Ulf Dewitz has been product manager at Volkswagen Group China since September. The engineering graduate has worked for VW for more than 20 years, three of which he spent as a group manager at front/rear ends at the FAW Volkswagen plant in Changchun. For his new post, Dewitz is moving from Wolfsburg to Beijing.Tatjana Wessa […]
Mark Gibbs is leaving software developer SAP. After about nine years as President Greater China, Gibbs is moving to UiPath Inc, an American automation software developer.Is something changing in your organization? Why not let us know at heads@table.media!
Patrick Zoll is the new correspondent of the Swiss daily NZZ in Taipei. Zoll will report on geopolitical developments in the Indo-Pacific. Lena Weiland has been serving as Brand Protection Manager China & Southeast-Asia at power tool manufacturer STIHL since September. Weiland studied Asian Studies and Management South and Southeast-Asia in Konstanz. Is something changing […]
Hannes Farlock has been serving as the new head of AHK Hong Kong since August. The 40-year-old previously held the position of Managing Director of the “DEinternational” service office of the German-Russian Chamber of Commerce in Moscow. He succeeds Wolfgang Ehmann, who will remain in another position at the AHK until his retirement at the […]
Sandro Schmidt is moving from China back to Germany in his position as a hotelier. He will become the new Cluster General Manager for Seetelhotels in Heringsdorf on the Baltic Sea island of Usedom. Schmidt previously headed the Maritim Hotel Taicang Garden near Shanghai as General Manager. Before that, Schmidt served as General Manager of […]
Uwe Pichler-Necek has been Managing Director of Porsche Engineering in China since July. Porsche Engineering had only expanded its presence in Beijing at the end of August with a new R&D center in the Chaoyang district. Pichler-Necek had already joined Porsche Engineering in Shanghai in April to replace the previous Managing Director Kurt Schwaiger. Schwaiger […]
Even though Frauke Thies only started her job a few weeks ago, a kind of typical daily routine has already emerged. During the day, the week is packed with appointments, meetings and events with decision-makers and researchers from the energy and climate sector. In the evenings, she tries to spend time with her family.Since July […]
Elaine Pearson is the new Executive Director of Human Rights Watch’s Asia division. Based in Sydney, she will oversee the department’s work in more than 20 countries. Pearson joined Human Rights Watch (HWR) in 2007 and previously served as Deputy Director of the Asia division and then built Human Rights Watch’s Australia office, where she […]
“I probably founded my first environmental NGO at the age of seven,” says Camilla Bausch with a laugh. Her interest in the environment runs through her biography: She has worked on energy and climate policy for 19 years at Ecologic Institute, which she now also heads. Back in the 1990s, when energy law was still […]
Sophia Wu will be the new CEO of Chinese luxury label Shang Xia, which was founded in 2010 in a partnership with French luxury leather goods and accessories manufacturer Hermès. Wu replaces Jiang Qiong Er, who had been in charge since the company’s founding and will remain with Shang Xia as a supervisory board member.Mao […]