Dear Friends of the Chamber!

I would like to introduce you to our new Executive Director Maria Olivia Castro!

Maria is a long time friend of the chamber and has often supported us to arrange events. She has a strong background in sales and marketing with more than 20 years experience, 10 of which she was running her own agency that did events for a long list a famous international brands.

We are very excited that Maria agreed to become the next Executive Director of DCCC – she brings with her an amazing drive and lots of experience. I personally have very high expectations for DCCC’s future, and I could not imagine a better qualified ED to lead us into that future.

Maria started her job this week, and I know she is very excited to get to know you all! Come say hello to her tonight at our Danish Friday starting 19:30 at EQ on Hankou Rd. – This will also be the official farewell party for Anneli, so it will be a mix of celebration and tears of sadness, and our friends from EQ has promised to prepare some great Danish craft beer to suit both occasions.

By the way, do already now mark your calendar for March 23rd where we will hold our Annual General Meeting – both tonight and our AGM will be a great chance to meet your board members and let us know what you hope to see more of from DCCC in 2017.

This will be the last newsletter you receive from me. As is our custom in the DCCC board, the Chairman can only sit for two periods, and I will be handing over the seat to the next Chairman following the AGM in March.

I struggle to find words to describe how proud I am to have been your chairman for the past two years. DCCC and the community that we serve is so rich with amazing people – many of the smartest, friendliest and most inspiring people I know are people I have met through DCCC. Having been given the opportunity to be your steward for a little while has been a fantastically rewarding personal growth experience.

With a new Executive Director and soon a new Chairman, I can’t help to think that it is the beginning of a new era for DCCC.

While it has yet to be decided who will be the next Chairman, it comforts me to know that our board is full of amazingly talented and fiercely passionate people – and I say with all certainty that DCCCs best days are still ahead of us!

Emil Hauch Jensen
Chairman of the Board, DCCC Shanghai Chapter

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Maria  comes from Manila, Philippines and has had an extensive experience in Sales & Marketing. She had her own company called Moppet Enterprises which was a marketing and events agency in Manila. Her clients included Proctor & Gamble, Nike, Jardines, Mont Blanc, Keds etc. During the economic crisis in the Philippines, Maria decided to move to Hong Kong. She immediately landed a job with a leading local furniture company and was promoted to Business Development and Marketing Manager within a few months for their offices in Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong. After a 3year stint in Hong Kong, Maria and her family moved to Toronto Canada where she helped set up the Malaysian Trade Consulate with Consul Wan Latiff. She was also responsible for developing the trade lane between Malaysia and Canada. Being an Asian at heart, the family decided to move back, in particular to Shanghai where they have been living for the past 10 years. Maria has assisted many local furniture companies in building its brand and reputation who are now major players in the market. Volvo China, Wells Fargo, Cisco, Ford, English First, Bank of America are some of the successful contracts Maria has secured.

Maria had her first working day with the Chamber on February 21 and she already attended her first DCCC event (China – What we See, what we Fear and what we Hope) as the new Executive Director alongside Anneli and Laura.

The contact details for Maria Castro remain the same as in the past for Anneli Vilu:
E-mail: mail@dccc-shanghai.com
Phone: +86 138 1811 4020

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(Photos by Miia Tähtinen)

(Photos by Miia Tähtinen)

China – What we See, What we Fear and What we Hope with Danske Bank on February, 22 at Westin Bund Center

(Photos by Maria Castro)

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New opening hours for the consular department in Shanghai
Due to the great amount of cases being handled at the consular section of the Consulate General in Shanghai, the opening hours will be reduced.
The opening hours will from now on be Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. It is recommended to book a time slot in advance in relation to issuing of passport by email til shagkl@um.dk.
In connection with the current huge number of applications for Danish visas, applicants are expected to wait for a longer period of time regarding their visa applications. Normally, the application takes a maximum of 15 days before visa issuance. It is therefore recommended to apply for visa well in advance before your departure, but three months before the earliest.Danish Ambassador visits Hunan Province to strenghten further cooperation
On January 11th 2017, the Ambassador of Denmark to China, A. Carsten Damsgaard, visited Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province. The purpose of the visit was to strengthen cooperation in various fields, including green solutions and water management.
“The Danish Government and leading Danish companies are focused on strengthening bilateral cooperation with central and western regions of China, and Hunan Province is among key cooperation partners”, the Ambassador said to Hunan TV after a meeting with the Governor of Hunan, Xu Dazhe. The Ambassador also met with the Mayor of Changsha, Chen Wenhao, and agreed on developing a strengthened bilateral cooperation.

New Consul General in Chongqing
Mr. Lars Lund Rasmussen has been appointed as Denmark’s new consul general in Chongqing.
Lars will start by 5 February 2017. Lars will work from Denmark until May 2017 where he takes seat in Chongqing.
Lars Lund Rasmussen has lived and worked in China since 2008. Lars is currently partner in the American Experis Manpower Group based in Beijing. Previously Lars has run his own exports and consultancy firm as well as worked internationally with among others Dansk Supermarked and Jamo

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