Donderdag 30 oktober 2025
Leiderschap & Strategie
Joan Lu - Marcel Schulze - Bart van Bolhuis - Bhaskar Parthasarathi - Nate Baca
Charting a Course: Business Leadership in a Geopolitical Storm
Global trade is undergoing fundamental transformation, driven by US volatile tariff regimes, geopolitical shifts, evolving regulatory frameworks, and rapid technological change. As a direct result of the changing business landscape companies operating international supply chains must now navigate a multifaceted landscape of trade laws and regulations. In collaboration with the European American Chamber of Commerce Netherlands, Marcel Schulze, keynote speaker Bart van Bolhuis, former Head of Economic Diplomacy, Netherlands Embassy Washington, and panelists Joan Lu and Bhaskar Parthasarathi.
As a diplomatic veteran Bart van Bolhuis will share an insider's perspective from Washington D.C. on the State of the Transatlantic Alliance. Among others, he will try to address some key questions: What are the main transatlantic tensions companies needs to take into account? How to navigate your business with a partnership in motion? How to assess the EU–US trade agreement: will it hold?
Before his appointment (2021-2025) as Minister Counselor for Economy and Climate at the Netherlands Embassy in Washington DC, Bart served from 2017-2021 as Consul General in Istanbul, Turkiye. During this posting he worked amongst others on the urban challenges, climate and circularity. Topics that he also covered earlier (2013 to 2017), as Director for European and International Affairs at the Netherlands Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment. Bart first posting was also in the USA. From 2009 to 2013, being based in Los Angeles and San Francisco, he was Consul General in the 13 westernmost states, focusing on mutual investments in innovation, water management, renewable energy, food, nutrition, life science, health and creative industries. From 2003 to 2009, Bart was Director for Foreign Trade and Investment at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Secretary of the Dutch Trade Board, being at the forefront of private-public cooperation designed to increase Dutch competitiveness in globalizing markets. Throughout his career in the eighties and nineties Bart held several functions at the Netherlands Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Economic Affairs and Finance. Mr Bart van Bolhuis holds a Master's Degree in European and International Law from the University of Amsterdam.
Marcel Schulze is Executive Director of the European American Chamber of Commerce (EACC) Netherlands. He also founded Tradinfo, a leading Financial Relationship Marketing Agency, specialized in institutional investor conferences and investor relations (IR) services. Up until 2008, he was senior partner for 10 years at the IR research firm Rematch, where he was responsible for advising European mid and large cap companies in their capital markets positioning. Additionally, he has worked as lecturer at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences and as trainer of different management/business simulation programs for banks and corporates. He studied economics at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and is fluent in Dutch, English and German.
Our panelists will share insights on how companies can reflect on their international business strategy—ensuring they are well-sourced and positioned to take informed decisions. Drawing on high-level knowledge and real-world business experience, panelists bring their expertise on EU-US (trade) relations, international business leadership and global supply chains.
Speakers & Panelists:
◆ Marcel Schulze, Executive Director, EACC Netherlands
◆ Bart van Bolhuis, former Head of Economic Diplomacy, Netherlands Embassy Washington
◆ Joan Lu, CFO, Qosmosys, Board member Financial Executives International (FEI, Houston)
◆ Bhaskar Parthasarathi, Chief Procurement Officer/VP Procurement (Manufacturing, Chemicals and Automotive)
This even will be moderated by Nate Baca and Marcel Schulze.
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