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Heads Published: November 10th, 2022

Personnel 10.11.2022

Christoffer Meyer joined Volkswagen Group China this month as Manager Production Planning Vehicle Electronics & Assembly.Richard Surrency is the new Asia Pacific head at British financial house Aviva Investors. He moves into his new office in Singapore. Is something changing in your organization? Why not let us know at heads@table.media!

Heads Published: November 9th, 2022

Martin Kotthaus – enthusiast for the German-Belgian relations

At more than 125 years old, the German-Belgian Chamber of Commerce is the oldest German Chamber of Commerce abroad in the world. According to Martin Kotthaus, Ambassador for Bilateral Affairs in Belgium, this is “a good indicator of the always great importance of German-Belgian trade relations“. Given the dangers Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has posed […]

Heads Published: November 9th, 2022

09.11.22_Executive Moves_

Adam Protzek took over as Head of Marketing and Product Management Automotive at Tesa Greater China in October. Protzek lived and worked in Shanghai for seven years. Previously, he worked there for Henkel and Hella, among others, as Manager and Business Director. Dun Wang has been Deputy Head of Global Markets at the Bank of […]

Heads Published: November 8th, 2022

Henning Vöpel – the intellectual pragmatist

If you ask Henning Vöpel what has shaped him as a European, he gives an answer that is rather unusual for an economist. He said he read the books of Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel very early on. “I was touched at a relatively young age that something like this had taken place in Europe by […]

Heads Published: November 8th, 2022

Personnel 08.11.2022

Robert Kahlenberg is Senior Vice President for Research and Development at BMW Group China in Beijing.Sascha Pankow became Senior Manager Launchmanagement Engines and Battery at Daimler in Beijing.Jaime FlorCruz, correspondent veteran and longtime CNN Beijing Bureau Chief, becomes the Philippines’ ambassador to China.Is something changing in your organization? Why not let us know at heads@table.media!

Heads Published: November 7th, 2022

Jacob Werksman – Europe’s chief negotiator at the COP

He is one of the three key officials negotiating for the EU at the upcoming climate conference: Jacob Werksman is traveling to Sharm El-Sheikh with Commission Vice President Frans Timmermans as an advisor on international climate law. In the EU Commission, he is the main advisor for the international aspects of European climate policy.“When I […]

Heads Published: November 7th, 2022

07.11.22_Personalien_

Mark Czelnik has taken up the post of Head of ICAS, Platform and HMI China at VW’s software subsidiary Cariad. Based in Beijing, Czelnik will drive research, pre-development, concept development and series development of the software. Hjalmar Horst assumed the position of Director Purchasing Powertrain at VW China in Beijing in November. Horst has been […]

Heads Published: November 4th, 2022

Mark Speich – representing NRW in Brussels and Berlin

It’s only 200 kilometers from Düsseldorf to Brussels, and similarly, on a political level, Germany’s largest federal state wants to express its alignment with the EU. At the end of October, the state cabinet of North Rhine-Westphalia, therefore, set out to meet in Brussels. The Austrian Johannes Hahn was invited as a guest. As Commissioner, […]

Heads Published: November 4th, 2022

04.11.22_Personalien_

Michael Zimmermann has taken over the position of Head of Business Multisensoric CMMs at ZEISS Industrial Metrology China. The ZEISS subsidiary manufactures metrology technology and multisensor systems for the automotive, aircraft, mechanical engineering, plastics, and medical technology industries. Zimmermann will initially work from Oberkochen in Baden-Wuerttemberg. Marco Beba joined BASF in September as a Management […]

Heads Published: November 3rd, 2022

Personnel 03.11.2022

Hou Xiaodi has been summarily dismissed as CEO at TuSimple, a US autonomous driving startup. He allegedly worked on the side for Chinese competitor Hydron, which is in the self-driving truck business, in exchange for fees. The FBI is investigating.Matthew Yao will be responsible for renminbi (yuan) capital raising within China at LaSalle Investment Management. […]