joining Roland Berger, Laurent worked for other leading international consulting firms and industrial players in numerous geographies out of Europe and North America.
Ms. Elaine Chen
Elaine Chen was appointed Vice President, DHL Corporate Office Beijing in June 2022. Elaine is responsible for political communication and representation of DHL’s interests of Corporate Public Affairs in the region.
Prior to her current role, Elaine worked in Honeywell China for 15 years, as Corporate Government Relations Senior Director of Asia Pacific and Key Account General Manager, Honeywell Building Technology. Elaine participated broadly in field of Aerospace, petrochemical, digital technology, etc.
Before Honeywell, Elaine worked in Intel Co. Ltd. Shanghai as Public Affairs leader.
Elaine is now the National Chairman of the Logistic Working Group, the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China. She was the chairman of the Shanghai American Chamber Government Affairs Committee for two years from 2017-2018, and Jinan Mayor’s International Economic Consultation Commission member.
Elaine obtained her bachelor’s degree in Engineering from Jilin University China, and master’s degree in Science from National University of Singapore.
Mr. Charles Billard
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.
Ms. Beijue Tang
Ms. Beijue Tang is currently the Director of Legal&Tax APAC of Wuerth China Holding, which is a shared service center with its legal services accessible for Wuerth entties in the Asia-Pacific area. Beijue majored in law studies in East China Universitry of Political Science and Law and obtained LLM from Fudan University. Before joining the Wuerth Group, she worked in AllBright Law Office and Weir China as legal counsel. Her professional area covers several topics from compliance, contract mangement, insurance to intellectual property rights (IPR) and further general corporate affairs. Beijue became a Vice-Chair of the Legal & Competition working group of the European Chamber in 2022.