OAV Young Leaders: young managers with an affinity for Asia
The OAV Young Leaders are part of the association's young leaders program. This is where the high potentials of our member companies network in order to pool their Asian expertise and leadership qualities and develop them further together. Founded in 2001 in Hamburg with around twenty participants, the network has now grown to over three hundred members in more than ten regional groups. Even though the focus is on Germany, over a third of the Young Leaders now live in the Asia-Pacific region.
The Young Leaders in brief
Regular exchange in webinars, seminars and workshops on current topics with renowned Asia experts
Round tables and initiatives with high-ranking personalities from the OAV network
Young Leaders annual conference as a central network meeting
Visits to OAV member companies
Individual meetings of the regional groups
Mentoring program by the Young Leaders Alumni
Main topics
Discussion of economic opportunities and risks in the Asia-Pacific region
Strengthening intercultural skills
Establishment/expansion of an international network
Knowledge transfer including best-practice exchange
Participation requirements for the OAV Young Leaders Program
The person ...
is employed by an OAV member company or a partner organization and is nominated for the program from there
is a junior executive and has extensive experience in Asia or a high affinity for Asia
has not yet reached the age of 40 and is motivated to play an active role in the network.
Speakers of the OAV Young Leaders
The OAV office is supported by the Young Leaders co-spokespersons, the regional spokespersons and the liaison officers.
Co-speakers
Luisa Kinzius
Managing Partner, Sinolytics GmbH
Simon Engel
Director Product Success, SAP SE
Regional groups and spokespersons
Germany
Baden-Württemberg
David Fichtner
Managing Director, Scaling Asia GmbH
Verena Zimmer
Country Consultant Asia, IHK Stuttgart Region
Bavaria
Sunanth Venkateshwaran
Executive Assistant to the Chairman of the Management Board, TÜV SÜD AG
Berlin
Raphael Iltisberger
Global Business Manager, Pawlik Consultants International B.V.
Xia Wei La
Global Scaling Advisor, Start2 Group Pte Ltd
Northern Germany
Matthias Koster
Manager, PwC GmbH WPG
Maria Kieslich
Attorney at Law, GvW Graf von Westphalen Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater Partnerschaft mbB
North Rhine-Westphalia
Dr. Keno Strömer
Managing Director, Remondis Aqua (India) Pvt. Ltd.
Rhine-Main
Christoph Haberkorn
Vice President Strategy Nutrition & Care, Evonik Operations GmbH
Berrit Roth-Mingram
Counsel, CMS Hasche Sigle Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten und Steuerberatern mbB
Asia-Pacific
Ho Chi Minh City / Hanoi, Vietnam
Leif Schneider
Counsel (Lawyer), Luther Law Vietnam LL.C.
Jakarta, Indonesia
Maximilian Seyfarth
International Business Consultant, Scaling Asia GmbH
Mumbai, India
Sameeha Pradeep Sule
Chief Representative of Hamburg to India, Hamburg Representation Mumbai
Seoul, South Korea
Kevin Koch
Chief Financial Officer Korea, TRUMPF SE + Co. KG
Shanghai, China
Laura Günther
Hüpeden & Co (GmbH & Co.) KG Hanlian Imp. & Exp. (Shanghai) Co.Ltd., Managing Director of Hanlian Imp. & Exp. (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
Singapore
Anne Rambichler
Corporate Coverage MNC,
Deutsche Bank
Maximilian Kressner
Senior Associate, Luther LLP
Liaison officer
Beijing
Kuala Lumpur
Felix Engelhardt
Head of Office, Corporate Services & Compliance, Senior Consultant, Rödl & Partner
