Wuttke

President of European Union Chamber of Commerce in China

Vice President of BASF Global and Chief Representative of BASF (China) Co., Ltd.

Wuttke was elected President of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China in 2007, 2014 and 2019 respectively. He currently serves as the Vice President of BASF Global and Chief Representative of BASF (China) Co., Ltd. He previously served as Chairman of the German Chamber of Commerce in China and before joining BASF, he worked at ABB for 11 years. He is also Vice Chairman of the CPCIF International Cooperation Committee, member of the Advisory Board of Germany’s foremost Think Tank on China, Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS) and Chairman of the BIAC China Task Force.. Wuttke is a Rotarian and member of the European Bahai Business Foundation (EBBF). He  holds a BA in Business Administration and Economics from Mannheim. In 2008, he was featured in the book My 30 Years in China as one of 13 prominent expatriates in China.

Founded in October 2000, the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China now has about 1,700 members with its purpose to serve member companies by speaking for European enterprises in China, to provide a channel for Chinese leaders to communicate with the European political and business communities, and to track and report on the Chinese market, China’s and EU’s compliance with WTO obligations and other international commitments. Headquartered in Beijing, the chamber has branches in Shanghai, Nanjing, Southwest China (Chengdu, Chongqing), South China (Guangzhou, Shenzhen), Shenyang and Tianjin. It has published Proposals for European Enterprises in China for years in a row and the president of the Chamber will present the Proposals directly to the European Commission during his annual trip to Brussels, and report the relevant information to senior EU officials regularly to ensure that relevant policy makers keep abreast of the situation of European enterprises in China.