Speakers and Panelists
The 1st European Headquarters Congress is a so far unique and "must attend" event.
The program includes speeches, panels and discussion with international representatives of politics, economy and science. Thus the Congress brings together leaders of the world's most innovative companies, political decision-makers and well-respected scientists.
Günter Thumser
Mr. Thumser is president of Henkel CEE and responsible for 31 countries in southern-, eastern Europe and parts of Asia. The Austrian Headquarter of Henkel manages the product-portfolio for almost half a billion customers. Most popular products are Persil, Silan, Schwarzkopf, Pattex, Loctite and Fa.
Reinhold Mitterlehner
Reinhold Mitterlehner ist the Austrian Federal Minister of Economy, Family and Youth. From 1980 till 1992 he worked for the Upper Austrian Economic Chamber, where his last position was Head of the Marketing Department. From 1992 till 2000 he was Secretary General of the Austrian Economic League (Wirtschaftsbund) in Vienna, in July 2000 he became Deputy Secretary General of the Austrian Economic Chamber (WKO).
From 1991 till 1997 he was a local councillor in Ahorn and from that position he went on to become a Member of the Austrian Parliament (National Council) on 8 February 2000, where he served as Chairman of the Economic and Industrial Affairs Committee from 2001 to 2008.
Alison Bethel McKenzie
Alison Bethel McKenzie is an Acting Director of the International Press Institute with over 25 years experience in journalism, as a reporter, bureau chief, senior editor and trainer. She was named one of 60 Most Powerful Black Women in Europe in 2010 by Black Women in Europe.
Jiancheng Chen
Mr. Jiancheng Chen is founder and Chairman of the Board of Wolong Holding Group Co. Ltd., an international company which is active in the fields of manufacturing, real estate, financial and investment industry and has 34 subsidiary companies with total capital of 11 billion RMB Yuan and annually sales revenue of 10 billion RMB Yuan. Mr. Chen is senior economist and an outstanding entrepreneur. He is Vice President of China enterprise management seminar, Vice Director of China medium and small-sized motor Industry Association, Vice President of China fractional horsepower motors industry associations, Vice President of China Micro Motor Industry Association, and President of Zhejiang Province Motor Industry.
Mikael Hagström
Mr. Hagström leads with SAS Institute Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific regions, which represent 56% of 2009 revenues, or US$ 1.3 billion; he oversees over 4,000 professionals in more than 50 countries. Mr. Hagström is also a member of the Executive Committee, US Council for International Business; Board of Directors, Atlantic Council. He is frequent speaker on multinational business climate.
Mihir A. Desai
Mihir A. Desai is professor at the Harvard Business School. His areas of expertise include tax policy, international and corporate finance. His research has been cited in The Economist, BusinessWeek and in other leading journals. Among others he is also the author of the paper "The Decentering of the Global Firm".
Louis Naugès
Louis Naugès is Founder & President of Revevol, the first European Consulting organization 100% dedicated to SaaS and Cloud Computing. He has 30 years of IT experience. Very few people in Europe have his knowledge and expertise in Cloud SaaS technologies and applications. Revevol is the first EMEA distributor of Google Apps.
John A. Heugle
With nearly 30 years of experience, Mr. Heugle played a significant role in the successful repositioning of several companies in Europe, America and Asia. He has held top management positions with private and publicly listed companies in the electronics and telecommunications industries. Currently Mr. Heugle is CEO of austrianmicrosystems.
Björn Ambos
Björn Ambos is a full professor of International Management and Marketing at the Vienna University of Economics and Business. He gained international experience and consulted several international corporations all around the world. The German Business press ranked him one of the most productive Researches in international management.
Michael Goold
Michael Goold is a founding director of the Ashridge Strategic Management Center. His research is focused on corporate strategy in multinational companies. He was a Senior Fellor at the London Business School and gained extensive experience at BCG as Vice President and Director of the firm.
Bodo Schlegelmilch
Bodo Schlegelmich is Dean of Executive Education and Chair of the Institute of Inernational Marketing Management at University of Economics and Business in Vienna. He held tenured professorships at universities in the United States and Europe and is ranked among the TOP 25 strongest researches in business administration.
Arnold Schuh
Input at Congress: The present and future role of CEE headquarters
Friday, October 5th 2012; 11.10 am
Organization: Vienna University of Economics and Business
Function: Director of the Competence Center for Central and Eastern Europe
Competencies and Experience:
Professor Arnold Schuh is Director of the Competence Center for Central and Eastern Europe at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Vienna). In this capacity he is also Head of the UniCredit CEE Student CercleWU and of two CEE study programs, the Master Class CEE and JOSZEF which prepare WU and CEE students for a management career in CEE. 16 corporate partners support the activities of the Competence Center (http://www.wu.ac.at/cee).
Prof. Schuh´s primary research areas include marketing and strategic management in CEE/Europe. His current research and publications focus on the impacts of the global financial and economic crisis on CEE strategies, marketing in Central and Eastern Europe, and the influence of globalization/Europeanization on strategies and structures of multinational corporations.