Speakers & Panellists

Here you can find an overview and more information on the speakers & panellists partaking in the Germany-UK Business-Government Forum

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Speakers (more to be announced soon)

Katherina Reiche

Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy

The Rt Hon Peter Kyle MP

Secretary of State for Business and Trade and President of the Board of Trade

HE Susanne Baumann

Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United Kingdom

Andrew Mitchell CMG

British Ambassador to Germany

Tanja Gönner

Chief Executive of the Federation of German Industries (BDI)

Dr Helena Melnikov

Chief Executive of the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DIHK)

Sir Michael Arthur KCMG

President of the German-British Chamber of Industry & Commerce

Dr Volker Treier

Chief Executive of Foreign Trade, Member of the Executive Board of the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DIHK)

Dr Ulrich Hoppe

Director General at the German-British Chamber of Industry & Commerce

Shevaun Haviland CBE

Director General of the British Chambers of Commerce

Panellists (more to be announced soon)

Gareth Davies

Permanent Secretary of the Department for Business and Trade

Thomas Gottschild

Executive Vice President Strategy & Future Growth / Managing Director MBDA Germany

Lauren Kjeldsen

Chief Operating Officer Custom Solutions at Evonik

Bernhard Kluttig

Head of the Security, Gas and Hydrogen Division at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy

Moderators

Rain Newton-Smith

Chief Executive of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI)

Dr Ben Schreer

Executive Director, IISS-Europe; Director, Defence, Technology and Future Conflict