About ECC
Incorporated in 2002, the European Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong (ECC) is a non-governmental business interest group. The ECC is a ‘Chamber of Chambers’ with its membership comprising 12 European national chambers based in Hong Kong and 1 in Macau. The chairmen and women of these chambers make up the ECC board of directors.
The ECC’s key objectives are to:
- Provide a channel of communication within European chambers in Hong Kong and economical circles.
- Promote commercial, industrial, financial, scientific and other economic exchanges of all types between Hong Kong and the European Union.
- Identify the problems that European companies may encounter in their development within Hong Kong and their extended Mainland Chinese market.
- Host functions that allow members to discuss and network with Hong Kong and European officials.
The day-to-day operations of the EU Business Information Programme (EUBIP) are run by the ECC office.
The Board of the European Chamber is responsible for the strategic development of Chamber activities. The current Board comprises:
Wilhelm Brauner, Austrian Chamber, 2010 Chairman of the European Chamber
Jean-Paul Cuvelier, Belgian-Luxembourg Chamber, and 2010 Vice-Chairman of the European Chamber
Christopher Hammerbeck, British Chamber of Commerce
Jens-Erik Olsen, Danish Chamber
Alexander De Neree Tot Babberich, Dutch Chamber
Iiro Mikkola, Finnish Chamber
Maryse Kraatz, French Chamber
Ekkehard Goetting, German Industry & Commerce
Horst Geicke, German Chamber
Padraig Walsh, Irish Chamber
Fabio De Rosa, Italian Chamber
Roberto Fuste, Spanish Chamber
Michael Zell, Swedish Chamber
Filipe Santos, Portuguese-Chinese Chamber of Commerce (Macao)
*The Chairmanship of the European Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong rotates alphabetically through the member EU Chambers. The Vice-Chairman is the following years Chairman. Both positions are held for one year.