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Mr. Yu Zenggang is the Executive Chairman of Piraeus Port Authority S.A. He started his career in August 1984, and served as the Chief Representative of the Japan Representative Office of Shanghai Shipping Bureau, Director and General Manager of Shanghai Haixing Shipping (Japan) Co. Ltd., Deputy General Manager, General Manager of the Development Division of China Shipping (Group) Company, Executive Vice President of China Shipping (North America) Holding Co., Ltd., President of China Shipping (Europe) Holding GmbH, General Manager of the President Office of China Shipping (Group) Company, Director of BOD Office and General Office, Executive Vice President and BOD Secretary of China Shipping (Group) Company, Executive Vice President and Member of China COSCO SHIPPING Corporation Limited. He has over 30 years’ working experience in shipping industry, and has abundant expertise in corporate management, corporate governance, overseas industry development, international operation, and listed company management. He has taken his current position since June, 2019. Mr. Yu Zenggang graduated from Wuhan University of Technology with a Bachelor’s Degree of engineering science in 1984 and obtained the Master’s Degree in 2012 from CEIBS (China Europe International Business School).

Mr. François Davenne is the Director General of UIC since June 2019. He graduated from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications d’Evry in 1988 and from the Ecole Nationale d’Administration (ENA) in 1999. Throughout his career, he has consistently promoted interdisciplinarity as a key factor for success. Having gained experience in international satellite telecommunications, he initially held various roles in the housing sector, making use of his strong financial and legal skills. He was involved in policy and regulation of the sector and managed key operational programmes, most notably for the city of Paris.

After three years with the French Ministry of Transport, working on railway safety and regulation, with an emphasis on European regulations, he was elected in 2012 as Secretary General of OTIF, the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail. From early 2013 to the end of 2018, he promoted interdisciplinarity and partnership building in order to expand and develop the uniform regulations for international carriage by rail.

• Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement/Member of the European Commission, 2019-present
• Permanent Representative of Hungary, ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary, 2015-2019
• Deputy Permanent Representative of Hungary, ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary, 2011-2015
• Head of Unit responsible for Industrial Property Rights, European Commission, Directorate-General Internal Market and Services, 2008-2011
• Head of the European Union Law Department, Ministry of Justice, Hungary, 2006-2008
• Head of the Legal Service, Permanent Representation of the Republic of Hungary to the European Union, 2003-2006
• Legal counsellor, Mission of the Republic of Hungary to the European Union, 2001-2003
• Head of cabinet, Head of the Legal Unit, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cabinet of the Deputy Head of the State Secretary for Integration, 1998-2001
• Desk officer, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department for EC Harmonization, State Secretary for Integration, 1996-1998
• Desk officer, Ministry for Industry and Trade, Office for European Affairs, Department for EC Coordination and Harmonization, 1996
• Trainee, Ministry for Industry and Trade, Office for European Affairs, 1995
• Bar examination, 2005
• Law degree at University of Szeged, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, 1996
• Master of European Legal Studies, Aalborg University, Denmark, 1994