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Promote, propagate and safeguard European business interests in India EUROPEAN BUSINESS GROUP INDIA

Issue 14. March 2014

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EBG Membership 2014

Planned activities for 2014

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? Ensure Sector Committees remains the pillar of EBG.

? Events and meetings: EBG plans an excellent line up of interesting events for its members throughout the year. This will include high profile Speaker events, Sector Events; Leadership Workshops for CEOs and Social networking events. The purpose of these meetings is advocacy and providing a networking platform for the members.

? New Interactive website.

? Setting up of a SME forum to support and network small and micro European enterprises in India.

? Projects with EBG's stakeholders.

? New Regional Chapter.

? National event involving all the EBG chapters on a topical subject of larger interest relating to Indian business and economic environment.

Enhance membership.

Mr. Raman Sidhu, FCAChairman, EBG India

Dear EBG members,

Wish you all a very happy and successful 2014.

This EBG Newsletter is the first for this year and will be a regular feature going ahead.I thank our sponsor Pernod Ricard for supporting the first Newsletter of 2014.

It is with a sense of great humility that I took on the responsibility of chairing this great organization which I first joined as a Delhi Council member way back in 1999.

With the National Elections process on and a new government imminent in the near future, the EBG Position Paper will be released within 3 months of a new Government being in place.

Over the last few months, with the help of my colleagues in the National and Chapter Councils, we have added more strength to EBG by way of senior individuals representing well known EU corporate coming on board reflected in “Know your Council members”.We will work to further strengthen EBG as a promoter & propagator of EU corporate interests in India. We will continue to work closely with the European Commission, the EU Delegation in India, EU Member State Embassies/High Commissions,European Business Organisation in Brussels and EBTC.

On the membership front, you will be happy to know that we have added 40 new members in EBG India. We will work to increase our present membership and to add 1 or 2 more chapters in India.

We have further consolidated our working relationship with European Business Associations (BLBA, Swedish Chamber of Commerce & Industry BBG, INBA, IFCCI, IGCC etc) including doing 2 events with BBG.

Quality events have been organized by the three chapters over the last 6 months as is evident in the Newsletter. Further progress has been made on the continuation of the Leadership Series. Mr. Vikram Mehta, former CEO of Shell India and now the Chairman of Brookings India and an acknowledged Hydrocarbon sector expert has agreed to give the 5th Leadership lecture in the series.

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A qualified Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He is an Independent Director on the Boards of G4S Corporate Services Ltd, holding Company of G4S Group in India & National Textile Corporation Ltd (NTC). He is one of 4 life time Trustees of Foundation for Aviation & Sustainable Tourism (FAST) and Member FICCI’s - National Executive Committee. He was an Independent Director on the Boards of Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd, National Hydro-Electric Power Corporation (NHPC) , India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited (IIFCL), Deutsche Post Bank Home Finance Ltd, Accord India (International search partnership). He was one of 5 members of the Ministries of Finance & Corporate Affairs’ Core Group set up to establish Corporate Governance norms for all International FII's (Banks, Insurance companies, Mutual funds,etc.) operating in India.He was also Senior Director & Board Director- HSBC Securities & Capital Markets (India) Pvt. Ltd, Director - Fidelity Fund Management & Barclays Bank PLC and Manager, Grindlays Bank. He is a member of World President's Organization (WPO) Delhi Chapter. He was an adviser of Commonwealth Secretariat, London to the Minister of Industries, Government of Trinidad and Tobago. Also a past Chairman of the Indo-Canadian Chamber of Commerce and Deputy Chairman, British Business Group (BBG).

Chairman, EBG India

Mr. Raman Sidhu, FCAMember - Corporate & Investment Banking India Executive Committee &Head Public Sector Business,IndiaDeutsche Bank AG

EBG is guided by its National Council which has elected representatives from its Regional Chapters. EBG’s National Council is a nominated body and looks into the governance and strategic working of the Group.

Chairman, EBG Delhi Chapter

Mr. Rajiv Dhawan Director Magotteaux Industries India Pvt. Ltd

Chairperson, EBG Bangalore Chapter

Ms. Anandi V IyerIndia Representative & Senior AdvisorFraunhofer Gesellschaft, Germany

Technical Advisors

Mr. Ajay MehraAdvisor to the EBG Mumbai Council & Partner at BMR Associates LLP, Mumbai

Mr. Mukesh ButaniSenior Advisor to the EBG National Council & Chairman, BMR Advisors

Mr. Mahesh JaisinghAdvisor to the EBG Bangalore Council & Partner at BMR Associates LLP, Bangalore

He is an Honors Commerce Graduate from Bombay University and holds a Post Graduate qualification of Bachelor of Law and Literature and is a fellow member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (FCS).He started his career with Petrosil Oil Company Ltd., and later went on to head as the Executive-Vice President and later on took the position of Director Finance and Corporate Affairs of Pennzoil India Ltd., and also served on the Board of Directors of the Company and subsequently took over as the Managing Director of the Petrosil Group.

Mr. Kersi Hilloo CEO & Managing Director Fuchs Lubricants (India) Pvt. Ltd

Chairman, EBG Mumbai Chapter

EBG today stands where it is due to the vision and efforts of one of “The Founder member, Mr. David I Hudson MBE”. He was the Chairman of EBG India till December 2011. He set up G4S in India in 1989. He is presently a Director on Boards of Falck India and Indo British Garments.

OUR PARTNERS

Mr. Rajiv Dhawan with Mr. Raman Sidhu & Mr. Kersi Hilloo after being bestowed with distinction as “ Officer of the Order of the Crown” by the Ambassador of Belgium to India on 20th February 2014

Tetra Pak India, which oversees markets in the South Asia region, was recognised as the 'Market of the Year' for 2013 by the company's Global Leadership Team. The award was recently presented to Tetra Pak South Asia Markets Managing Director Kandarp Singh by Group CEO Dennis Jonsson

CONGRATULATIONS

He is an executive with a Global perspective having about 24 years of working experience of which many years spent working and living in various parts of the Globe including Thailand , Tanzania, Belgium . He is presently Director of Magotteaux India ( a wholly owned affiliate of Group Magotteaux of Belgium) and a global speciality niche player in the field of wear resistant parts for grinding application in Cement , Power and Mining sector. Before joining Magotteaux he has worked for ITC Limited, G Premjee, Thailand and TDL-Belgium ( Titagarh Delloye SA). He returned back to India in the year 2000 and was instrumental in reorganizing Magotteaux activity in India following the collapse of an earlier JV. He is an alumni of St Stephens College in Delhi and did his Management post- graduation from International Management Institute (IMI) and is an MBA -Graduated with distinction (cum Laude)- from UBI Brussels (1997 - 98). His keen interests are in Yoga, Outdoor sports, travelling and reading. Besides being the Chairman Delhi Chapter European Business Group; he is also the President of the IMI Alumni association since 2005 and President of the BLBA ( Belgium Luxemburg Business Association). It is noteworthy to mention he was bestowed with distinction as “ Officer of the Order of the Crown” by the Ambassador of Belgium to India on 20th February 2014.

She is the Head of Fraunhofer Representative Office India and also Advisor to the Federal Ministry of Education and Research Govt. of Germany. She was for more than five years the Head of the Indian office of the International Technology Cooperation Network (INTEC), a programme sponsored by the Ministry of Economic and Technology, Govt. of the Federal Republic of Germany and implemented in 13 countries. Her previous work experience includes the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the German Agency for Technology Cooperation (GTZ) where she was the Deputy Head for India. She serves on the Jury of Indo German Science and Technology Projects. She is also the Chairperson of the European Business Group (EBG, Bangalore Chapter) and a Council member of the Country Council of the EBG. She is an MBA from Strathclyde Graduate Business School, UK specializing in Strategy and Business Communication, and has Masters in German Langauage. She is the Head of Fraunhofer Representative Office India and also Advisor to the Federal Ministry of Education and Research Govt. of Germany. She was for more than five years the Head of the Indian office of the International Technology Cooperation Network (INTEC), a programme sponsored by the Ministry of Economic and Technology, Govt. of the Federal Republic of Germany and implemented in 13 countries. Her previous work experience includes the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the German Agency for Technology Cooperation (GTZ) where she was the Deputy Head for India. She serves on the Jury of Indo German Science and Technology Projects. She is also the Chairperson of the European Business Group (EBG, Bangalore Chapter) and a Council member of the Country Council of the EBG. She is an MBA from Strathclyde Graduate Business School, UK specializing in Strategy and Business Communication, and has Masters in German Language.

Mr. Rajeev GuptaSenior Advisor- EBG Sector Committees & Position Paper(MD - Resource Development (I) Pvt. Ltd.)

Our AuditorsT.R. Chadha & Co. Chartered Accountants

Our Legal Advisor:Ms. Suchitra Chitale,Chitale & Chitale

Mr.David I Hudson MBE Permanent Invitee on the National Council

President Emeritus

She was born in Cottbus, a town in the eastern part of Germany on 27 January, 1977.She has a Bachelor degree in South Asian studies and belonged to the department of Political Science in LSR as part of an exchange program for 3 years. In addition,she has acquired a Masters Degree in Development Studies with focus on development economy in South Asia. She is living and working in India for more than 6 years and have gathered a rich experience on political, social and economic aspects of the country including some basic skills of Hindi. In total, she has 11 years of work experience in the development of market and location analysis, project development and execution, as well as client acquisition in business development scenarios with Schubert & Seifert Retail GbR in Leipzig Germany and the Digital Empowerment Foundation as well as WB Management Consulting in India.

Chairman, EBG Delhi Chapter

Mr. Rajiv Dhawan Director Magotteaux Industries India Pvt. Ltd

He began his career in 2002 in the Cologne office of the German-Indian market developer 'Maier + Vidorno Group' (“M+V”). Being on and off in India as a Project Manager for many years, Martin decided to re-located to Delhi in 2008 and to become M+V's Head of Business Development. In June 2010, he was requested to take over the Gurgaon-based 'German Centre for Industry and Trade' as Managing Director. Since then, he has helped numerous German companies to set up their India businesses by providing them with expert counsel, state-of-the-art office space and services as well as with his contacts to an extensive network of Indo-European professionals. He was born in Constance, Germany, in 1977. He is a graduate of the University of Cologne, where he completed his studies of economic sciences..

He is the Managing Director of Vygon, a leading French Multinational in the field of Healthcare. He is the author of path breaking books like When You are Sinking Become a Submarine and Broom & Groom (Co-Author Kiran Bedi). He also hosts the nation building TV show Hum Aisey Kyun Hain on DD & writes the column Mera Gaon Mera Desh for the TOI. He speaks at the leading institutes across the world. The Times of India rates him, “amongst the foremost thinkers of the world”. He is the Chairman of the Healthcare committee of the EBG and also chairs the Medical Technology Division of CII. To know more log on to www.pavanchoudary.in.

Delhi Chapter is the oldest of EBG’s Regional Chapters.The Delhi Council looks Into the activities of the Delhi Chapter.

Council member

Ms. Linda Oecknick Head - Business Development India WB Management Consulting Pvt. Ltd

Council Member & Membership Chairman

Mr. Martin FuchsManaging Director German Centre For Industry And Trade Delhi Private Limited

Council Member &Chairman, Healthcare Sector Committee

Mr. Pavan ChoudaryCEO and Managing Director Vygon India Pvt. Ltd

He is currently the Managing Director for Falck India. He is an alumni of Faculty of Management studies - Delhi and Babson College, Wellesley Ma. He has over 29 years of professional experience in India & overseas in consumer products, health care services, EMS and 24-hr global emergency assistance services. Hands on experience in startups in several sectors over 20 years. Currently setting up a first ever & greenfield world class 24-hr EMS operation in India, starting with the Delhi NCR region. Active in Angel investing through IAN and TIE. He is a charter member at TIE and co-chair for healthcare special interest group - Delhi NCR . Professional expertise in providing 24-hr Global Medical, Travel & Security Emergency Assistance Services - worldwide; On call, On line and when required On ground. Provide consultancy for risk assessment and operational support for international corporates executing projects in cross border remote and hostile locations for medical, security and safety training. Helping business organizations to benchmark themselves with best in class global HR practice for Duty of Care towards their employees.

Council Member

Mr. Vikas Kuthiala Managing Director Falck India

He is the member of EBG’s National Council ( Please see page 2 for his profile. )

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Council MemberChairman, Automotive Sector Committee

Mr. Brij Uberoi Country Head, Government Relations &Public Affairs Michelin India Tyres Pvt. Ltd

He is presently employed as Country Head - Govt. Relations & Public Affairs with Michelin Tyres, a French Multinational Co., based at Delhi. Prior to joining Michelin, Brij was employed with a Tata Group Company based in Mumbai for a long career. He shifted to Delhi in 2009 after superannuating from the Tata Co. He is an Engineering Graduate from Punjab Engineering College in Chandigarh with an MBA from Faculty of Management Studies (FMS) in Delhi before he started working. He has widely travelled in India and Overseas as part of his work requirements. His interests include Reading, Travelling and watching Cricket, Tennis and Squash.

She has an overall work experience of about 20 years. She is the Country Director of AGS Fourwinds India Pvt ltd since 2006. Originally with a background and professional training in the field of hospitality, She started her career in the travel trade. Moved on to join the Taj Group of hotels and then shifted to the very challenging Moving and Relocations services in 1997. Since then have been in the same industry, together to have been the President of FIDI India (world's highest certification for the moving industry), Vice Chairperson of the European Business Group, Delhi Chapter and Special Invitee on the IFCCI board and EX Committee member of the ANZIBA Council.

Vice-Chairperson and Chairperson Events Committee

Ms. Payal Singh Country Director AGS Fourwinds india

She has worked with bioMerieux since it established a direct presence in India. Starting as a Consultant, she joined the Company in February 2003 and continues to work closely with the healthcare community to provide support for better patient outcomes. A Masters in English Literature and an MBA, She has more than 30 years of experience in Marketing, General Management and publishing. Among other work experience she was responsible for the launch of a highly successful weekly newspaper and the concept for a women's magazine for the India Today Group. She has been an active member of the Council of the European Business Group in India, as well as several committess of CII & FICCI

Council Member

Ms. Rekha Khanna Managing Director BioMérieux India Limited

G4S India is the leading security services business in India with 150,000 employees servicing customers throughout the country. He is presently working as CEO, G4S India. Prior to joining G4S, He was the Group Corporate Development Director for QinetiQ, a UK/US defence and security technology services provider His career background is in digital and physical security solutions provision. He has also led the defence test and evaluation and energy and materials services businesses, and has a background in advanced sensor and semi- conductor technology.He is a Stanford Business School alumnus. He lives in New Delhi.

Council Member

Mel BrooksCEO, G4S India

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He is an Honors Commerce Graduate from Bombay University and a post graduate qualification of Bachelor of Law and Literature and is a fellow member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (FCS).He started his career with Petrosil Oil Company Ltd., and later went on to head as the Executive-Vice President and later on took the position of Director Finance and Corporate Affairs of Pennzoil India Ltd., and also served on the Board of Directors of the Company and subsequently took over as the Managing Director of the Petrosil Group.

With three decades of international experience behind him and a degree in export management from Germany, he assumed the office of Managing Director- Häfele India in late 2001. International career began in 1982 with his first foreign assignments as branch Manager Iraq, based in Baghdad. He was instrumental in developing various new markets in Asia, the Middle East region, North-America and Europe for the companies he was associated with. He has been the driving force behind the success of Häfele India Pvt. Ltd. He stands for a contemporary approach in leadersh ip , in tu i t ive indust ry

He has a degree in Business and Administration from the University of Hamburg, has spent his initial career with Deutsche Bank in 1982. Following his studies, he rejoined Deutsche Bank as a management trainee in 1990 with a posting in India for a period of 8 years from 1992 to 2000 as a Senior Relationship Manager in charge of managing the bank's relationships with mostly German corporates. He also worked for Deutsche Bank in Singapore as Senior Regional Relationship Manager for 2 years from 2000 till 2001. His last position, from end 2001 till March 2004 was with Deutsche Bank Jakarta where he was in charge of the Bank's business with Multinational Corporates in Indonesia. Since April 2004 He is the Deputy Director General of the Indo-German Chamber of Commerce.

He has worked in areas such as Consumer Goods & Retail and Energy, Chemical & Utilities as well. He works on issues of strategic relevance such as market entry into India as well as out of India into 2nd and 1st hemisphere markets, product portfolio optimization, M&A, etc. Besides strategy, his work in India is focused on operations, e.g., lean manufacturing and operational performance improvement or restructuring. Prior to his work with Roland Berger, he was the Managing Director and CEO of Mercedes-Benz India and responsible for the passenger cars, trucks and buses. He has held various roles in SIAM as well as the Indo-German Chamber of Commerce. Besides having worked in India for 10 years, he has 10 year experience in the United States as well as substantial work experience in various European markets.

He first came to India in 1986 as a young MBA graduate of the University of Passau joining the Indo-German Chamber in Mumbai. From 1987-1992 he served out of New Delhi as Dy. Director General of the Indo-German Chamber in charge of the Northern Region before joining Commerzbank AG in Frankfurt. He served as Commerzbank’s Chief Representative in South Korea from 1998-2004 and from 2006-2011 in Vietnam. In Korea as well as in Vietnam he has been Executive Committee Member of the respective European Chambers of Commerce. Since January 2012 Peter Born heads Commerzbank’s Representative Office in India which also covers Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and the Maldives.

Know your Mumbai Council

Mumbai Council looks into the activities of the Mumbai Chapter

Chairman, EBG Mumbai Chapter

Mr.Kersi HillooCEO & Managing Director

Fuchs Lubricants (India) Pvt. Ltd.

Vice Chairman, EBG Mumbai Chapter

Mr.Juergen Wolf Managing Director Hafele India Pvt. Ltd.

In 2005, He moved to Mumbai, India working for the service centre of ABN Amro Bank until the beginning of 2006. He then moved to the Global Banking and Markets division of The Royal Bank of Scotland- London and Milan. Since March 2009, he established Relations at Work India in Mumbai. From that moment, he has gone through different projects as the Managing D i r e c t o r o f d i f f e r e n t E u r o p e a n C o m p a n i e s i n I n d i a

Council Member

Mr. Antonio FasanoManaging Director Relations at Work India

Council Member

Mr. Peter DeubertDy. Director General Indo-German Chamber of Commerce

Council Member

Dr. Wilfried AulburManaging PartnerRoland Berger Strategy Consultants

Council Member

Mr.Peter BornChief Representative Commerzbank

Appointed Chief Executive & Group Chief Country Officer, Societe Generale India in October 2012, He holds a Master's degree in Business Administration from the HEC Business School (France) and a Bachelor's Degree in History from Sorbonne University (Paris). He has over 26 years of banking experience with the Société Générale Group since 1986, and has held positions as Deputy General Director of Banco Supervielle Société Générale from 1996 to 1998 and Chairman & CEO of Banco Société Générale (Argentina) from 1998 to 2006. He moved to Russia to become Chairman & CEO of Bank Société Générale Vostok in March 2006 and then First Deputy Chairman of the Management Board and Deputy CEO of Rosbank from February 2009 to 2012.

Council Member

Mr. Marc-Emmanuel VivesCEO and Group Chief Country Officer Societe General India

insights and dynamism.

Published by European Business Group IndiaContact Ms. Neema S Kumar, General Manager EBG India Secretariat,DLTA Complex, South Block, 1st Floor 1, Africa Avenue, New Delhi 110029

Mobile: +91-11-9811418874

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Ms. Corinna A. Schmidt has joined the EBG Secretariat in Mumbai on 10 February 2014.

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EBG-EBTC: a strong partnership for European businesses in India

The European Business and Technology Centre (EBTC) is a programme co-funded by the European Union and coordinated by EUROCHAMBRES. EBTC supports EU-India business and research collaboration, primarily in the biotechnology, energy, environment, and transport sectors.

Here, the collaboration between EBTC and the European Business Group (EBG) becomes valuable. In synergising efforts, a powerful instrument to develop an enabling and supportive environment for European business in India has been established. The partnership has organised events surrounding talks on the impending EU-India Free Trade Agreement, such as when EBTC and EBG hosted EU Trade Commissioner Mr. Karel de Gucht on the eve of the EU-India Summit in 2012. Since then, significant joint efforts are being coordinated to push for European business interests in India, and to enhance EU-India trade and investment. A main focus point in these efforts is to address market access obstacles, and provide inputs and recommendations to policy makers in the EU-India policy dialogue.

The field of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) has been identified as one such barrier to EU-India trade and technology transfer. EBTC and EBG are bringing together their strengths to address challenges that companies and researchers are experiencing in this space. Amongst numerous initiatives, EBTC's IPR Helpdesk offers various supports and services for EU organisations. Currently, the two organisations are planning to conduct a survey to identify market access and IPR issues being faced by European organisations in India.

New members in 2013Adamas International

Airbus Engineering Centre Pvt. Ltd.

Altro

Accuracy India Pvt Ltd

Apollo Munich Health Insurance Co. Ltd

Biomerieux India Pvt Ltd

Biotronik Medical Devices (I)Pvt. Ltd.

BMW Limited

BPW Trailer Systems India Pvt. Ltd.

Centigo India

Camfil Farr Air Filtration India Pvt. Ltd.

Cobham India Pvt Ltd

Commerz Bank

Deininger consulting

Dever Group

DSM Anti-Infectives India Pvt. Ltd.

Fortum India Pvt Ltd

Francios Compressors India Pvt.Ltd.

Franzen Partners

GIZ-Gmb

Getinge India Pvt. Ltd.

Geberit Plumbing Tech. (I) Pvt. Ltd.

Ikan Relocation Services (I) Pvt. Ltd.

Indo British Garments

Interem

Indo European Affairs

ING Vysya Bank Ltd

Invest in france agency

Lafarge India Pvt.Ltd.

Saxo Financial Services Pvt Ltd

KPMG

Louis Dreyfus Commodities

Nestle India Pvt Ltd

NIRC OF ICAI

OMB Saleri India Pvt Ltd

Sagem Morpho Security Pvt Ltd

Schenker India Pvt. Ltd

The Royal Bank of Scotland N.V

Travix International B.V.

Westcourt Real Estate Pvt Ltd

The youngest of EBG's Regional Chapters.The Bangalore Council looks into the activities of the Bangalore Chapter

He has over 3 decades of experience with various Technology companies. Prior to his current assignment, Prasad was Vice President-IT at FMR India, a leading US Multinational in Bangalore. He has also established and served as General Manager for the Software Architecture Division of Sony in India. Earlier in his career Prasad worked for Alcatel Business Systems in France and Indian Telephone Industries in various capacities, leading teams in developing telecom products for the Indian and Global markets. Before his current role as CEO-PIC, he headed the Healthcare division at PIC as Sr. Director.He has an outstanding academic record and holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electronics and Communication and a Masters in Business Administration.

She is the member of EBG’s National Council ( Please see page 2 for her profile. )

Chairperson EBG Bangalore Chapter, Ms.Anandi V IyerIndia Representative & Senior AdvisorFraunhoferGesellschaft, Germany

The TÜV Rheinland Group is a leading provider of technical services worldwide. Founded in 1872 and headquartered in Cologne, the Group employs more than 17,000 people in 500 locations in 65 countries and generates annual revenues of € 1.5 billion.TÜV Rheinland India is a swiftly growing testing, training, inspection & certification body in India. He is the CEO and MD of TÜV Rheinland India and South Asian countries since 2007. He held a career history in top management positions, in countries such as USA, Philippines, Japan and Taiwan. He had also served as the CIO for TÜV Rheinland Group. Under his leadership, TÜV Rheinland India has set-up 11 state-of-the-art laboratories for Softlines, Photovoltaic, Material, Food and Product testing.He is a Committee member of the Indo-German Chamber of Commerce and is an active contributor in the field of project management. He is also one of the council members for the European Business Group. He holds an MS in Computer Engineering from Germany and has an MBA from among the top 6 business schools in Europe.

Treasurer & Deputy Chairman, ICT Sector Committee

Mr.Enrico RühleManaging DirectorTÜV Rheinland (India) Pvt. Ltd

Council Member &Deputy Chairman Innovation Sector Committee

Mr.SoumitraSanaHead Technology Centre - BangaloreNokia Solutions Networks Pvt. Ltd. (India)

Chairman Innovation Sector Committee

CEO, Philips Innovation Campus, Bangalore

Mr. Srinivas Prasad

Mr. Soumitra Sana, Sammy has been Head of R&D technology centre - Bangalore at Nokia Siemens Networks since July 2012. He joined NSN from Motorola with over 30 years of experience in the global telecommunication industry.

A Chartered Accountant by profession, he has 15 years of broad experience in all aspects of Finance (Budgeting / Planning, Accounting, Auditing and Financial management) primarily with mid & large sized MNC's .

Council Member

Mr. Vivek NayakFinance Director,Software AG

ChairpersonIT / ICT Sector Committee

Mr. Clas NeumannSenior Vice President, Head of Global SAP Labs Network, Head of Fast Growth Market Strategy Group President

He is part of SAP's Senior Executive Team, Neumann's experience includes an 18-year SAP career in the fast growth markets, with more than 13 years in India and China. He holds a Diploma of the University of Applied Science in Ludwigshafen and a MBA degree from INSEAD, Fontainbleau and Singapore

Welcoming an Indian Delegation to the 3rd EU-Asia Industry CollaborationSeminar in 11-13 June, Prague (Head Quarters of The European GNSS Agency (GSA)) For more information write to Mr. Senthil bangalore@ebgindia.com

Upcoming Event

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Friday, 25 January 2013: The first in the new series of EBG's Leadership workshops at the Leela, New Delhi. The workshop was entitled "From Global to Local - A Personal Journey". Mr. Kandarp Singh, Managing Director, Tetra Pak, South Asia Markets presented the case study on the subject.

Wednesday, 20 March 2013: An interactive session with Shri Yashwant Sinha, a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party, currently the largest Opposition party in India spoke on the subject “Are reforms in India a casualty of partisan politics?”

Thursday, 21 March 2013 : EBG in partnership with Belgian-Luxembourg Business Association (BLBA) with KPMG as Knowledge Partners organised a Seminar on Global Mobility: Issues & Challenges.

Wednesday, 10 April 2013: Launch event of the EBG Position Paper 2013. Delhi. Friday, 12 April 2013 : A lunch meeting with H.E Mr. Tonio Borg, European Commissioner (Minister) for Health and Consumer Policies for members in Healthcare, Pharmaceutical, Medical devices and SPS sectors.

Thursday, 16 May 2013: Talk by Mr. Gurcharan Das on his recently published book“India Grows at Night: A Liberal Case for a Strong State”. Mr. Gurcharan Das is a well known Indian author, commentator and public intellectual.

Friday, 17 May 2013: An unique opportunity to interact with Shri Ajay Maken, Hon'ble Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation.

2013 CHAPTER EVENTS UPDATES

Friday, 10 January 2014: The Fourth Leadership Series workshop was organised in New Delhi and conducted by Mr Sunand Sharma, President ALSTOM International, India & South Asia & Chairman ALSTOM India Limited. The topic was "Managing E x p e c t a t i o n s a n d Succeeding in India's Rough & Tumble Regulatory Environment”

Wednesday, 19 February 2014: Joint EBG-BBG-AmCham event organized in association with Control Risks. The panel discussion was on the subject "India Elections - Risks and Rewards for Business". The eminent panelists for the evening were Mr.Anil Padmanabhan , J o i n t Managing Editor, MINT ; Mr. S w a p a n D a s G u p t a ,

Tuesday, 1 October 2013: EBG's signature event Delhi Diary - Topic: "Is Delhi/NCR safe for women?" The panel discussion was moderated by Mr. H K Dua, Member of Parliament (RS) The eminent panelist included Mr. B. S. Bassi, Mrs. Sharmila Tagore, Ms. Chhavi Rajawat & Ms Linda Oecknick.

Monday, 2 September 2013: E B G o r g a n i z e d a n interactive session with Mr. A r v i n d M A Y A R A M , Secretary, Department of E c o n o m i c A f f a i r s , Ministry of Finance

Thursday, 21 November 2013 :EBG, BBG and AmCham members were invited for a presentation b y K P M G o n T h e Companies Act 2013: Ra i s ing the Bar on Governance.

Thursday, 04 July 2013: 2nd Workshop in the EBG Leadership Series 2013 was led by CEO, Mr Patrick Rousseau, Chairman of Veolia Water India. The Workshop was on "Leading JV's & PPPs in India: Practical Wisdom for All".

Friday, 30 August 2013: An informal get together was organized at the residence of H .E Mr. F reddy Svane, Ambassador of Denmark. Mr. Anil Padmanabhan, Joint Managing Editor, The Mint was the Guest speaker for the evening. H.E Mr. Freddy Svane extended a very warm welcome to the EBG members & was a perfect host.

Wednesday, 31 July 2013: An interactive session with Shri Kamal Nath, Minister of Urban Development Held at The Imperial Hotel, New Delhi

Journalist (former Managing Editor of India Today) & Political Commentator and Dr. A Didar Singh, Secretary General, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). Mr. Jan Zalewski, expert on political and security risks in India at Control Risks moderated the session.

Delhi Events

Saturday, 07 December 2013: EBG’s Annual GalaChristmas Dinner was organized at the Hyatt Regency

Mumbai Events

2013 CHAPTER UPDATES - Mumbai & Banglore

Thursday, 31 January 2013: EBG Bangalore facilitated the delegation visit of Mr Denis Dambois, European Patent Attorney, Intellectual Property and Public Procurement (IPR), European Commission- DG Trade on 31 January 2013 at EBG Office.19-21st February 2013 :EBG Bangalore Chapter organised the GNSS.asia India Industry workshop from 19th Feb to 21st Feb 2013 in Bangalore and Delhi.Saturday, 23 February 2013:2nd Annual EBGI Soiree was organised at newly built Marriott Hotel Whitefield, Bangalore.

Mumbai Chapter orgainsed its ‘Welcome Party 2014’ on 4th February at Breach Candy Club. It was an enjoyable evening for all and was well attended.

Saturday, 19 January 2013: The Annual Welcome Party 2013 was organized at Mr. Ashok Mittal's Bungalow in Mandwa.

Friday, 17 May 2013: An interactive session was organized with Ms. Chhavi Rajawat, Sarpanch of Sodha Village.

Friday, 6 September 2013: The Leadership Workshop on "From Global to Local - A Personal Journey" was repeated by Mr. Kandarp Singh, Managing Director, Tetra Pak, South Asia Markets for the EBG Mumbai members.

Monday, 15 July 2013-: An interactive session on Solar Power by Kiran Energy.

Friday, 19 April 2013: The first meeting of the “ E u r o p e a n C l u b o n Innovation and R&D” was organized at Philips Innovation Campus on 19 April 2013.

Monday, 30 September 2013: EBGI Interactive session with Mr.M M a h e s h w a r R a o , IAS,Commissioner for Industrial Development and Director of Industries and Commerce.

Friday, 24th May 2013: First CFO Forum.

Saturday, 22 June 2013: Welcome Bruch

Wednesday, 24 July 2013: Second CFO Forum.

Tuesday, 9 April 2013:CEO BREAKFAST ROUNDTABLE with H.E. Dr. Linus von Castelmur,Ambassador of Switzerland to India and Bhutan.

Thursday, 10 October 2013: The second EBG R&D and Innovation Club m e e t i n g - P a n e l discussion on : “Industry Academia collaboration on Innovation”.

Wednesday, 23 October, 2013 :Third CFO Forum Meeting.

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