The Board of the Association of European Businesses led by Philippe Pegorier, Chairman of the Board and Dr. Frank Schauff, AEB CEO, visited Brussels on 16-18 March 2015.

During this traditional yearly trip, Board members voiced to the European authorities the concerns of the European businesses with regard current EU-Russia relations, Ukraine-related sanctions and other issues at stake such as import substitution, parallel imports, waste management and Russian Federal Law on personal data protection. They advocated the removal of both the economic and the financial sanctions and stressed the need for a renewed EU strategy towards Russia. 

The Board of the Association of European Businesses led by Philippe Pegorier, Chairman of the Board and Dr. Frank Schauff, AEB CEO, visited Brussels on 16-18 March 2015.

During this traditional yearly trip, Board members voiced to the European authorities the concerns of the European businesses regarding the current EU-Russia relations, the Ukraine-related sanctions and other issues at stake such as import substitution, parallel imports, waste management and personal data protection. They advocated the removal of both the economic and financial sanctions and stressed the need for a renewed EU strategy towards Russia. 

The participants met with, among others, Alain Le Roy, newly appointed Secretary General of the European External Action Service, Jean-Luc Demarty, Director-General for Trade at the European Commission, Berndt Lange, Chairman of the International Trade Committee at the European Parliament, Othmar Karas, Chairman of the Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Committee at the European Parliament and Vladimir Chizhov, Ambassador of Russia to the European Union.

For more information, please contact Marie Rondelez, AEB Events Director and Adviser on EU Affairs, at mr@aebrus.ru, +7 (903)715 42 16

Photo: from left to right

Gray, David, AEB Member of the Board, Managing Partner, PwC Russia

Bongartz, Joerg, AEB Deputy Chair of the Board, Chairman of the Board, Deutsche Bank Russia

Bantsekina, Olga, AEB First Deputy Chair of the Board, Chief Representative, Coleman Services Ltd.

Pegorier, Philippe, AEB Chairman of the Board, Country President and General Director, Alstom Russia Ltd.

Luepke Tobias, AEB Member of the Board, Partner, Tax & Law, Legal Group, EY Moscow

Akim, Mikhail, AEB Member of the Board, Vice-President, ABB Russia

Alain Le Roy, Secretary General of the European External Action Service

Luis Felipe Fernandez de la Peña, Managing Director for Europe and Central Asia, European External Action Service 

Koke Andra, Head of Economic Section, EU Delegation to Russia

Gunnar Wiegand, Director for Russia, Eastern Partnership, Central Asia, Regional Cooperation and OSCE, European External Action Service

Sakuler Gerald, AEB Member of the Board

Schauff Frank, Chief Executive Officer, AEB

Worlfgang Behrendt, Russia Desk Officer, European External Action Service