Event Details

We invite 19-year China resident intercultural leadership consultant Gabor Holch to present worst and best practices and discover and solve China-HQ misalignments across diverse guiding values, industries and managerial levels. We are also honored to invite three senior business leaders to join the panel discussion. They are going to discuss about their experiences in leading Chinese operations through past years.

The key to a multinational company's success in China is the ability to 'translate' global strategy into local performance: something much easier said than done. In today's complex and volatile business environment, both foreign and Chinese managers get stuck between two unproductive choices. One is sounding 'too foreign' for Chinese clients, suppliers and colleagues; the other is sounding 'too Chinese' for senior management at headquarters. The resulting gap in communication, decision-making and attitude affects everyone on both sides, whether they are in touch directly or indirectly.


BritCham Shanghai and its Human Resources Committee invite the 19-year China resident intercultural leadership consultant Gabor Holch to present the worst and best practices and discover and solve China-HQ misalignments across diverse guiding values, industries and managerial levels.


We are also honoured to invite three senior business leaders to join the panel discussion. They are going to discuss their experiences in leading Chinese operations through past years.


Key takeaways

  • Discover China-HQ misalignments.
  • Devise intercultural leadership solutions across values, industries and managerial levels.
  • Learn from industry-specific cases from Gabor Holch and fellow participants.


Agenda

  • 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm: Registration & networking
  • 3:30 pm – 3:35 pm: Welcome remarks & Introduction by Caribal Bao
  • 3:35 pm – 4:05 pm: Keynote speech
  • 4:05 pm – 4:30 pm: Panel discussion moderated by Jason Will
  • 4:30 pm – 5:00 pm: Closing Remarks, networking, event ends

 

Notes:

In case of cancellation, please kindly note you must email the BritCham Shanghai Event staff Hilary.Wu@britishchambershanghai.cn before 3 pm, 23 July. Due to the service charges of Glueup and online payment platforms, we can only partially refund up to 90% of your ticket price and payment will be processed within 14 days after the event via your original payment method. However, it is non-refundable for a cancellation request made beyond the above-mentioned timeframe.

Speakers

  • Ian Anderson (Managing Director of Shanghai Synthomer Chemicals Co. Ltd.)

    Ian Anderson

    Managing Director of Shanghai Synthomer Chemicals Co. Ltd.

  • Gabor Holch (Founder & Director of Campanile Management Consulting)

    Gabor Holch

    Founder & Director of Campanile Management Consulting

    Intercultural leadership coach, consultant, author and speaker specialised in East-West executive assignments and business relations.

    An expat since age 4, a former diplomat and China-based since 2002, he has advised, coached and trained leaders for 100+ clients in 25+ countries. He currently splits his time between his Shanghai base and international jobs, mainly in the Asia-Pacific and Europe.
    A member of the China national institute of Management Consulting, Gabor has direct experience of working with foreign multinational organisations operating in China, as well as local private and State-owned enterprises such as Baoshan/Baosteel, Development Zones (such as Luoyang Luolong) and Shanghai Customs.

    Gabor is a Certified Management Consultant (CMC) in English and Mandarin, certified consultant at the management academies of half a dozen global corporations and licensed in major assessment tools including the Predictive Index, NeuroColor, DISC and MBTI.

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  • Karl Hudson (Regional Director North Asia of Suttons International)

    Karl Hudson

    Regional Director North Asia of Suttons International

    Karl has worked in the Logistics industry for 30+ years for both MNC’s, family owned companies and also built his own company later selling to an investor. He has extensive experience of managing teams of 500+ down to teams of 2/3.

    Most of his experience has been in the Petrochemicals and Chemicals sector working with house holds names such as Exxon, Shell, Tesco, Huntsman & BASF along with many more. A key skill has been able to adapt to changing cultures within these organisations and recognising how to add value to their supply chains.

    He is a qualified coach and mentor and believes in allowing teams to have the space to evolve, plus that one should always employ people clever than yourself so that they can tell you what to do.

    Currently Karl is the Regional Director of North Asia for a UK Headquartered Chemical Logistics Company focussed on delivering Life’s Essentials globally; this is his third year in China.

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  • Thilo L. Zimmermann (General Manager at Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) Shanghai Branch)

    Thilo L. Zimmermann

    General Manager at Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) Shanghai Branch

    Thilo is the General Manager of SEB Shanghai Branch since January 2019. SEB is a leading Nordic financial services group with a strong belief that entrepreneurial minds and innovative companies are key in creating a better world.
    He joined SEB 18 years ago as Director, and has wide experience in heading different teams within the Large Corporates & Financial Institutions division of the bank.

    Prior to that Thilo worked at ING in Frankfurt and for Deutsche Bank in Germany and Canada. Thilo speaks German, English, French and basic Mandarin.

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Tickets

Member Tickets
Member Price RMB 50
Non-member Tickets
Standard Price RMB 100

Venue

BritCham Shanghai Office

静安区成都北路333号 招商局广场 南楼 1108室
上海市, China

If you have any questions please contact Hilary Wu

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