Sourcing Committee Meeting

This event, hosted by the French Chamber of Commerce is dedicated to experience sharing on manufacturing hubs across Southeast Asia, including the ASEAN 10-Nation bloc (Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Brunei, Laos, Cambodia and the Philippines) as well as India and China. 

Topics are: Key industries, investment regulations, and labor, shipping, and operational costs, cost competitiveness and ease of investment.

Discussions moderated by Fabian Knopf, Senior Associate & Co-Head of German Desk, International Business Advisory - Dezan Shira & Associates
 

After joining Dezan Shira & Associates’ Beijing office in early 2010, Fabian focused on the German language publication of China Briefing while assisting in advising clients in China’s capital city. After staying in the Shanghai office, Fabian moved to Suzhou in 2011 to assist with the opening of Dezan Shira & Associates' Suzhou office.

In late 2012, Fabian moved to Shenzhen in order to focus in part on the development of the German client base in the Pearl River Delta. His expertise lies mainly in corporate structuring and accounting, tax compliance and HR as well as payroll in China and increasingly in India and ASEAN. 

Fabian oversees the China Briefing magazine's German edition and online articles, he also regularly contributes to the English-language publications of Asia Briefing. Fabian regularly travels to Germany to meet partners and clients as well as speak on doing business in China, India and ASEAN. Fabian is also a guest lecturer at the Peking University HSBC Business School in Shenzhen.