Few people know Europe’s energy market as well as Jaume Loffredo. “I have worked for the industry, for consultancies in the energy sector, as well as for members of the European Parliament, and I have worked on energy issues,” he says. As Energy Team Leader at the European Consumers’ Organisation (BEUC), Loffredo wants to use […]
Michael Block took over the position of Teamlead APAC/China, Regulatory Affairs at medical technology manufacturer Karl Storz at the beginning of April. The Tuttlingen-based company specializes in endoscopes. Stephan Renker is moving to the DAAD Information Point in Shanghai as an Education Officer. The Ph.D. of Literature has been working at the Shanghai International Studies […]
The New Development Bank (NDB) has a prominent new head: Brazil’s former President Dilma Rousseff. The 75-year-old arrived in Shanghai last week to take up her post at the helm of the bank. The BRICS nations Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa jointly founded the NDB in 2015. The institute, therefore also called the […]
Sophia Besch builds bridges between different perspectives on security issues. In Berlin, Paris, London and Brussels, she has become familiar with the accents of security policy used there. Last fall, she moved from the Center for European Reform (CER) in Berlin to Washington to join the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.When Besch was studying politics […]
Helén Baerbock has taken over the position of Head of Business & Partner Development Europe at NIO. The manager joins the Chinese EV maker from Berylls, a management consultancy specializing in the automotive industry. Previously, Baerbock worked for BMW and also spent seven months in 2018 for VW as a project manager in Beijing.Huelyea Lim […]
Once Uta-Bettina von Altenbockum gets going, it is hard to stop her. Sustainable standards in the EU? “I would love to,” says the Head of the Sustainability and Communications Department at Deutsches Aktieninstitut, “but on a realistic scale, please.” Too often, she says, the EU’s ideas are all well and good but hard to implement. […]
Kevin Schwenk took over the position of Liaison Manager China at Afag Group this month. The Swiss-based company supplies components for assembly automation. The trained industrial mechanic and team leader in internal sales will perform his new duties from Locherhof in Germany.Hu Xeyi, former chairman of Beijing carmaker BAIC, is the subject of corruption investigations […]
A Chinese-German volume of poems that fell into her hands as a schoolgirl sparked Susanne Hornfeck’s enthusiasm for China. She was fascinated by the strange characters. But little did she know at the time that this fascination would stay with her for decades to come. Later, Hornfeck studied Sinology, German Studies and German as a […]
“We need to make agriculture more sustainable while maintaining yields” – Norbert Lins repeats this demand several times. As a member of the European Parliament and chairman of the powerful Agriculture Committee, he is partly responsible for how well agriculture on the continent manages this balancing act. Whether it’s crop rotation, humus build-up or partridges […]
Achim Schueller has been responsible for client services and business development at Roedl & Partner in Shanghai since mid-February. He is also the main contact for corporate social responsibility and sustainability issues at the company’s Chinese offices. Schueller has lived in Shanghai for 10 years and previously worked in the international banking industry in the […]