FBCS Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting of the Finnish Business Council Shanghai was held on April 1st . The Consul General for Finland in Shanghai, Mr. Matti Heimonen, kindly offered his residence as the venue. Please find below a short summary of the proceedings.

During the meeting the secretary of the board, Mr. Oskar Helling, presented a summary report of activities for the 2009-2010 term. Please see this PDF file.

The treasurer, Mrs. Liisa Veijalainen, presented the financial report.  The FBCS result for the previous term was RMB 26.230,30 negative, roughly halving accumulated cash reserves. The principal reasons for this result are a dramatically increased activity level together with the lack of any kind of membership fee or other relevant income.

The Annual General Meeting approved the Boards proposal to instate membership fees for FBCS members. The fees are set to RMB 2.000 for corporate members, and RMB 500 for individual members. Please see this page for more information.

The meeting approved the proposal for the new board, namely:

Mr. Jaakko Eskola, Wärtsilä
Mr. Oskar Helling
Mr. Markku Hyvärinen, Shüeco
Mr. Tomas Forsgård, Kemira
Mr. Tero Kosonen, MPS China
Mr. Pertti Salminen, UPM Kymmene
Mr. Jukka Silander, Technion
Mr. Wangqiu Song, Stora Enso
Mr. Nalle Stenman, Metso Paper
Mrs. Liisa Veijalainen, Handelsbanken
Ms. Minna Vilkuna, Cargotec

The new board convened immediately after the AGM to organize itself. Mr. Kosonen was elected chairman, Mr. Stenman was elected Vice-Chairman, Mrs. Veijalainen was elected Treasurer, and Mr. Helling was elected Secretary.

The activity plan for the 2010-11 term is under construction and details of upcoming events will be published as soon as they are confirmed.

If you as a member have any comments, wishes, or ideas regarding future FBCS activities, please share them with us.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Events

FBCS will take a summer break in July & August. See you in September!

September - Golf: FBCS invitational 2010

Sept 6th - Joint Nordic Seminar: Dr Dan Steinbock. Details to Come. Mark your calendar.

Sept 14th - Luncheon discussion with minister Häkämies. Details to Come. Mark your calendar.

Sept 17th - China Business Councils meeting in Kirnu. Details to Come. Mark your calendar.

Oct 14th- Finland - China investment & Finance forum

Nov 26th - FBCS visit to Suzhou SIP. Details to Come. Mark your calendar.

FinnBiz Winter '10

The Winter issue of FinnBiz is now out and has been distributed to members of the Business councils in Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou.

You can download a PDF version by clicking the link below.


The second issue of FinnBiz for 2010 is planned for fall. Sponsor-slots for this issue is still available. These will be allocated on a first come - first served basis. If you are interested in reaching the decionmakers of the Finnish Business community in China, please contact oskar@startupshanghai.com