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Join us in the afternoon of June 07 for an exceptional Annual General Meeting of the Swiss-Chinese Chamber of Commerce (SCCC) and the Swiss-Hong Kong Business Association (SHKBA).

As we bid farewell to our long-year president Felix Sutter, we will welcome our new SCCC president at the same time.

We are looking forward to sharing the results of the chamber’s work during the past 12 months with you and to shaping the chamber's future together with you.

Following the AGM, choose from four simultaneously running breakout sessions that will tackle the latest economical development in China.


Breakout Sessions:

1. ICBC - Opening China: Economic Insights and Financial Gateways

Sophie Yu

from CICC’s European Investment Banking business based in London will provide a comprehensive market update on China, delving into the latest macroeconomic developments. Following her presentation, participate in a dynamic discussion led by ICBC Zurich Branch, exploring how their financial services can support Swiss companies. Through concrete use cases, discover tailored solutions to enhance your business operations.


2. Opportunities and Challenges of Swiss SME Doing Business with China by VISCHER

Swiss SMEs are sourcing in China, working with Chinese MNCs, and obtaining service solutions provided by Chinese tech companies. Economic conditions are changing ever more rapidly. New opportunities arise, and new challenges appear on the horizon. Competition is increasing.

Lukas Zuest from VISCHER will discuss with Ti Liu from Green Datacenter, Regula Noser from Noserlight and Marius Merkle from Alibaba.com about opportunities and challenges of Swiss SMEs doing business with Chinese business partners.

  • Ti Liu, Global Business Solutions Executive, Green Datacenter
  • Regula Noser, CEO, Noser Light AG
  • Marius Merkle, Senior Partner Manager, Alibaba.com Germany, Austria, Switzerland
  • Lukas Züst, Head of China Desk and Partner, VISCHER


3. CBAM – Trade Impact on Chinese Companies by PwC Switzerland

A lot of noise is happening around the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism or carbon tax in Europe. The European Union introduced these rules from the 1st of October 2023 and they cover a wide range of product categories originating from outside the European Union, for instance iron and steel (even bolts and screws), aluminum, electricity, etc. and more yet to come. The European customers as importers of the CBAM goods are highly dependent on the assistance and cooperation of Chinese manufacturers, as only they can determine and provide product-relevant information such as embedded emissions, origin, production routes, etc. Even closer cooperation between Chinese and European business partners will therefore be essential to ensure compliance with CBAM.

Oliver Hulliger and Dora Forgacs from PwC Switzerland will guide you through the functionality of CBAM and give practical insights to ensure a smooth transition into efficient carbon emission reporting.


4. Cybersecurity, Beyond Technology by UBS Switzerland

Curious about Cyber Security and what the Swiss finance industry does about it? Safeguarding your business in the digital age?

Our experts Roger Bieri and Silvan Schellenberg from UBS Switzerland will discuss current trends and threats around cyber security, share insights on risks and how companies and individuals can take protective measures to master the various challenges that an ever more global, digital and connected economy brings.



Programm Details

13:45
Registration
14:30
Opening of the 44th Annual General Meeting by the President of the SCCC
Felix Sutter, President of the SCCC
14:35
Welcome Remarks
Guy Parmelin, Swiss Federal Councillor (Video Recording)
Representative of Chinese Government
Jürg Burri, Swiss Ambassador in China
15:05
Report by SECO on Bilateral Economic Relations between Switzerland and China
Natalie Rast, Head of Bilateral Economic Relations Asia / Oceania, State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)
15:15
Reports SCCC
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1.     Activity Report SCCC 2023

Felix Sutter, President of the SCCC

2.     Approval of the Accounts for the year 2023, Budget 2024

Stephan Weiss, Board Member of the SCCC

3.     Release of the Board

Roger Bieri, Advisory Board Member SCCC

4.     Changes of the Board

  a. Board Resignations

  b. Board Elections

  c. Overview of the Advisory Board

Felix Sutter, President of the SCCC

5.     Election of the Auditors for 2024


6.     Request for Change of Articles of Association

§ 22a Regional chapters and boards

The Board shall decide on the establishment of regional chapters (without own legal personality) and boards, which in particular take the needs of the members from the French and Italian speaking regions into account. Unless otherwise stipulated in the By-Laws, the boards of the regional chapters shall decide on their own organization and activities.

Only members of the Board of the Chamber may be appointed as president of a regional board.

Felix Sutter, President of the SCCC

7.     Romandie Chapter Activity Presentation

Jingjin Guo, President of the SCCC Romandie Chapter

8.     Ticino Chapter Activity Presentation



9.     New SCCC Strategy

Alex Chung, Chairman of the SCCC Ticino Chapter

Robert Wiest, Board Member SCCC
16:00
19th Annual General Meeting of the Swiss-Hong Kong Business Association (SHKBA as per separate agenda)
Marcel Schmid, President of the SHKBA
16:10
Break
16:30
Four Simultaneous Breakout Sessions
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Please choose from one of the below breakout sessions:


1. ICBC - Opening China: Economic Insights and Financial Gateways


2. Opportunities and Challenges of Swiss SME Doing Business with China by VISCHER

  • Ti Liu, Global Business Solutions Executive, Green Datacenter
  • Regula Noser, CEO, Noser Light AG
  • Marius Merkle, Senior Partner Manager, Alibaba.com Germany, Austria, Switzerland
  • Lukas Züst, Head of China Desk and Partner, VISCHER

3. CBAM – Trade Impact on Chinese Companies

  • Oliver Hulliger, Customs & International Trade, Sustainability, PwC Switzerland
  • Dora Forgacs, Senior Manager Sustainability Services, PwC Switzerland

4. Cybersecurity, Beyond Technology
  • Roger Bieri, Group Risk Control, UBS Switzerland AG
  • Silvan Schellenberg, Executive Director Chief Information Security Office, UBS Switzerland AG

17:30
Apero
19:30
End of AGM / Swiss China Summit
Speakers
Sophie YU

Sophie YU

Managing Director, China International Capital Corporation (CICC)

Sophie Yu built and leads CICC’s European Investment Banking business based in London. She has over 18 years of investment banking and private equity experience in Europe. Prior to joining CICC in 2014, Sophie worked for Morgan Stanley in London in Capital Markets and M&A. She also spent two years in a mid-market private equity firm both in Germany and in London. Sophie holds a M.A of Economics from the University of Cambridge in the UK.

Daniel Hollenstein

Daniel Hollenstein

Senior Advisor & Head of Swiss Corporate Clients, ICBC Zurich Branch

Daniel Hollenstein assumed his position as Senior Advisor & Head Swiss Corporate Clients at Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Beijing, Zurich Branch in June 2023. Before that he was responsible for the Corporate Banking Business (incl. Corporate Finance) at Raiffeisen Schweiz, Genossenschaft as a Managing Director (2017 – 2023). Up until then Daniel was active at UBS Switzerland AG in various roles, such as a Market Head of Wealth Management as a Managing Director.Daniel holds a Master of Advanced Studies in Finance from The Universität Bern and University of Rochester. Additionally, he acts as a Certified International Investment Analyst CIIA as of 2006.
Matthias Gerster

Matthias Gerster

Head Financial Institutions, ICBC Zurich Branch

Matthias Gerster joined ICBC Ltd. Zurich Branch in May 2022 as Head Financial Institutions Switzerland. Before, he was for ten years with J.P. Morgan in Zürich, in Corporate Banking and Securities Services, and 17 years with UBS in Zürich, New York and Frankfurt, in Investment Banking, Asset Management, Securities Services and Corporate Banking. Matthias holds a Master of Science in Economics and Finance.

Konstantinos Kalenis

Konstantinos Kalenis

Head of Trade Finance, ICBC Zurich Branch

Konstantinos Kalenis is the Head of Trade Finance at ICBC Ltd. Zurich Branch since April 2021. Before, Konstantinos was working for a big International and various small Private banks in the Trade Finance and Corporate Banking area in Frankfurt, London, Geneva, Zurich and Vaduz. Konstantinos holds a Master Degree in International and Economic Relationships.

Vincent Pellizzari

Vincent Pellizzari

Treasury Specialist, ICBC Zurich Branch

Vincent Pellizzari joined ICBC Ltd. Zurich Branch in February 2024 as a Treasurer in Switzerland. Before, he was seven years with Schroders in Zürich, as a Treasury Specialist for the Wealth Management of the bank, where he also started his career as a Trainee in the Treasury & FX Dealing department.

Ti Liu

Ti Liu

Global Business Solutions Executive, Green Datacenter

Ti Liu joined Green Datacenter in June 2020 and serves as Global Business Solutions Executive. Previously, she founded and led Bitmain Switzerland AG in Zug as general manager and board member. Ti specializes in propelling digital transformation through strategic cloud solutions/DC solutions. She holds an M.A. in Finance from the University of Hong Kong and a B.A. in Economics from Peking University.
Regula Noser

Regula Noser

Regula Noser, CEO of Noser Light AG, has been leading the Swiss SME founded 1986 by her father, dipl. Ing. ETH, Hans-Ulrich Noser, since 2010. During her education and subsequent in-service studies, as well as through various further training programs and work assignments, both domestically and abroad, she was able to gain extensive experience in an international working environment early on, particularly in southern China and Hong Kong. Her initial experience with Chinese business partners began in 1994, in the areas of design and technological development, production, quality control, supply chain management, and, of course, whole sales and sales. As a LED and lighting specialist, she brings not only professional and technical expertise but also a keen enthusiasm for innovative and sustainable solutions and products. Her passion for China and the long-standing business relationships there significantly influence her work and entrepreneurship, contributing greatly to the success of the independent Swiss family SME for over 35 years.

Marius Merkle

Marius Merkle

Senior Partner Manager, Alibaba.com Germany, Austria, Switzerland

Marius Merkle works as Senior Partnerships Manager at Alibaba.com, the world's largest B2B e-commerce platform, with a focus on the DACH region. He collaborates with digital-/e-commerce agencies, as well as logistics companies, trade insurers, customs consultancies, associations, cooperatives, etc. Together with his partners, he builds an ecosystem of co-opetition, fostering growth and innovation, thereby creating win-win-win situations. Alibaba.com was created to connect suppliers to serious B2B buyers to make it easy to do business anywhere. With that, Marius would now like to intensify his efforts to build an even stronger presence in Switzerland to enable Swiss suppliers to improve their digital global trade initiatives.
Lukas Zuest

Lukas Zuest

Partner at VISCHER and Head of China Desk

Lukas Zuest specializes in investment and commercial transactions. He advises Swiss and foreign companies on foreign direct investments, M&A-transactions, joint ventures, distribution and agency, and license agreements. He worked as lawyer in Shanghai for five years. Lukas Zuest heads the China Desk of VISCHER and is on the board of the Swiss-Chinese Chamber of Commerce.
Oliver Hulliger

Oliver Hulliger

Director Customs and International Trade, PwC

Oliver Hulliger is a Director at PwC Switzerland and a trade and customs expert with many years of professional experience. He has been working in consulting for 15 years and previously worked for several years at the Federal Office of Customs and Border Security. Oliver Hulliger supports national and international companies with customs, foreign trade and sustainability issues. His focus is on customs and process management, supply chain projects, sustainability issues such as CBAM as well as environmental taxes and duties, origin of goods and preferences as well as customs procedures.
Dora Forgacs

Dora Forgacs

Senior Manager Sustainability Services, PwC

Dora Forgacs is a Senior Manager at PwC Switzerland and has 10 years of experience in indirect and environmental taxes, acquired by working in Switzerland and Hungary. Dora Forgacs advises many multinationals from various different industries and she is the lead for environmental taxes within PwC Switzerland. In this context, she provides regulatory overview, impact assessment and implementation support in the emerging environmental tax and regulation landscape. Dora has recently became the Member of the  B Corporation network and she can support companies on their B Corporation certification process.
Roger Bieri

Roger Bieri

Group Risk Control, UBS Switzerland AG

Roger Bieri is the Portfolio Underwriter Multinationals & Specialties for UBS Switzerland. In his role he is responsible for a portfolio of multinationals and large corporate clients, including Structured and Leveraged Finance, and Fund Financing. Born in Berne, Switzerland, Roger studied civil engineering and began his career in the construction industry. He joined UBS in 1995 amidst the Swiss real estate crisis, and in 1998 moved to UBS New York. There he found his passion in Leveraged Finance, where he stayed until 2002. Returning to Zürich, Roger got his first leadership role in P&C Risk, another important step in his career. He concluded his Master in Finance in 2004 at the university of Berne-Rochester. In 2013, Roger ventured to Singapore to build the firm’s corporate banking offering in Asia. By 2019, he returned to Switzerland to lead CIC Multinationals, before returning to GRC as Portfolio Underwriter in 2023.                                   
Silvan Schellenberg

Silvan Schellenberg

Executive Director Chief Information Security Office, UBS Switzerland AG

Silvan Schellenberg is the CISO for UBS Switzerland. In this role, he is responsible for the engagement with the regulator, the government, customers, as well as with the local management in the region. He began his career at UBS in 1995 as a systems engineer, programming COBOL code on mainframes in systems engineering. Since then, he has served in various risk and security functions, as well as within the CISO organization in several management roles, including risk and governance issues.
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2024 Annual Report SCCC & SHKBA
AGM SCCC & SHKBA - Swiss China Summit
June 07, 2024
13:45-19:30
Radisson Blu Hotel, Zurich Airport, Rondellstrasse, 8058 Zurich
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