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Prof. Dr. Achilles, Rolf

Chicago, USA

Actual employments/ position:

Adjunct Associate Professor, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Special focuses:

Chicago architecture and art

Glass windows

German ceramic of the 1920s and 1930s

Becker, Andreas

Hong Kong, SAR/ Phuket, Thailand


President & CEO, Becker & Affiliates Limited

Managing Partner, adiConsult (China) Ltd

Special focuses:

Transport, Logistics

Executive Search

Consulting

M+A

Recruitment

Blunck, Nils

Budapest, Hungary


General Manager, Blucron Kft / Intergest Hungaria Kft

Board member of the Hungarian-German Chamber of Industry and Commerce/ Part of the AHK network

Special focuses:

Support in setting up companies

Administration of subsidiaries abroad

Bodenstein, Andreas

Auckland, New Zealand

Actual employment/ position:

Freight forwarding agent, ABC – A.Bodenstein Consulting Ltd.

Special focuses:

International overseas chartering

Airfreight

Marine Consulting

Supply contracts / Investment

Hamburg Aviation

Loading and livestock transport

Maritimes Cluster

Logistic Initiative

Renewable Energies

Boltze, Nicolaus

Tokyo, Japan


President and Group representative, ThyssenKrupp Japan K.K.

President of the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry in

Japan

Special focuses:

Automotive supply

Plant construction

Shipbuilding

Environmental protection, Renewable Energies

Hamburg Aviation Maritimes Cluster

Dr. Bühring-Uhle, Christian

Bogotá, Columbia

Actual employment/ position: Partner, AvS – International Trusted Advisors

Member of the Board, German-Colombian Chamber of Commerce, Bogotá

Special focuses:

Business consultancy, Management Consulting

Corporate Governance, Foreign Direct Investment

Maritimes Cluster German-South American Economic relations

Settlement of European companies in Latin America

Food raw materials, Renewable Energies

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Desai, Amita

Hyderabad, India


General Manager, German Research Foundation – Hyderabad

Branch

Special focuses:

Language teaching, School partnerships/PASCH

Cultural work, Exchange of artists

Elsner, Dieter W.

Atlanta, USA


Partner, Rödl Langford de Kock LP

Honorary Board Member der AHK USA South

Special focuses:

Hamburg Aviation

Jakob, Wolfgang

Cape Town, Southafrica


Director, Lew Geffen Sotheby's International Realty

Special focuses:

Real Estate

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Kästner, Dieter

Toulouse, France Actual employment/ position:

CEO consultant of a French company

Former Head of Airbus in Toulouse Special focuses:

Aviation (new construction and aircraft maintenance)

Renewable energies

Hamburg Aviation

Logistic Initiative

Kleinhempel, Matthias

Buenos Aires, Argentina


Professor Business Policy, IAE Business School

Member of the Steering Committee and the Scientific Committee of the German-Argentinian Higher Education Centre (DAHZ)

Fund Manager Argentina

Special focuses:

Research and Teaching

Corporate Governance

Compliance

Business consultancy Life Science

Kosaka, Setsuo

Kobe, Japan Actual employment/ position:

General Consulat a.D. Japan

Special focuses:

Political Contacts

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Laaksonen, Pekka

Helsinki, Finland Actual employment/ position:

Former CEO VALIO Ltd. Special focuses:

Food industry

Branded goods

Wood and paper industry

Packaging industry

Energy industry

Lampert, Hans Christoph London, England Actual employment/ position:

Advisor, hauck asset management / nvestmentfond Haig Return Global

Special focuses:

Asset Management

Investment Banking, Financial Services

Dr. Lege, Klaus-Wilhelm

São Paulo, Brazil


President of the German-Brazilian Cultural and Social Institute

Honorary member of the Board of the German-Brazilian Chamber of Industry and Commerce São Paulo

Special focuses:

Strategy and politics

Dual vocational training

Sports and music promotion

Environmental Protection

Association and association management in cultural and social

associations and institutions

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Lichtenfeld, Christoph J.

Chicago, USA


Hamburg Committee Vice Chair

Chicago Sister Cities International Program

Special focuses:

Development of manufacturing processes

Mentor for young engineers

Quality overview / responsibility in the production of diesel engines and

other components for diesel electric locomotives

Liesenfeld, Bodo

Boston, USA

Actual employment/ position: Executive Partner, Liesenfeld International GmbH

Special focuses:

Transatlantic connections

Cooperation in politics, business and society

Renewable energies, Maritimes Cluster, Logistic Initiative

nextMedia.Hamburg

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Michalski, Wolfgang

Paris, France


Managing Director, WM International SARL

Special focuses:

Global and regional economic development

Economic policy implications of globalization

European Integration

Structural change and structural policy

Location policy in the globalized world

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Mohn, Heiko

Mumbai, India


Generalmanager, Hamburg Süd

Special focuses:

Maritimes Cluster

Logistics

Nicklaus, Jürgen

Havanna, Cuba


President & CEO, Stefan Messer GmbH

Special focuses:

Politics

Maritimes Cluster

Cruise

Oehme, Sven C.

New York, USA


President & CEO, the European-American Business Organization, Inc.

President & CEO, American Business Forum on Europe, Inc.

Special focuses:

International Business

Trade Consulting

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Pfarrwaller, Robert

Vienna, Austria


General Manager and CEO, REXEL Austria GmbH, Schäcke GmbH und Regro GmbH;

Managing Director, Rexel Central Eastern Europe GmbH Member of the board of the Environmental forum budget

Special focuses:

Electrical engineering

Energy efficiency Logistics/Services

Local government / industry needs

Putzier, Wolfhart

Perth, Australia


Managing Director, Jebsen & Jessen GmbH & Co KG

Special focuses:

Foreign trade

Mineral deposits

Reverdin Gabriel, Angela

Marseille, France


Member of the board, Maison Allemande

Special focuses:

Renewable energies

Food active

Creative cluster

Education

Tourism

Culture

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Rötting, Marlis

Beijing, PR China


Partner, PliX Trading Co., Ltd.

Special focuses:

Trade

Saul, Jens-Peter

Copenhagen, Danemarc


Chairman of the Board, Rambøll Special focuses:

Economy

Infrastructure

Sustainable urban planning

Energy production, energy turnaround

Engineering

Business consultancy

Energy

Schmidt, Ralf

Singapore


General Manager Asia, HSH Nordbank AG Singapore Branch

Special focuses:

Transport, Especially shipping and aviation

Political and economic development in Southeast Asia and Asia

Smart City / Urban development

Promoting education and training

Health and Life Sciences

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Schulz, Ursula

Prague, Czech Republic


Former regional program teacher of the city of Hamburg in Prague

Special focuses:

Education

Cience

Culture

Architecture und ecology

Life science

Sjöström, Leif H.

Stockholm, Sweden


Ambassador a.D. Sweden

Chairman of the Swedish-German Association, Stockholm

Special focuses:

Research, technology and development

Baltic-Sea-Cooperation

Transportation

Communication and Education

Energy

Culture and tourism

Dr. Thahn, Van Phan

Hanoi, Vietnam


Specialized Member of the Board of Supervision HSBC Bank (Vietnam)

Ltd

Special focuses:

Energy industry

Banking

Business Consulting

Renewable energy

Aviation and banking are the sectors where old contacts and networks

still exist

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von Seth, Frank

Zürich, Schweiz


CCO und Vorstandsmitglied bei Aon Risk Solution AG

Special focuses:

Finance

Insurance

Credit management

Vorsteher, Petra

San Francisco, USA


Co-Founder & Chief Alliances Officer, Smaato Inc.

Special focuses:

Mobile Industry

Voswinckel, Richard

La Antigua, Guatemala


Manager of a trading company for agricultural products Special focuses:

Finances

Banking

Wealth management

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Zimmer, Christopher

Baltikum


General Manager Sales, Lufthansa Group Special focuses:

Transport

Sales

Aviation

Air transport/ tourism

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