Ekkehard Goetting

Ekkehard Goetting        

Senior Advisor,

German Industry and Commerce Ltd. Hong Kong

Background:

23.06.1952        born in Zierenberg, Germany

1972-1977         Studies of Law and Computer Sciences,

                        University of Hamburg

1976-1978         Member, research project team for the Federal Ministry of Justice, the Federal Court of Labor and Social  Law, Siemens AG, and Law Faculty of the University of Hamburg, on the development of legal databanks, the “JURIS PROGRAMME”

1977-1979         Articling in Hamburg and Montréal, Canada;

Assistant Teacher at the Institutes for Civil Law, Maritime and Insurance Law, University of Hamburg

03.1980    Bar Exam, Hamburg, followed by training at the Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce, DIHK in Bonn, and at The Swiss German Chamber of Industry and Commerce, Zürich, Switzerland

Career Development:

09.1980-            Manager, Western Canada, Canadian German Chamber of Industry

05.1985 and Commerce, Edmonton

05.1985-            Deputy Executive Director, Canadian German and Chamber of Industry                          

05.1990 and Commerce and General Manager of Head Office, Toronto

05.1990-            Delegate of German Industry and Commerce, Hong Kong

1997            

06.1993-          Delegate of German Industry and Commerce, Vietnam, (based in Hong 04. 2004             Kong)

1996 -                Delegate of German Industry and Commerce, South China, Guangzhou 

07. 2006             (based in Hong Kong)

08.1997-            Chairman & CEO, German Industry and Commerce, Ltd.

07. 2006            Hong Kong, South China, Vietnam

07-.2006 -  2016 Chairman & CEO, German Industry and Commerce Ltd. Hong Kong

2007 -  2016        Appointed Chairman, German Industry and Commerce Greater China

                           (Taicang) Ltd., Beijing, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Shanghai,Taipei

DIHK  approved secondary position:

2007 -  2016       Member of the Board, Vietnam Infrastructure Ltd.,

                           (AIM listed, London Stock Exchange)

Additional, portfolio specific responsibilities:

05.1990-             Chief Representative, Deutsche Messe AG, Hannover, Hong Kong

12.2005                      

1992 -                 Chief Representative, Port of Hamburg, HHM, Hong Kong, South China,

2011                   Vietnam

1994-                  Chief Representative, Messe Berlin, Hong Kong, PRC

2016                  

                           Chief Repesentative, Messe Duesseldorf, Vietnam

                           Chief Representative, Messe Nuremberg, Hong Kong, PRC, Vietnam

                           Chief Representative, Messe Frankfurt, Vietnam

1996-  2016        Chief Representative, German National Tourist Office, Hong Kong,

                           South China 

Honorary Positions:

Vice President, German Chamber of Commerce, Hong Kong.

Member of the Board (non - voting) German Chamber of Commerce in    China, Beijing

Chairman, Examination Board, Dual System Professional Training, Hong Kong

Member, International Business Council of the Chief Secretary, Government of the Hong Kong SAR

Chairman, Advisory Board, DEinternational, Division of DIHK Service Co.Ltd, Berlin, for the global AHK Network’s service units

Coordinator Asia/Pacific, Asia-Pacific Committee of German Business, for the Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce, DIHK, the Federation of German Industries, the East Asia Business Association, the Association of German Banks and the Association of German overseas-, wholesale and retail trade

Member of the Advisory Board, OAV (German East Asia Bus. Assoc.), Hamburg

Member of the Advisory Board, Hong Kong Baptist University, European Studies

Past Honorary Positions :

1992 - 2012   Member of the AHK Advisory Committee at DIHK

2002 - 2006   Spokesperson, AHK Advisory Committee of AHK Global Network

2004 - 2006   President, German Chamber of Commerce, Hong Kong

2006 - 2008   Vice President, German Chamber of Commerce, Hong Kong

Personal :

Married, 2 children

Hobbies:

Music (Violin, Viola), Sailing, Windsurfing, Kayaking, Rowing, Skiing, Hiking, Pilates