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AmCham Shanghai is pleased to invite you to the May 9 Monthly Member Briefing at the Grand Kempinski Hotel Shanghai, which will feature a conversation with Simon Lichtenberg, founder and CEO of Shanghai Trayton Furniture.


In the late 1980s, Simon Lichtenberg came to Shanghai to study Chinese at Fudan University. Today, the entrepreneur employs 2000 people at Trayton, his sofa and seat manufacturing company. Despite the travails of Covid and tariffs, he exports over 1000 containers' worth of furniture a month. Please join us at the May 9 Monthly Member Briefing to hear how Lichtenberg turned a $50,000 loan into the one of the world's largest furniture manufacturers, why he hasn't offshored production to Vietnam, and what it was like playing music in a Fudan band not long after Wham! toured China.


Admission to this event is complimentary. This is a member only event and is off the record, seats are limited. All members are required to wear a Business Card during the event for identification purposes. We are unable to accommodate non-member guests at this briefing.

Agenda

5:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Check In & Networking
6:00 PM - 6:10 PM
Welcome Remarks by Eric Zheng, President of AmCham Shanghai
6:10 PM - 6:30 PM
Speaker’s Remarks
6:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Q & A
7:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Cocktail Reception

Speaker

  • Ian Driscoll (Director of Publications and Communications at AmCham Shanghai)

    Ian Driscoll

    Director of Publications and Communications at AmCham Shanghai

    Ian Driscoll is the publications and communications director at AmCham Shanghai. Previously, Ian worked as a freelance journalist and at Reuters. His writing appeared in the Financial Times, Weekend Financial Times, Euromoney publications, the BBC website, and elsewhere.

    Born in Singapore, Ian has lived and worked in Beijing, Hong Kong, London, New York, Shanghai and Sydney.

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  • Simon Lichtenberg (Found & CEO of Shanghai Trayton Furniture)

    Simon Lichtenberg

    Found & CEO of Shanghai Trayton Furniture

    In the late 1980s, Simon Lichtenberg came to Shanghai to study Chinese at Fudan University. Today, the entrepreneur employs 2000 people at Trayton, his sofa and seat manufacturing company. Despite the travails of Covid and tariffs, he exports over 1000 containers’ worth of furniture a month. Please join us at the May 9 Monthly Member Briefing to hear how Lichtenberg turned a $50,000 loan into the one of the world’s largest furniture manufacturers, why he hasn’t offshored production to Vietnam, and what it was like playing music in a Fudan band not long Wham! toured China.

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Tickets

This is a member-only event. If you are not a member but would like to join this session, please contact michelle.li@amcham-shanghai.org or 021 61693017.

Member Ticket
Member Price Complimentary

Venue

Grand Kempinski Hotel Shanghai

Lu Jia Zui Huan Lu 1288号, 200120 Shanghai, China
Huangpu Ballroom on 3rd Floor
Shanghai, China

If you have any questions please contact Kelly Deng

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