Ioana KRAFT
General Manager, European Union Chamber of Commerce in China
2015Leader RoundTable honored guest
Ioana has served as General Manager of the Shanghai Chapter of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China (European Chamber) since October 2009. She is responsible for implementation and development of European Chamber objectives, visibility, membership and lobbying activities on a regional level in Shanghai and neighbouring regions. Ioana is also a member of the Management Committee of the European Chamber and involved in the overall strategic planning of European Chamber Government Affairs activities at national level, including annual Position Papers, Business Confidence Surveys and other Chamber publications. Since 2004 she held different positions in the European Chamber including National Director, Government Affairs, responsible for overall planning and implementation of the Government Affairs strategy and Working Group administration at national level. She was also National Lead for the IPR Working Group of the Chamber and has managed two IPR-related EU Projects. A German-qualified lawyer, Ioana practiced with a German law firm in Shanghai from 2003 and 2004 focussing on foreign direct investment, Insurance Law and IPR. Ioana holds a PhD degree in law from Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, where she also worked from 1999 to 2003 as a Senior Research Assistant focussing on the areas of Civil Law, Insurance Law, Comparative Law, International Private Law and Labour Law. From 1997 to 1998 she trained as a lawyer with the Essen District Court, Essen Labour Court in Germany and the German Embassy in Caracas/Venezuela. Ioana speaks English, German, French, Romanian, Spanish and Mandarin Chinese.
