Board of Directors - East China
The Board of Directors consists of nine members, including the Executive Director. Board members are representatives of Corporate Members and hold senior management positions while maintaining a good standing in the Sino-German business community. The board is responsible for representing, promoting and protecting the interests of its members as part of its overall mandate.
Dr. Clas Neumann
Chairperson
Senior Vice President of SAP SE and Head of Global SAP Labs Network at SAP China Co., Ltd.
Dr. YANG Gang
Vice-Chairperson
President at TRUMPF China
Maximilian Butek
Executive Director at German Chamber of Commerce in China | East China
Brigitte Dorothea Wolff
Treasurer
Managing Director at EIM Executive Interim Management China
Holger Santel
First Vice President and Executive Vice President for Commercial Affairs at SAIC Volkswagen Automotive Company Co., Ltd.
Frank Schulze
General Manager, Chairman of the Board at DB Cargo Transasia Co., Ltd.
CHEN Qian
Senior Director Sales Greater China and Chief Representative Lufthansa German Airlines at Lufthansa Group Airlines
Michael Kruppe
CEO at SNIEC - Shanghai New International Expo Centre
Ralph Vigo Koppitz
Partner at Rödl & Partner Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft und Steuerberatungsgesellschaft mbH Shanghai Representative Office
The functions of the above-listed Board of Directors are only related to the German Chamber of Commerce in China | East China and not to the other German Chambers, the Delegations of German Industry and Commerce or to German Industry and Commerce (Taicang) Co., Ltd. and its branches. Further, please note that only the Chairperson and the Executive Director of the German Chamber of Commerce in China | East China are authorized and thus entitled to represent the German Chamber of Commerce in China | East China in all its external affairs.