Falk Hirdes has been General Manager at CPC Corporate Management for Mainland China since the beginning of the year. Hirdes previously served as Regional Manager at CPC, working from Beijing.Wu Jianghao succeeds Kong Xuanyou as China’s ambassador to Tokyo. Wu has already served two five-year stints as a diplomat in Japan and most recently worked […]
“Anyone who follows the European Council can feel the pulse of the European Union,” says Peter Ludlow. Almost no one knows the metaphorical pulse of the EU as well as he does. For decades, the 83-year-old Briton has been observing and writing about the Brussels institutions, especially the European Council. His analyses can be bought […]
Sha Tao is the new chairman and executive director of China Carbon Neutral Development. The Hong Kong-based company provides renewable energy solutions, such as carbon neutrality consulting. Tao replaces the previous managing director, Chan Tan Na, with immediate effect. André Rittermeier has taken up the post of Head of Group Innovation at the China branch […]
“I love the Rhineland, but there is hardly a more exciting place in the world than China at the moment,” says Maximilian Butek, Chief Representative of the AHK in Shanghai. It was not planned that the 39-year-old – who never wanted to leave the Rhineland – would travel so far and for so long.Butek studied […]
Anyone who wants to start a sustainable company in Europe faces bureaucratic hurdles and sometimes an underdeveloped market. Christian Müller’s work begins where start-ups feel thwarted. The chemical engineer with a doctorate has represented EIT InnoEnergy as Managing Director in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland since 2013. EIT InnoEnergy is one of Europe’s largest investors in […]
Jia Jianxu becomes General Manager of the joint venture between VW and SAIC Motor. Jia has more than 20 years of work experience in the automotive industry. Since 2018, he served as General Manager at Yanfeng Automotive Interiors, a SAIC-owned vehicle seating manufacturer. SAIC Volkswagen is owned equally by the two companies and is primarily […]
Xi Bei’s kindergarten teacher in Beijing already knew that art should not be rushed. She stayed in the classroom with Bei long after the actual lessons were over, until she had finished her drawings and paintings. The patient eye for art has rubbed off. Xi Bei is now a consultant for various art organizations and […]
Navin Hossain is the new Key Account Director at GSN Property Services, Shanghai. Previously he has been Regional Manager at the German Chamber of Commerce in China, Shanghai.Zhang Yanhui is the new Chinese ambassador to El Salvador. He succeeds Ou Jianhong. Is something changing in your organization? Let us know at heads@table.media!
When talking to Christian Goebel, things quickly become technical, because the sinology professor with a focus on social sciences at the University of Vienna is not only an expert on Chinese protest movements and regime stability, but also programs custom machine learning algorithms for his research.Christian Goebel originally studied English and political science until a […]
How are religions viewed in Europe? Which initiatives in Germany and other countries focus on Islam, for example? How does politics deal with Muslims and representatives of other faiths? These are some of the questions Tomáš Sacher would like to address together with the Narrative Change Academy of the Young Islam Conference. “With this new […]