China Executive Briefing | China’s Economic Trajectory with Joerg Wuttke
VIEW EVENT DETAILSAsia Society Australia is pleased to invite you to the launch of our final China Executive Brief with Joerg Wuttke, one of the foremost international experts on China’s economy and its relations with the West.
Joerg will speak about the current state of the economy and business environment in China. He will explore the impact of geopolitics and ideology on policymaking, and the prospects for de-risking from the China market.
This will be a unique opportunity to hear insights developed over four decades working in China. Asia Society Australia has brought Mr Wuttke to Australia with the support of the National Foundation for Australia-China Relations.
Date: Monday 11 September 2023
Time: Networking from 5:30 pm with event running from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Venue: Asia Society Australia, Macquarie University City Campus, Level 24/123 Pitt St, Sydney NSW 2000
Registration: https://invtdu.to/_k7k5d
Registration is essential. For any enquiries, please contact [email protected]
About our Speaker
Joerg Wuttke, President Emeritus, European Union Chamber of Commerce in China
Joerg Wuttke was President of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China from 2007 to 2010, 2014 to 2017 and again from 2019 to 2023. From 2001 to 2004 Mr. Wuttke was the Chairman of the German Chamber of Commerce in China. Since its establishment in 2013, Mr. Wuttke is member of the Advisory Board of Germany’s foremost think tank on China, Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS), in Berlin. He has lived in China for more than 30 years.
From 2011 to 2019, Mr. Wuttke was Chairman of the BIAC China Task Force of the Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD (BIAC), a Paris based body of major business associations that lobbies the OECD.From 2013 to 2016, and again since 2019, Mr. Wuttke was Vice Chairman of the CPCIF International Cooperation Committee, a group representing Multinational Companies in China’s Chemical Association.
Mr. Wuttke worked with ABB for 11 years; his first professional encounter with China was in 1988 as the Finance and Administration Manager of ABB Beijing. In 1990, he returned to Germany as Sales Manager of ABB Power Plants Division, responsible for gas turbine sales to Africa and Russia. In 1993, he became Chief Representative ABB China in Shanghai and in 1994 moved to the President's Office of ABB China in Beijing, where he was responsible for the development and financing of large projects.
China Executive Briefing is presented in partnership with the National Foundation For Australia-China Relations.
Asia Society Australia acknowledges the support of the Victorian Government.