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:

• Paul Brough, British Chamber of Commerce, 2012 Chairman of the European Chamber of Commerce
• Jens-Erik Olsen, Danish Chamber of Commerce, 2012 Vice-Chairman of the European Chamber of Commerce
• Robert Scholten, Dutch Chamber of Commerce
• Arto Mäkelä, Finnish Chamber of Commerce
• Maryse Kraatz, French Chamber of Commerce and Industry
• Ekkehard Goetting, German Industry & Commerce
• Horst Geicke, German Chamber of Commerce
• Kevin Kitching, Irish Chamber of Commerce
• Fabio De Rosa, Italian Chamber of Commerce
• Roberto Fuste, Spanish Chamber of Commerce
• Hans Jarne, Swedish Chamber of Commerce
• Filipe Santos, Portuguese-Chinese Chamber of Commerce (Macao)
• Wilhelm Brauner, Austrian Chamber of Commerce
• Peter Cremers, Belgian-Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce

*The Chairmanship of the European Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong rotates alphabetically through the member EU Chambers. The Vice-Chairman is the following year's Chairman. Both positions are held for one year.