Philipp Nimmermann fully meets the most important criterion that Minister for Economic Affairs Robert Habeck had set internally for Patrick Graichen’s successor as State Secretary for Energy: He is not part of the closely interwoven energy scene that was Graichen’s undoing. On the contrary, the 57-year-old economist has had little to do with the subject […]
Sebastian Manlig has been Key Account Manager – China at Kromberg & Schubert since April. The German company develops and produces complex wiring systems for the car industry. Manlig has been with the company for ten months.Is something changing in your organization? Let us know at heads@table.media!
Patrick Zheng Yu Zhao will take over as head of BASF’s new Global Automotive OEM Coatings Solutions division, based in Hong Kong. He previously served as Senior Vice President at Coatings Solutions Asia Pacific.Roderick Kefferpuetz will become the new Director of the Heinrich Boell Foundation European Union in Brussels. Kefferpuetz was previously a senior analyst […]
The other day, Özden Terli, weather presenter for the German public television channel ZDF, stood next to a 3D animation of an elephant, which he used as an example to explain how climate change could lead to species extinction. Such animations fascinate him, but he only realized later how appropriate the imagery was: “Never mind, […]
China’s State Council on Monday announced the appointment and dismissal of several senior officials. Cao Shumin will become head of the National Radio and Television Administration. She previously served as Deputy Director of China’s Cyberspace Administration. Cong Liang will become Deputy Director of the National Development and Reform Commission. Wang Gang will succeed Dai Dongchang […]
Xifan Yang lives on the 18th floor of a high-rise building in Beijing. She moved here five years ago as a correspondent for the German weekly newspaper Die Zeit. “Since then, every year has been an exceptional situation.” In 2019, the protests in Hong Kong, then the pandemic. Which also had far-reaching consequences for Yang. […]
More than six years ago, in March 2017, Géza von Geyr traveled to Moscow. The then-head of the policy department at the Berlin Defense Ministry met with his Russian counterpart. On the agenda, the Moscow ministry reported were Russian concerns in light of NATO’s activities “near the Russian borders” and of Western missile defense sites […]
He was China’s ambassador to Moscow for ten years, and now he is set to take to the big stage: Li Hui, the Special Representative of the Chinese Government on Eurasian Affairs since 2019, will depart for Ukraine, Europe and Russia on Monday. In his telephone conversation with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Xi Jinping recently […]
Yunzhou Wu has been Design Manager at SAIC Volkswagen since April. Based in Beijing, Wu is in charge of vehicle interior design and CMF design. Andrzej Delanowski took over the post of Director of Homologation at Audi China in May. For the position, he is moving from Ingolstadt to Beijing after 16 years. Is something […]