The HamburgAmbassadors
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Prof. Dr. Achilles, Rolf
Chicago, USA
Actual employments/ position:
Adjunct Associate Professor, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Special focuses:
Chicago architecture and art
Glass windows
German ceramic of the 1920s and 1930s
Becker, Andreas
Hong Kong, SAR/ Phuket, Thailand
Actual employments/ position:
President & CEO, Becker & Affiliates Limited
Managing Partner, adiConsult (China) Ltd
Special focuses:
Transport, Logistics
Executive Search
Consulting
M+A
Recruitment
Blunck, Nils
Budapest, Hungary
Actual employments/ position:
General Manager, Blucron Kft / Intergest Hungaria Kft
Board member of the Hungarian-German Chamber of Industry and Commerce/ Part of the AHK network
Special focuses:
Support in setting up companies
Administration of subsidiaries abroad
Bodenstein, Andreas
Auckland, New Zealand
Actual employment/ position:
Freight forwarding agent, ABC – A.Bodenstein Consulting Ltd.
Special focuses:
International overseas chartering
Airfreight
Marine Consulting
Supply contracts / Investment
Hamburg Aviation
Loading and livestock transport
Maritimes Cluster
Logistic Initiative
Renewable Energies
Boltze, Nicolaus
Tokyo, Japan
Actual employment/ position:
President and Group representative, ThyssenKrupp Japan K.K.
President of the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry in
Japan
Special focuses:
Automotive supply
Plant construction
Shipbuilding
Environmental protection, Renewable Energies
Hamburg Aviation Maritimes Cluster
Dr. Bühring-Uhle, Christian
Bogotá, Columbia
Actual employment/ position: Partner, AvS – International Trusted Advisors
Member of the Board, German-Colombian Chamber of Commerce, Bogotá
Special focuses:
Business consultancy, Management Consulting
Corporate Governance, Foreign Direct Investment
Maritimes Cluster German-South American Economic relations
Settlement of European companies in Latin America
Food raw materials, Renewable Energies
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Desai, Amita
Hyderabad, India
Actual employment/ position:
General Manager, German Research Foundation – Hyderabad
Branch
Special focuses:
Language teaching, School partnerships/PASCH
Cultural work, Exchange of artists
Elsner, Dieter W.
Atlanta, USA
Actual employment/ position:
Partner, Rödl Langford de Kock LP
Honorary Board Member der AHK USA South
Special focuses:
Hamburg Aviation
Jakob, Wolfgang
Cape Town, Southafrica
Actual employment/ position:
Director, Lew Geffen Sotheby's International Realty
Special focuses:
Real Estate
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Kästner, Dieter
Toulouse, France Actual employment/ position:
CEO consultant of a French company
Former Head of Airbus in Toulouse Special focuses:
Aviation (new construction and aircraft maintenance)
Renewable energies
Hamburg Aviation
Logistic Initiative
Kleinhempel, Matthias
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Actual employment/ position:
Professor Business Policy, IAE Business School
Member of the Steering Committee and the Scientific Committee of the German-Argentinian Higher Education Centre (DAHZ)
Fund Manager Argentina
Special focuses:
Research and Teaching
Corporate Governance
Compliance
Business consultancy Life Science
Kosaka, Setsuo
Kobe, Japan Actual employment/ position:
General Consulat a.D. Japan
Special focuses:
Political Contacts
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Laaksonen, Pekka
Helsinki, Finland Actual employment/ position:
Former CEO VALIO Ltd. Special focuses:
Food industry
Branded goods
Wood and paper industry
Packaging industry
Energy industry
Lampert, Hans Christoph London, England Actual employment/ position:
Advisor, hauck asset management / nvestmentfond Haig Return Global
Special focuses:
Asset Management
Investment Banking, Financial Services
Dr. Lege, Klaus-Wilhelm
São Paulo, Brazil
Actual employment/ position:
President of the German-Brazilian Cultural and Social Institute
Honorary member of the Board of the German-Brazilian Chamber of Industry and Commerce São Paulo
Special focuses:
Strategy and politics
Dual vocational training
Sports and music promotion
Environmental Protection
Association and association management in cultural and social
associations and institutions
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Lichtenfeld, Christoph J.
Chicago, USA
Actual employment/ position:
Hamburg Committee Vice Chair
Chicago Sister Cities International Program
Special focuses:
Development of manufacturing processes
Mentor for young engineers
Quality overview / responsibility in the production of diesel engines and
other components for diesel electric locomotives
Liesenfeld, Bodo
Boston, USA
Actual employment/ position: Executive Partner, Liesenfeld International GmbH
Special focuses:
Transatlantic connections
Cooperation in politics, business and society
Renewable energies, Maritimes Cluster, Logistic Initiative
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Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Michalski, Wolfgang
Paris, France
Actual employment/ position:
Managing Director, WM International SARL
Special focuses:
Global and regional economic development
Economic policy implications of globalization
European Integration
Structural change and structural policy
Location policy in the globalized world
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Mohn, Heiko
Mumbai, India
Actual employment/ position:
Generalmanager, Hamburg Süd
Special focuses:
Maritimes Cluster
Logistics
Nicklaus, Jürgen
Havanna, Cuba
Actual employment/ position:
President & CEO, Stefan Messer GmbH
Special focuses:
Politics
Maritimes Cluster
Cruise
Oehme, Sven C.
New York, USA
Actual employment/ position:
President & CEO, the European-American Business Organization, Inc.
President & CEO, American Business Forum on Europe, Inc.
Special focuses:
International Business
Trade Consulting
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Pfarrwaller, Robert
Vienna, Austria
Actual employment/ position:
General Manager and CEO, REXEL Austria GmbH, Schäcke GmbH und Regro GmbH;
Managing Director, Rexel Central Eastern Europe GmbH Member of the board of the Environmental forum budget
Special focuses:
Electrical engineering
Energy efficiency Logistics/Services
Local government / industry needs
Putzier, Wolfhart
Perth, Australia
Actual employment/ position:
Managing Director, Jebsen & Jessen GmbH & Co KG
Special focuses:
Foreign trade
Mineral deposits
Reverdin Gabriel, Angela
Marseille, France
Actual employment/ position:
Member of the board, Maison Allemande
Special focuses:
Renewable energies
Food active
Creative cluster
Education
Tourism
Culture
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Rötting, Marlis
Beijing, PR China
Actual employment/ position:
Partner, PliX Trading Co., Ltd.
Special focuses:
Trade
Saul, Jens-Peter
Copenhagen, Danemarc
Actual employment/ position:
Chairman of the Board, Rambøll Special focuses:
Economy
Infrastructure
Sustainable urban planning
Energy production, energy turnaround
Engineering
Business consultancy
Energy
Schmidt, Ralf
Singapore
Actual employment/ position:
General Manager Asia, HSH Nordbank AG Singapore Branch
Special focuses:
Transport, Especially shipping and aviation
Political and economic development in Southeast Asia and Asia
Smart City / Urban development
Promoting education and training
Health and Life Sciences
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Schulz, Ursula
Prague, Czech Republic
Actual employment/ position:
Former regional program teacher of the city of Hamburg in Prague
Special focuses:
Education
Cience
Culture
Architecture und ecology
Life science
Sjöström, Leif H.
Stockholm, Sweden
Actual employment/ position:
Ambassador a.D. Sweden
Chairman of the Swedish-German Association, Stockholm
Special focuses:
Research, technology and development
Baltic-Sea-Cooperation
Transportation
Communication and Education
Energy
Culture and tourism
Dr. Thahn, Van Phan
Hanoi, Vietnam
Actual employment/ position:
Specialized Member of the Board of Supervision HSBC Bank (Vietnam)
Ltd
Special focuses:
Energy industry
Banking
Business Consulting
Renewable energy
Aviation and banking are the sectors where old contacts and networks
still exist
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von Seth, Frank
Zürich, Schweiz
Actual employment/ position:
CCO und Vorstandsmitglied bei Aon Risk Solution AG
Special focuses:
Finance
Insurance
Credit management
Vorsteher, Petra
San Francisco, USA
Actual employment/ position:
Co-Founder & Chief Alliances Officer, Smaato Inc.
Special focuses:
Mobile Industry
Voswinckel, Richard
La Antigua, Guatemala
Actual employment/ position:
Manager of a trading company for agricultural products Special focuses:
Finances
Banking
Wealth management