In 2018, Katja Drinhausen decided to leave China for good. At the time, she already lived in the country for twelve years, but then everything fell apart. “The room for debate has narrowed more and more since Xi Jinping took office,” says the current Program Manager at the Merics research institute. By contrast, in the […]
Anton Vong has been Project Lead for Change and Cooperation Management Joint Ventures BMW China at BMW in Munich since August.Tian Huiyu, a former bank director, was expelled from the Chinese Communist Party. In April, he was arrested for corruption as head of China Merchants Bank.Is something changing in your organization? Why not let us […]
Chenye Yu has taken on the role of Business Operations & Strategy Analyst at NIO in Munich. The EV manufacturer from Hefei wants to move to the European market with locations in Germany and also set up battery swap stations and its own charging infrastructure.Marcus Peikert took over the position of Industrial Engineering Director at […]
Peter Kreutzberger is the new chairman of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher China-Gesellschaften e.V. (ADCG). Kreutzberger most recently served as Consul General in Shenyang before his retirement. He succeeds Johannes Pflug. Thomas Hartig is the new Manager for Mainland China and Hong Kong at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Hartig has worked for the German accounting and consulting firm headquartered in […]
As a “teenager of the nineties,” Ismail Ertug grew up during the Kohl era. Born in Bavaria, however, this period was primarily shaped by Edmund Stoiber and the CSU. “That was not what I had imagined as a young person,” laughs the 47-year-old. Ertug is a trained industrial clerk and sits in the European Parliament […]
Robin Mallick is the new director of the Goethe-Institut in Beijing. Mallick previously served as head of the Goethe-Institut in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. His predecessor Clemens Treter (China.Table already introduced him in a Profile) is now Goethe-Institut director in Seoul and, as the new director, looks after the entire East Asia region. Jason Shen […]
David Li is appointed by Huawei as President of the mobile equipment business (carrier), and David Wang as President of the large customer business (enterprise). Ryan Ding previously held both positions. However, the former Vice Chairman of Huawei’s supervisory board passed away on Oct. 7 due to illness. Li is a veteran in the carrier […]
Rainer Hinrichs-Rahlwes is not ready to rest. At the weekend, he is at the Green Party’s energy working group, and during the week he is on the road in Brussels – when it comes to renewable energies, Hinrichs-Rahlwes is always present. The 68-year-old is a board member of the German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE), where […]
Dirk Lubig, previously Head of Global Transaction Banking China at Deutsche Bank, has left the bank after almost ten years, three and a half of them in Shanghai. His future employer is not yet known.Vanessa Wagner has joined the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) in Frankfurt am Main as Senior Executive for Marketing & Public […]
Christina Gruschka joined Porsche China this month as Manager Charging Strategy. Gruschka is an expert in the field of smart mobility. Most recently, she helped shape the rollout of Porsche Connect for Porsche in Ludwigsburg. Her new place of work is Shanghai.Jürgen Knott has left the Aschaffenburg-based automotive supplier SAF-Holland, for which he served as […]