China CEO Interview Series, Episode 3

The spread of the coronavirus is drastically changing how businesses operate. China-based CEOs were the first to encounter many of these changes and have had to create strategies for fractured supply chains, government ordered lockdowns, and changing consumer demands. AmCham Shanghai presents a series of in-depth interviews with CEOs in China about their experiences managing through these extraordinary times.


This webinar will focus on operational issues in the consumer sector. It will feature a discussion with Anna Pawlak-Kuliga, China CEO of IKEA, and Jan Craps, Chief Executive Officer of Budweiser APAC, and President of APAC AB InBev. They will talk about their experiences managing two very different consumer businesses during the coronavirus epidemic and its continuing aftermath, including the lessons they have learned, and how they are positioning their businesses for an anticipated consumption recovery. The webinar will take place at 12 pm, Friday, April 24th China Standard Time / 9 pm, Thursday, April 23rd Pacific Standard Time.

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Speakers

  • Anna Pawlak-Kuliga (CEO and President, Chief Sustainability Officer of IKEA China)

    Anna Pawlak-Kuliga

    CEO and President, Chief Sustainability Officer of IKEA China

    Anna Pawlak-Kuliga is the CEO, President and Chief Sustainability Officer at IKEA China. Previously she served as CEO of IKEA Retail Poland. Prior to her role as CEO of IKEA Poland, she was Deputy CEO IKEA Retail Poland, responsible for the company’s commercial agenda, multichannel implementation, sustainability and leading the ONE IKEA agenda in Poland. Before joining IKEA, she worked as a layer in the United Kingdom.

    In addition to her role at IKEA, Pawlak-Kuliga is a Program Board Member for the UN’s Global Compact. She holds a master’s degree in law and business administration from the Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza in Poznan, Poland.

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  • Jan Craps (Co-Chair & Chief Executive Officer at Budweiser APAC, President of APAC AB InBev)

    Jan Craps

    Co-Chair & Chief Executive Officer at Budweiser APAC, President of APAC AB InBev

    Jan Craps is the Co-Chair & Chief Executive Officer of Budweiser APAC, and President of APAC AB InBev, which covers the Company’s operations in China, East Asia, South Asia, South East Asia, and New Zealand, a role which he has held since January 2019. Mr. Craps joined AB InBev in 2002. Prior to joining AB InBev, Mr. Craps worked with McKinsey & Company in Belgium. In 2011, he relocated to Canada where he became Vice President of Sales for Labatt Breweries. Mr. Craps became the Chief Executive Officer of Labatt Breweries of Canada in 2014. In October 2016, he joined the Group as the Zone President of APAC South and Chief Executive Officer of Carlton & United Breweries.

    Jan holds a bachelor’s degree in business engineering from KU Brussels in Brussels, Belgium, and a master’s degree in business engineering from KU Leuven in Leuven, Belgium, in July 2000.

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  • 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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