As part of our China Executive Briefing series, Asia Society Australia is pleased to welcome Joerg Wuttke, President Emeritus of the EU Chamber of Commerce in China, to Sydney. With four decades of experience in China, Mr Wuttke is a frequent contact point for Western leaders and senior dignitaries visiting Beijing. He is one of the foremost international experts on China’s economy and its relations with the West.

At this closed-door briefing, Mr Wuttke will speak on the current sentiment and challenges facing Western firms doing business in China. He will explore issues such as the growing complexity of in-market regulations, how companies can build supply-chain resilience, and China’s push towards greater localisation and self-reliance.

The Briefing will be held under the Chatham House Rule. 

Date: Tuesday 12 September 2023

Time: 12.15 pm arrival for 12.30 pm to 2.00 pm 

Location: Sydney CBD

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

This Executive Briefing is supported by the Business Council of Australia and co-hosted by KPMG

 Asia Society Australia acknowledges the support of the Victorian Government