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Meeting with the Minister of Education
GTCC Breakfast Talk with FRANK Legal & Tax on “PDPA – What Businesses Need to Know”
Thailand’s new Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) will come into effect on 27 May 2020. Updates on its legal requirements were provided and discussed by FRANK Legal & Tax partners Mr. Fabian Doppler and Mr. Rangsarit Suwanarat at a GTCC Executive Breakfast Talk on “PDPA – What Businesses Need to Know” on 25 February 2020 at the Bangkok Marriott Marquis Queen’s Park.
Meeting with the Minister of Education
With strong commitment to supporting vocational education development in Thailand, GTCC represented by Executive Director Dr. Roland Wein had a meeting with Minister of Education H.E. Natthaphon Theepsuwan on 4 March 2020 to discuss quality and skilled workforce for Thailand’s Industry 4.0, German Mechatronics curriculum development and other relevant topics.
The first GTCC Business Women networking of 2020 was organised on 4 March 2020 at The Sukhothai Bangkok and was very well received by the 35 par ticipating female business leaders and young professionals. They enthusiastically exchanged their views on business sustainability and practices. Thanks to speakers Ms. Mayuree Aroonwaranon, Co-founder and CEO of GEPP Sa-Ard Co., Ltd., and Ms. Lauren Kharouni, Manager at LightBlue Environmental Consulting, for sharing interesting issues with the participants concerning sustainable business innovation’ as well as how they had made an impact in their field of expertise plus practical advice on more sustainable living. Thanks also to the ‘Swap ‘Til You Drop’ Bangkok team for the fun and sustainable activities at this event.
Ordinary General Meeting (OGM) 2020
The GTCC held its Ordinary General Meeting 2020 on 12 March at the InterContinental Bangkok, with the participation of 90 representatives of GTCC member companies. The GTCC was honoured to welcome German Ambassador to Thailand, H.E. Georg Schmidt as well as keynote speaker Mr. Philipp Dupuis, Minister Counsellor/Head of the Economic and Trade Section of the Delegation of the European Union to Thailand, who gave a speech on ‘“EU-Thailand Economic Relations: Looking Ahead”.
The elections of new President, Vice President and Board Members were conducted successfully. GTCC congratulates Mr. Andreas C. Richter, Managing Partner of Blumenthal Richter & Sumet Ltd., on his election as the GTCC President and Mr. Michael Welser, Managing Director of Powertech 2004 Co., Ltd., on his election as the GTCC Vice President.
The four newly-elected Board Members for 2020/2021 are Mr. Roland Folger, President & Chief Executive Officer of Mercedes-Benz (Thailand) Ltd.; Dr. Uwe Kuehner, Country Head & Managing Director of Evonik (Thailand) Ltd.; Mr. Stefan Molnar, General Manager Passenger Sales Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines & the Mekong Region of Lufthansa German Airlines; and Mr. Krisna Thiengtham, Deputy Managing Director of Thai Nakon R.O.P
The GTCC wishes to express our sincere gratitude to to out-going President Mr. Markus Lorenzini, President and Chief Executive Officer of Siemens Ltd. and out-going Director Mr. Markus Waidelich, Managing Director of ThaiGerTec Co., Ltd. for their strong commitment and consistent contribution to the success of the Chamber.
