Executive Committee

The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China is pleased to announce that member company representatives confirmed Jörg Wuttke as president, during the European Chamber’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 27^th April. Three incumbents—vice presidents Bertrand de la Noue and Sara Marchetta and treasurer Lars Eckerlein—were also confirmed, along with a new vice president, Patrick Horgan, to sit on the Chamber’s Executive Committee. 

In the days leading up to the AGM, local board elections were held in the European Chamber’s six chapters across China. On 24^th March, members of the Shanghai Chapter voted Mick Adams as the new chairman, who will also sit on the Executive Committee.

We would like to thank our AGM sponsors Finnair for their generous support.

The complete line up for the European Chamber’s Executive Committee 2016/2017 is:

President
Jörg Wuttke, BASF

Vice Presidents
Mick Adams, Somerley
Bertrand de la Noue, Total
Patrick Horgan, Rolls-Royce
Sara Marchetta, Chiomenti

Treasurer Lars Eckerlein, ABB

On 13^th May, the 28 EU National Representatives on the Supervisory Board also confirmed three Member State representatives to serve on the European Chamber’s Executive Committee.

State Representatives
Massimo Bagnasco, Progetto CMR
Frederik Cornu, Bureau Veritas
Mats Harborn, Scania

Nanjing

The local board elections for the Chamber’s Nanjing Chapter were held on 14^th April with the following results:

Chairman
Bernhard Weber, BSH Home Appliances Holding (China) Co Ltd

Board members
Petra Grandinson, Atlas Copco
Markus Hermann, BASF-YPC
Andreas Risch, Fette (Nanjing) Compacting Machinery Co Ltd

Shanghai

The European Chamber Shanghai Chapter completed its elections on 24^th April, with the following results:

Chairman
Mick Adams, Somerley

Vice Chairman
Carlo D’Andrea, D’Andrea and Partners
Marcus Wassmuth, Landesbank Baden-Württemberg

Board members
Serafino Bartolozzi, MAHLE Technologies
Eduardo Morcillo, InterChina Consulting
Andreas Odrian, Deutsche Bank
Clarissa Shen Yanrong, Sanofi China

Shenyang

Taking place on the 26^th April, the elections for the Chamber’s Shenyang Chapter returned the following results:

Chairman
Harald Kumpfert, SmartHeat

Board Members
Stephane Gonnetand, ODC Marine
Maximilian Hauk, BMW
Sarah Miller, Michelin
Guido Milner, Sofitel Shenyang Lido

South China

Held on 12^th April, the South China Chapter elections returned the following results:

Chairman
Alberto Vettoretti, Dezan Shira & Associates

Board Members
Scott D’Alterio QSI International School Vivian Desmonts, DS Avocats Law Firm
Danny Hong, BASF
George Lau, TÜV Rheinland
Ivan Shang, Siemens Ltd, China
Klaus Zenkel, Imedco Technology Shenzhen

Southwest

The local board elections for the Chamber’s Southwest Chapter took place on 13^th April, returning the following results:

Chairman
Robin Niethammer, Bayer Healthcare

Board Members
Shirley Ling, Deloitte Advisory Chengdu
Kevin M. Marin, Oakland Capital GmbH (Chongqing Representative)
Paul Sives, Proton Products
Iker Vergel, ADIsports
Aimee Zhang, UniGroup Relocation, Chengdu

Tianjin

The local board elections for Tianjin were held on 20^th April, returning the following results:

Chairman
Christoph Schrempp, Airbus

Board Members
Willem Barendswaard, SGS-CSTC
Gabriele Castaldi, Flexbo
Kelvin Lee, PricewaterhouseCoopers Consultants (Shenzhen) Limited, Tianjin Branch
Michael Stengele, Siemens