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Jens Eskelund was born in 1970 in Aarhus, Denmark. He holds an MA in philosophy and has studied at University of Aarhus and University of Texas at Austin. He has also pursued studies in Chinese at Renmin University in Beijing. Coming to Beijing as a student in 1998, Jens Eskelund began his career in China as Commercial Officer at the Danish Embassy to China before taking on a position in marketing for Maersk Line in Beijing in 2000. He has since held positions as General Manager for Public Affairs for Maersk Line in China and later Director of Public Affairs for North Asia before assuming his present role as Chief Representative for Maersk in the Greater China Area and North-East Asia. Primary focus areas comprise engaging government entities, institutions and trade associations on matters of policy, regulatory environment and business development on behalf of the companies within the Maersk Group.
Jens Eskelund is a former Chairman of the Danish Chamber of Commerce in China as well as the Vice President and Chair of Maritime Working Group of the European Chamber. Jens was elected as the President of European Chamber in May 2023.
Jens Eskelund is married and has two sons.

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Agatha Kratz is a Director at Rhodium Group.
She heads Rhodium’s China corporate advisory team, as well as Rhodium’s research on European Union-China relations and China’s economic statecraft. She also contributes to Rhodium work on China’s global investment, industrial policy and technology aspirations.
Agatha holds a Ph.D. from King’s College London, on China’s railway diplomacy. Her previous positions include Associate Policy Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations and Editor-in-Chief of its quarterly journal China Analysis, Assistant Editor for Gavekal-Dragonomics’ China Economic Quarterly, and Junior Fellow at Asia Centre in Paris.

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Camille Boullenois is an Associate Director with Rhodium Group’s China Projects team, where she works on the analysis of China’s economic system, industrial policy, and market reform.

Before joining Rhodium Group, Camille headed the Brussels office for Sinolytics, advising clients on market governance and data strategies, as well as the regulatory challenges arising from the Corporate Social Credit System.

Previously, she worked as an analyst at China Policy and contributed to the EIU, Oxford Analytica, and the ECFR. Camille holds a PhD in international, political, and strategic studies from the Australian National University, where she wrote her dissertation on social mobility and entrepreneurship in the Chinese countryside.

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Jörg Wuttke is Chief Representative of BASF China, based in Beijing.
Jörg Wuttke was President of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China from 2007 to 2010, 2014 to 2017 and again from 2019 to 2023. From 2001 to 2004 Mr. Wuttke was the Chairman of the German Chamber of Commerce in China.
Since its establishment in 2013, Mr. Wuttke is member of the Advisory Board of Germany’s foremost Think Tank on China, Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS), in Berlin. He lived in China for more than 30 years.

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Jordi TORRES has an engineering PhD and an Executive MBA from IESE Business School.
He began his professional career at international companies such as Hewlett Packard, Lear Automotive, and Vestas Wind Systems.
In Vestas, he worked as Director of Sales for the Service business in Vestas Mediterranean with responsibility for more than 12 countries for around 6 years.
Since 2012, he has been working for EDF Renewables in different international assignments in Portugal, France, and the UK.
In EDF, he started in Portugal, moving after to deploy the EDF EN Services strategy in North Europe. In March 2013, he joined the EDF RE UK team to kick off the operations business. In 2020, UK operations included more than 600MW onshore and offshore wind in 25 different assets.
Currently, he holds the position of Chief Operation Officer of EDF Renewables China. In his position, Jordi is responsible for the operations, cPPA, financial, and strategic aspects of EDF China portfolio including C&I, Onshore and offshore wind and solar projects.

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Gavin PAT is the Head of Strategy and Market Development Department in Thyssenkrupp China Regional Headquarters.

Gavin is actively involved in the strategic analysis of China’s macroeconomics & industry policies, and he oversees tk’s China market development in industry sectors such as renewable power, green hydrogen & chemicals, automotives, steel, cement and material services.

Before joining Thyssenkrupp in 2017, Gavin worked in several European & U.S.-based global industrial groups, as well as in leading strategy consulting firms. He holds a M.B.A. degree from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.