Following a year of changes in the European Commisssion, European Parliament and European Council, the British Chamber’s EU Committee has undergone its own changes so that the Committee remains up to date, reflects both the priorities of our members and political realities, and able to continue delivering the highest value to our members.
The leadership of the EU Committee decided in December that for the 2015-2017 period, the committee will be comprised of six cross cutting task forces.
These task forces are
- Security, focusing on all areas of business security concerns, ranging from counterfeit goods and improving customs control to fraud, taxation, and cyber security, and their effect on business profitability and brand reputation.
- Competition and Trade, focusing on not only competition, trade and internal market issues but other issues concerning the business community in general.
- Industrial Competitiveness, focusing on innovation and technology, environmental sustainability, energy and transportation
- Financial Markets, focusing on both European and global aspects of financial regulation.
- Food, Health and Consumers, focusing on agriculture, food security and sustainability, production and consumption, and health and well-being along the whole value chain.
- Single Market, focusing on areas including –but not limited to- jobs, growth and investment, entrepreneurship and SMEs, employment and the digital economy.
We received a large number of applications from members both new and old who expressed their interest in helping to shape the content and focus of our events. My colleagues assisting me in running the programme of the EU Committee for the coming years will be:
EU Committee leadership
| Chair James Stevens – FleishmanHillardVice-Chairs David Reed – KreabGavin Anderson Max Von Olenhusen – Novartis Richard Corliss – Weber Shandwick Claire Harris – FTI Consulting |
Task force leadership
| Security
Chair Barbara Wynne, Accenture Vice-Chairs Ralf Ploufmann Olsen – BAT Sean Murray –EUK Consulting Selma Turki – IBM Competition and Trade Chair Claire Harris – FTI Vice-Chairs Bill Batchelor – Baker McKenzie Till Kupfer – BT Industrial Competitiveness Chair Dessa Langevoort – BASF Vice-Chairs Julie Kjestrup – APCO Worldwide Nicolas Robin – Owens-Illinois Vicky Voulgaraki – Thermo Fisher Scientific Financial Markets Chair Cian Rice – Barclays Vice-Chair David Reed – Kreab Gavin Anderson Food, Health and Consumers Chair Olivier Espeisse -Elanco Vice-Chairs Sebastian Emig – European Snacks Association Richard Corliss – Weber Shandwick Tom Murray – EUK Consulting Single Market Chair Henk Mannekens – BT Vice-Chairs Marzena Rembowski – FTI Consulting Robert Anger – FleishmanHillard |
I and the British Chamber team welcome the new EU leadership team, and look forward to a productive term.
James Stevens
Chair, EU Committee
British Chamber of Commerce in Belgium
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