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January/February 2018 Volume 191 Next Generation Interview with a Chief 4 Fuel for the future Tom Uiterwaal, Founder and CEO, Reconergy (HK) Ltd Mentoring & learning on one’s own terms 16 Are you ready to be a young entrepreneur? 22 The magazine for members of the Dutch Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong Contents Suite 3002, 30th Floor 3 Chairman’s Note Central Plaza 18 Harbour Road Wan Chai 4 Interview with a Chief Hong Kong Fuel for the future E-mail: [email protected] Tom Uiterwaal, Founder and CEO, Website: www.dutchchamber.hk Reconergy (HK) Ltd Skype: Dutchchamberhk 6 News & Views Editorial Committee Jacob Feenstra (Chair) Judith Huismans 16 Lead Story Maarten Swemmer Mentoring and learning C Monique Detilleul on one’s own terms M Merel van der Spiegel Alfred Tse Y 20 Passing the Pen CM Editor MY Donna Mah 21 Go Green CY Desktop Publisher 22 Tax Focus CMY Just Media Group Ltd K 24 China Focus General Manager Muriel Moorrees 25 Legal Focus Cover Design Saskia Wesseling 26 Passport to Hong Kong Advertisers 28 Lifestyle ABN AMRO BANK N.V. CUHK BUSINESS SCHOOL 31 Events GLENEAGLES HONG KONG HOSPITAL ING BANK N.V., HONG KONG BRANCH 34 Members’ Corner JUST MEDIA GROUP LTD. PHILIPS ELECTRONICS HONG KONG RABOBANK HONG KONG 35 Enquiries and Information TANNER DE WITT TURKISH AIRLINES 36 DutchCham Information This magazine is distributed free of charge to all members and relations of the Dutch Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong. For annual subscription, please mail your business card and a crossed cheque for HK$490 to the above address. Cheques should be made payable to “The Dutch Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong”. The content of this magazine is largely based on information from third parties. The editors do not necessarily agree with the views expressed therein. All rights are reserved by the Dutch Chamber of Commerce. Permission may be granted for reprints in any format upon request. To enable us to improve our service and avoid multiple mailings or errors with company details, please send us your latest information so that we can update our database. 1 Chairman’s Note DutchCham Board of Directiors Next Generation Mrs. Maaike van Meer Chairman Chief Legal & Compliance Officer at AXA Insurance Hong Kong Mr. Michael van Ommeren Vice-Chairman, Chairman of the Finance Committee irst let me wish you all a wonderful, successful and happy Mr. Arend Oldenziel 2018! Treasurer Partner, Financial Services KPMG F Imagine... Looking back, we had a very successful China Seminar, Bankers’ that there is enough healthy dinner and Christmas Cocktail in the last months of 2017, which Mr. Marcel La Croix we hope you enjoyed! food for everyone. Chairman of the China Committee Legal Counsel Asia Pacific at Robeco Hong Kong Looking ahead we are excited about the events and plans for Can you see it in your mind’s eye? 2018. I would like to highlight the successful panel discussion Embedding Diversity & Inclusion in your organisation, which Imagine… Mr. Jan Willem Möller was held on 18 January, with speakers from a.o. ABN AMRO that we can produce more food without Chairman of the SME Committee (Wijnand van Hoeven), Rabobank (Diane Boogaard) and PwC overtaxing the earth. That we revive Registered Foreign Lawyer at Tanner De Witt (Ruud Sommerhalder). During the Volvo Ocean Race stopover agricultural land and waste fewer resources. in Hong Kong, the Chamber hosted, together with Arcadis, an evening at the Sailors Terrace of the Race Village, in Kai Tak. Mr. Jacob Feenstra, Imagine… We got the unique opportunity to visit the AkzoNobel boat, Chairman of the PR&Pub Committee followed by inspirational talks by Henk Ovink, Special Envoy for that no one has to leave their home to fl ee Head of Sales at Campfire famine. And that there are fewer confl icts. International Water Affairs for the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and Simeon Tienpont, the skipper of AkzoNobel. Now imagine… Mr. Bart de Wit, that it is a bank working towards this vision. Board Member The theme of this issue is “Next Generation”, with interesting A bank founded by and for farmers, Managing Consultant, Bluwater Consultants and exciting interviews and articles about our mentorship that understands you can achieve more programme, start ups and Young Professionals. together, and knows all about food and how to grow it. The Interview with a Chief is with Tom Uiterwaal, this year’s DutchCham Advisory Board winner of the Shooting Star Award. The Lead Story interview Imagine… Ms. Annemieke Ruigrok by Donna Mah, our editor, is with Niels Boudeling (Rabobank) that we help kick-start the smartest Chairman; and Frank Olie (Robeco). Niels and Frank are a mentor/mentee innovations by our customers and partners Consul-General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands pair in our mentoring programm. Anne Evanno will explain the on a global scale. And jointly address the importance of such mentoring programs and how it will benefit biggest food issues on six continents. Mr. K. K. Yeung both mentor and mentee. Chairman of KK Yeung Management Consultants Ltd. Imagine… Our new board members, Jacob Feenstra and Bart de Wit will that we can solve the world food problem Mr. Paul Zimmerman introduce themselves and discuss their plans for the Chamber. together. And you can count on us. Founding member of Designing Hong Kong & South- ern District Councillor This magazine also features ProductIP - the winner of the China Business Awards 2017 -, the Changing Young Lives Foundation, Mr. Dennis Ziengs Diane Boogaard - the new CEO of of Rabobank - and Gleneagles Financial Advisor / formerly CEO Asia of Fortis / Ageas Hospital. Growing a better world together Mr. Lodewijk Lamaison van den Berg Founding Partner at The Capital Company Finally, you will have read that the Chamber, together with the Dutch Consulate General, has relocated to the 30th Floor Mr. Daniël de Blocq van Scheltinga of Central Plaza in Wan Chai. We welcome you to take a look Managing Partner of Polarwide Ltd. whenever you are in the neighborhood! I wish you happy reading and hope to wish you a Happy New DutchCham Office Year in person during one of our many events the coming weeks. Mrs. Muriel Moorrees General Manager Ms. Judith Huismans Mrs. Helen Yong Maaike van Meer Marketing & Communication Office Manager DutchCham Chairman Manager 3 Interview with a Chief Interview with a Chief Fuel for the future Many members may already know Tom Uiterwaal, Founder and CEO, Reconergy (Hong Kong) Ltd through his work with the Dutch Chamber and the European Chamber in Hong Kong. However, perhaps not everyone is aware that Reconergy recently received the prestigious Cathay Tom Uiterwaal Pacific Shooting Star Award 2017, which recognises a Dutch-linked company doing business in Hong Kong/China. By Donna Mah econergy is a Hong Kong-based company started by Tom Uiterwaal in 2012 to pursue the opportunities that Tom Ridentified by connecting used cooking oil (UCO) supply from Asia with the biodiesel industry in Europe. Through his work in the Waste-to-Energy industry in Hong Kong, Tom has been involved in the construction of the largest multi-feedstock biodiesel location and responsible for establishing the largest used cooking oil collection organisation in Hong Kong. Collection of used cooking oil in Hong Tom inspecting the waste-to-energy equipment A bit about Tom and Reconergy … Kong Loading a flexitank at a supplier site Tom moved to Hong Kong with his family nine years ago to set up a biodiesel factory. Biodiesel is a clean, low-carbon In the past, restaurants had to pay the recycler to collect the UCO. ‘The Renewable Energy Directive establishes an overall policy for a long-timer. I think recognition from my peers and the good transport fuel that can be used in place of fossil diesel (or Due to the demand from Europe, the recycler currently pays the the production and promotion of energy from renewable sources partnerships I’ve built over the years have been very rewarding. I petroleum diesel). Unlike in Europe, Hong Kong does not have restaurant for the collected UCO. This has given the restaurant in the EU. It requires the EU to fulfil at least 20% of its total energy enjoy doing what I do. government regulations that require fossil diesel to be blended industry in Asia a major incentive to recycle their UCO. This needs with renewables by 2020 – to be achieved through the with a certain percentage of biodiesel for consumption. The means more UCO is recycled and less is dumped into sewers, attainment of individual national targets. All EU countries must What are some future plans for Reconergy? market for biodiesel in Europe is much larger than in Hong landfills and the environment. also ensure that at least 10% of their transport fuels come from Kong with large production capacity and a shortage of waste renewable sources by 2020.’ (Excerpt from: https://ec.europa.eu/ We are currently one of the leading exporters of UCO from oil. Realising the opportunities that existed because of this, What happens to UCO from Asia after it is collected for energy/en/topics/renewable-energy/renewable-energy-directive) Asia to Europe. However, we are also looking at bringing Tom founded Reconergy in 2012 to source used cooking oil shipment to Europe? European environmental technology to Asia – waste to energy from Asia for the European market. What are some of the challenges you’ve faced in building solutions. The UCO is collected from restaurants in Asia and shipped to your business? What is biodiesel made from? Europe in flexitanks (giant bags) placed inside shipping containers. The technology to convert general waste into energy exists in Each flexitank holds 23,000 litres of UCO.
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