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

Katharina Reiche

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

HE Susanne Baumann

Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United Kingdom

HM Ambassador to Germany

Andrew Mitchell CMG

British Ambassador to Germany

Tanja Gönner

Chief Executive of the Federation of German Industries (BDI)

Dr Helena Melnikov

Dr Helena Melnikov

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

Sir Michael Arthur

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)

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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)

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Amanda Brooks CBE

Interim Permanent Secretary at the Department for Business and Trade

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Marcel de Groot

CEO Vodafone Germany

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Dr Frederik Doyé

Senior Vice President & Head of Europe at Siemens Energy AG

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Carolyn Esser

Chief Corporate Affairs Officer at Darktrace

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Thomas Gottschild

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

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Lauren Kjeldsen

Chief Operating Officer Custom Solutions at Evonik

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Bernhard Kluttig

Director-General for Security, Gas and Hydrogen, Federal Holdings at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy

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Richard Price

Legal & Corporate Affairs Director at Anglo American plc

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Médard Schoenmaeckers

Country Managing Director Germany at Boehringer Ingelheim

Moderators

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Rain Newton-Smith

Chief Executive of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI)

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Dr Ben Schreer

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