Dear GBA Members & Friends, 
 
we would like to invite you to join our very first Business Luncheon in Hanoi this week.

This event is co-hosted by the EuroCham Vietnam and covers the main topic:
 
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK 2019 – Financial, Macroeconomic and Entrepreneurial Challenges. Three Perspectives
Date:       Wednesday, 13^th March, 2019
Time:      11:30am – 02:00pm
Venue:   La Veranda room, Ground floor, Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi, 56 Ly Thai To Street, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi
Fees:      GBA & EuroCham Member: 1,100,000 VND  || Non-member: 1,300,000 VND

Registration: Limited seating on a first-come-first-served basis. Please register your attendance latest by Tuesday, 12^th March, 2019 to Ms. Khanh Linh at linh@gba-vietnam.org to enable us to plan successfully.
 
Our guest-speakers:

01. Mr Ulrich Leuchtmann, Chief FX Analyst Commerzbank Frankfurt

Mr Ulrich Leuchtmann is the Head of Foreign Exchange Strategy at Commerzbank AG, Research Division.

Mr Leuchtmann is responsible for emerging markets foreign exchange strategy research at Germany’s second biggest lender.

Prior to this, he was a Portfolio Manager at Invesco Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH and Fonds für Stiftungen Invesco and its Asset Management Division.

Ulrich will give an outlook on the major currencies in 2019 and share his views on possible implications on the world’s main currencies of topics like an unregulated Brexit, trade wars and US policies.

 
02. Dr Frauke Schmitz-Bauerdick, Director Vietnam at Germany Trade and Invest (GTAI)

Since 2017, Dr Frauke Schmitz-Bauerdick is reporting on the Vietnamese economy at Germany Trade and Invest (GTAI), the economic development agency of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Prior to joining the Hanoi GTAI Office Frauke covered Asian legal and business affairs for GTAI Germany, focusing on China, India and Vietnam.

03. Mr Csaba Bundik,  Member of the European Innovation Councils jury of the European Union, Vice-chairman of CEEC Vietnam, Founder & CEO of CETA Consulting

Csaba is active in management consulting, business development and venture capital fields. He is Cofounder, and member of the Supervisory Board of ALTERA the Hungarian asset management company has been listed in the Budapest Stock Exchange since 2013. He acts as mentor, strategic advisor for HATCH! PROGRAM, IPP’s Accelerator, VYE, Start-up Weekend. He has a small portfolio of start-ups in Vietnam as business angle. He is Co-founder of ASEAN Angel Alliance and Advisory board member of AIESEC Vietnam. 

We look forward to welcoming you at the event.

With best regards,

GBA Team