Issue 14 March 2014 - European Business Group India

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EUROPEAN BUSINESS GROUP INDIA
Promote, propagate and safeguard European business interests in India
Issue 14. March 2014
EBG Membership 2014
Mr. Raman Sidhu, FCA
Chairman, 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.
Time to enroll as an EBG member
Renew your membership for the financial year 2014-15
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Contact: Ms. Seema Santosh
e : admin@ebgindia.com
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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.
Planned activities for 2014
Enhance membership.
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Ensure Sector Committees remains the pillar of
EBG.
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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.
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New Interactive website.
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Setting up of a SME forum to support and network
small and micro European enterprises in India.
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Projects with EBG's stakeholders.
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New Regional Chapter.
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National event involving all the EBG chapters on a
topical subject of larger interest relating to Indian
business and economic environment.
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Know your National Council
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.
President Emeritus
Chairman, EBG Mumbai Chapter
Mr.David I Hudson MBE
Mr. Kersi Hilloo
Permanent Invitee on the National Council
CEO & Managing Director
Fuchs Lubricants (India) Pvt. Ltd
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.
Chairman, EBG India
Mr. Raman Sidhu, FCA
Member - Corporate & Investment Banking
India Executive Committee &
Head Public Sector Business,India
Deutsche Bank AG
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 Delhi Chapter
Mr. Rajiv Dhawan
Director
Magotteaux Industries India Pvt. Ltd
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 TDLBelgium ( 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.
CONGRATULATIONS
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
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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.
Chairperson, EBG Bangalore Chapter
Ms. Anandi V Iyer
India Representative & Senior Advisor
Fraunhofer Gesellschaft, Germany
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.
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Know your Delhi Council
Delhi Chapter is the oldest of EBG’s Regional Chapters.The Delhi Council looks Into the activities of the Delhi Chapter.
Chairman, EBG Delhi Chapter
Mr. Rajiv Dhawan
Director
Magotteaux Industries India Pvt. Ltd
He is the member of EBG’s National Council ( Please see page 2 for his profile. )
Vice-Chairperson and Chairperson Events Committee
Ms. Payal Singh
Country Director
AGS Fourwinds india
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.
Council Member
Ms. Rekha Khanna
Managing Director
BioMérieux India Limited
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
Chairman, 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.
Council Member
Mel Brooks
CEO, G4S India
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 &
Membership Chairman
Mr. Martin Fuchs
Managing Director
German Centre For Industry And
Trade Delhi Private Limited
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 IndoEuropean 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..
Council Member &
Chairman, Healthcare Sector Committee
Mr. Pavan Choudary
CEO and Managing Director
Vygon India Pvt. Ltd
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.
Council Member
Mr. Vikas Kuthiala
Managing Director
Falck India
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
Ms. Linda Oecknick
Head - Business Development India
WB Management Consulting Pvt. Ltd
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.
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Know your Mumbai Council
Mumbai Council looks into the activities of the Mumbai Chapter
Council Member
Chairman, EBG Mumbai Chapter
Mr.Kersi Hilloo
Dr. Wilfried Aulbur
CEO & Managing Director
Fuchs Lubricants (India) Pvt. Ltd.
Managing Partner
Roland Berger Strategy Consultants
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.
Vice Chairman, EBG Mumbai Chapter
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 IndoGerman 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.
Mr.Juergen Wolf
Managing Director
Hafele India Pvt. Ltd.
Council Member
Mr. Marc-Emmanuel Vives
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 leadership, intuitive industry
insights and dynamism.
Council Member
Mr. Peter Deubert
CEO and Group Chief Country Officer
Societe General India
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.
Dy. Director General
Indo-German Chamber of Commerce
Council Member
Mr. Antonio Fasano
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 IndoGerman Chamber of Commerce.
Managing Director
Relations at Work India
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
Director of different European Companies in India
Welcome
Council Member
Ms. Corinna A. Schmidt has
joined the EBG Secretariat
in Mumbai on 10 February
2014.
Mr.Peter Born
Chief Representative
Commerzbank
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 19982004 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.
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European Business Group India
Ms. Neema S Kumar, General Manager
EBG India Secretariat,DLTA Complex, South Block,
1st Floor 1, Africa Avenue,
New Delhi 110029
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E-mail:
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Know your Bangalore Council
The youngest of EBG's Regional Chapters.The Bangalore Council looks into the activities of the Bangalore Chapter
Chairperson, EBG Bangalore Chapter
Chairman Innovation Sector Committee
Ms.Anandi V Iyer
Mr. Srinivas Prasad
India Representative & Senior Advisor
FraunhoferGesellschaft, Germany
CEO,
Philips Innovation Campus, Bangalore
She is the member of EBG’s National Council ( Please see page 2 for her
profile. )
Treasurer & Deputy Chairman,
ICT Sector Committee
Mr.Enrico Rühle
Managing Director
TÜV Rheinland (India) Pvt. Ltd
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.
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.
Council Member &
Deputy Chairman Innovation Sector Committee
Mr.SoumitraSana
Head Technology Centre - Bangalore
Nokia Solutions Networks Pvt. Ltd. (India)
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.
Council Member
Mr. Vivek Nayak
Chairperson
IT / ICT Sector Committee
Finance Director,
Software AG
Mr. Clas Neumann
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 .
Senior 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
EBG-EBTC: a strong partnership for European businesses in
India
Upcoming Event
Welcoming an Indian Delegation to the 3rd EU-Asia Industry Collaboration
Seminar in 11-13 June, Prague (Head Quarters of The European GNSS
Agency (GSA))
For more information write to Mr. Senthil bangalore@ebgindia.com
New members in 2013
Adamas International
Getinge India Pvt. Ltd.
Airbus Engineering Centre Pvt. Ltd.
Geberit Plumbing Tech. (I) Pvt. Ltd.
Altro
Ikan Relocation Services (I) Pvt. Ltd.
Accuracy India Pvt Ltd
Indo British Garments
Apollo Munich Health Insurance Co. Ltd
Interem
Biomerieux India Pvt Ltd
Indo European Affairs
Biotronik Medical Devices (I)Pvt. Ltd.
ING Vysya Bank Ltd
BMW Limited
Invest in france agency
BPW Trailer Systems India Pvt. Ltd.
Lafarge India Pvt.Ltd.
Centigo India
Saxo Financial Services Pvt Ltd
Camfil Farr Air Filtration India Pvt. Ltd.
KPMG
Cobham India Pvt Ltd
Louis Dreyfus Commodities
Commerz Bank
Nestle India Pvt Ltd
Deininger consulting
NIRC OF ICAI
Dever Group
OMB Saleri India Pvt Ltd
DSM Anti-Infectives India Pvt. Ltd.
Sagem Morpho Security Pvt Ltd
Fortum India Pvt Ltd
Schenker India Pvt. Ltd
Francios Compressors India Pvt.Ltd.
The Royal Bank of Scotland N.V
Franzen Partners
Travix International B.V.
GIZ-Gmb
Westcourt Real Estate Pvt Ltd
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 EUIndia 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.
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2013 CHAPTER EVENTS UPDATES
Delhi Events
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.
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.
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.
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".
Wednesday, 31 July 2013: An
interactive session with Shri
Kamal Nath, Minister of Urban
Development Held at The
Imperial Hotel, New Delhi
Friday, 30 August 2013: An
informal get together was
organized at the residence of
H . E M r. F r e d d y S v a n e ,
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.
Monday, 2 September 2013:
EBG organized an
interactive session with Mr.
A r v i n d M AYA R A M ,
Secretary, Department of
Economic Affairs,
Ministry of Finance
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Thursday, 21 November
2013:EBG, BBG and
AmCham members were
invited for a presentation
by KPMG on The
Companies Act 2013:
Raising the Bar on
Governance.
Saturday, 07 December
2013: EBG’s Annual Gala
Christmas Dinner was
organized at the Hyatt
Regency
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
Expectations and
Succeeding in India's Rough
& Tumble Regulatory
Environment”
Wednesday, 19 February
2014: Joint EBG-BBGAmCham 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
Pa d m a n a b h a n , J o i n t
Managing Editor, MINT ; Mr.
Swapan Das Gupta,
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.
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Mumbai Events
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.
Monday, 15 July 2013-: An interactive
session on Solar Power by Kiran Energy.
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.
Friday, 24th May 2013:
First CFO Forum.
Saturday, 22 June 2013:
Welcome Bruch
Wednesday, 24 July
2013:
Second CFO Forum.
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.
Bangalore Events
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.
Tuesday, 9 April 2013:
CEO BREAKFAST
ROUNDTABLE with H.E. Dr.
Linus von Castelmur,
Ambassador of Switzerland
to India and Bhutan.
Friday, 19 April 2013: The
first meeting of the
“European Club on
Innovation and R&D”
was organized at Philips
Innovation Campus on 19
April 2013.
Monday, 30 September
2013: EBGI Interactive
session with
Mr.M
Maheshwar Rao,
IAS,Commissioner for
Industrial Development
and Director of Industries
and Commerce.
Thursday, 10 October
2013: The second EBG
R&D and Innovation Club
meeting-Panel
discussion on : “Industry
Academia collaboration
on Innovation”.
Wednesday, 23 October,
2013 :Third CFO Forum
Meeting.
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