HR Committee

The HR committee gathers experts in this field and dedicates itself to address shared HR best practices. This includes recruitment, development, performance, reward and retention of employees.

The committee organizes closed-door roundtables, open events and webinars throughout the year.

 

Co-chairs:

Annie Bai

Director, Human Resources, North Asia

DKSH

Julia Polyakova

Senior Manager

Fesco Adecco

 

Upcoming Events and Activities:

DateTopic                      Speaker(s)

Past Events and Activities:

DateTopicSpeaker(s)
Tuesday, June 6, 2023

HR Committee Launch

Annie Bai, Director, Human Resources, North Asia of DKSH (Shanghai) Ltd.

Julia Polyakova, Senior Manager at FESCO Adecco

Sunny Jin, Human Resources Manager at Reichle & De-Massari China Co.,Ltd

Monday, December 13, 2021

[Webinar] China Travel Update with Swiss / Lufthansa Group

Qian Chen, Senior Director Sales Greater China of Lufthansa Group Airlines

Hao Cui, Economic Officer at Swiss Embassy in the People’s Republic of China

Thursday, November 11, 2021Expats in China 2022: IIT Reform and Immigration Requirements

Faye Yu, Partner Tax Services at PwC China

Ray Xia, Manager Global Mobility at PwC China

Monday, Apr 26, 2021[Webinar] Individual Income Tax Reform: What Will Change In 2022Faye Yu, Partner Tax Services at PwC China
Thursday, Dec 17, 2020[Event] Women in Business Christmas CONNECTORS
Wednesday, Oct 21, 2020[Webinar] Air travel update with Lufthansa GroupSimon Bosshart, Director China of Switzerland TourismPeter Staeheli Quednau, Head of Visa Section at Consulate General of Switzerland in Shanghai

Veli Polat, Senior Director Sales – Greater China of Lufthansa Group Airlines

Tuesday, Oct 13, 2020[Event] Women in Business CONNECTORS Breakfast
Wednesday, May 27, 2020[Webinar] HR best practices in the post COVID-19 era

Alfonso Troisi, Business Executive Officer of Greater China, Nespresso; President & National Representative of SwissCham Shanghai and SwissCham

Jennifer Bao, Managing Director of V-ZUG Greater China

Conny He, Head of HR at Buhler Group ASA

Lindy Lin, Head of HR at Oerlikon Metco Surface Technology (Shanghai)

Lily Zhang, HR Head at CBC Group

Malisa Yung, HR Director of Richemont China

Monday, Apr 2, 2020[Webinar] HR Management and Preferential Policies by the Local GovernmentJeanette Yu, Partner and Head of Employment & Pensions Practice Area Group at CMS China

Gilbert Shen, Counsel and Head of Tax Practice Area Group at CMS China

Thursday, Mar 26, 2020[Webinar] HR Challenges and Opportunities in face of COVID-19Zach Lichtblau, Partner at Bonnard Lawson Law Firm

Nicolas Musy, Owner at China Integrated Co. Ltd.

Vanessa Yu, Director of Investment Promotion & Service Bureau of Pinghu Economic Technological Development

Tuesday, Oct 29, 2019Termination of Managerial Personnel: How to handle it when things come to an end Xu Tian, Partner at Eiger
Felix Engelhardt, Associate at Eiger
Tuesday, Sep 24, 2019Workshop: How to leverage professionals and business partners in China? Martin Schneider, Owner of the BRAINFORCE Group
Dr. Christoph Schröder, counsel, CMS
Mr. Yimin (Leo) Liu, Chief of Staff at Borderxlab Inc.
Yaluo (Sunny) SUN, General Manager of BRAINFORCE China
Wednesday, Aug 28, 2019Joint-Chamber HR Summer Mixer
Monday, Jul 01, 2019Top employer practice sharing: Incentives and profit sharing schemesFrank Qu, Regional President of Wyeth Nutrition Greater China Region
Tuesday, Feb 26, 2019How to Manage Flexible Working and Gender EqualityJeannette Yu, Head of Employment & Pensions CMS ChinaTracy Jiao, APAC Regional HR Vice-President, Firmenich
Friday, Nov 23, 2018SME Seminar: WeChat, HR, Free Trade Zone, Retail DesignSamantha Chalmers, Client Manager, 5 Star Plus Retail Design in Shanghai
Ahmet Tombul, Managing Director, Vauman Shanghai
Alexander Vnuk, Consultant, Fiducia Management Consulting
Lucky Ding, Trade Specialist, Swiss Centers China
Thursday, Aug 30th, 2018How to Create Talent Satisfaction Through a Great Workspace EnvironmentJesper Thorlund, Director, Executive Rewards, the LEGO groupEddie Ng, Managing Director, JLL East China

Tony Armstrong, Senior Vice President, IWBI Asia, WELL Faculty, WELL AP

Davide Fugazza, Managing Director, Greater China & North Asia, Haworth

Wednesday, June 27th, 2018Changing How You Hire in 2018 & HR Social MixerDr. Shi Bisset, Founding Associate, Shi Bisset and Associates LtdJamie Chang, O.D. Associate Partner, Shi Bisset & Associates
Thursday, Nov 23, 2017SME Seminar: Governance, Branding & Marketing, Made in China 2025, Labor LawGiovanni Pisacane, GWA
Chantel Huang, Process Brand Evolution
Marshall Chen, Fiducia
Karen Zhang, Comet AG
Wednesday, Oct 25, 201710 costly mistakes during the hiring process and how to do it the right wayHsiao J. CHIU, Managing Partner of JP International Search Consultants Co., Ltd.
Wednesday, Oct 25, 2017HR SummitCelina Chew, President Bayer Greater ChinaThomas Holzer, President, Voith Paper Asia

Robert Wu, Asia VP HR, Voith Paper Asia

Paul Hu, Community Manager, nakedHub

Andrew J. Warneck, Deloitte

Mr. Johannes Koenigshofer, Palfinger

Thursday, April 20, 2017HR WorkshopAndré Gisiger, President and co-founder of ILE International Learning Enterprises, Shanghai, China