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Dear members and contacts,
Welcome to the final newsletter of 2011, which contains the usual information about upcoming events, COBCOE news and a recap of news articles you may have missed. We have also included some extra information about BCCD's Board and the membership changes that are taking effect in January 2012. We wish you a happy and peaceful Christmas break, and a prosperous new year!
Best regards,
Katherine Kent,
Networking & Events Facilitator
Glasses raised at the BCCD Christmas Reception 2011 - Photo by Hugh Mayo
Events
The dates have been fixed for the remaining lunches in the 2011 - 2012 season, so mark them in your diary now! Speakers will be announced as soon as they are confirmed.
- Friday 20 January 2012
- Friday 24 February 2012
- Friday 23 March 2012
- Friday 20 April 2012
- Wednesday 30 May 2012 - Lunch and Annual General Meeting
The Whisky Tasting Evening has been rescheduled. It is now booked for Friday 10 February, and will be held at the Copenhagen Marriott Hotel. However it will only go ahead if a minimum of 20 people sign up by 6 January, so if you are interested then don't wait! See below for more information.
COBCOE updates:
Take a look at the latest Nordic-Baltic Newsletter and President's Perspective article:
We would also like to draw your attention to the updated list of benefits which are available to members of BCCD due to our membership of COBCOE.
Incentive programmes in Denmark – issues on enforceability
Attorney at Law, Tina Svanberg gives a useful insight into enforceability considerations when structuring incentive programmes in Denmark. Read her full article: New Danish Supreme Court ruling on buy-back provisions in incentive programme
DelacourDania is offering a special membership deal for BCCD-BIU members: DELACOURDANIA can review and comment on your employment contracts in order to ensure compliance with the Danish Labour laws, for a fixed price of EUR 1,000 per contract (not including incentive programmes, stock options etc. This to be agreed on separately)
Please contact Tina on tsv@delacourdania.dk or phone +45 3345 8537 for further information.
People update: this is your Board
You may not see much of them, but BCCD's board members meet 4 - 5 times each year and are responsible for oversight and strategy within BCCD-BIU. We think it is important that members know who is on the Board, so we will be telling you more about them over the next few newsletters. You can find a list of BCCD Board members in our 'About Us' section.
Thomas Thune Andersen is Chairman of BCCD-BIU, having been elected by Board and approved at the AGM in May 2010. Thomas is Chairman of Lloyds Register, Freeman of the City of London (Shipwrights), a By-Fellow of Churchill College at Cambridge and a member of the Travellers and the Special Forces Clubs. He holds several board positions including: Scottish and Southern Energy, VKR Holding, and Petrofac.
"I am honoured to have been elected Chairman of the BCCD. Having had the good fortune of living six years in England and having had close relationships to the UK during most of my career I am very much involved in the issues of BCCD-BIU. Contributing to the important work of strengthening the relationship between Denmark and the UK will give me both a professional and a personal satisfaction."
Nicola Gordon is BCCD-BIU's newest board member and was elected to the board at the AGM in May 2011. Nicola has worked for Shell for over thirty years and has lived and worked in New Zealand, Norway, England, Netherlands, Scotland, Norway again and now Denmark, currently as Managing Director for Shell Exploration and Production.
Career highlights include a spell running in-house graduate training and development courses; an assignment managing the UK’s Brent field operations and, in 2007-9, leading the team with responsibility for Norway’s Ormen Lange field and Shell’s UK gas infrastructure, together delivering a third of UK gas supply. She is an inspirational leader with a passion for safety leadership and mentoring and career development. She has an extensive network in the energy business in Norway, UK and Denmark and speaks Norwegian.
Membership Update
The AGM in May 2011 approved a change in several membership categories from January 2012 to streamline our membership structure and enable BCCD-BIU to provide a clearer and more efficient service to you. The 9 main membership categories have been replaced by just 3: Corporate, Small Business and Individual. We are currently contacting all members to make sure you are clear about what these changes mean for you, but if you have any questions then please don't hesitate to contact Nina Norheim: nina"@"bccd.dk, +45 3118 7558.
Nina Norheim joined BCCD in August this year with the goal of improving membership recruitment and retention. Find out more about Nina.
New Members
A warm welcome to all the new members who have joined the British Chamber of Commerce in Denmark - British Import Union since the last update:
Corporate Members:
 Vestas
Intel (welcome back!)
Small Business Members:
e-mergency
IPM Global Mobility
Items you may have missed:
 | Issues on enforceability for incentive programmes in Denmark, by Tina Svanberg, Attorney at Law, DelacourDania | | |  | BCCD's November Lunch heard Shell's take on "The EU Roadmap for moving to a low-carbon economy in 2050" |  | On Friday 28th October BCCD welcomed Tine Horwitz, Head of the Danish Consortium for Global Talent as our lunch speaker. This is what she had to say... |  | Whether you are a whisky enthusiast or are yet to find out what you've been missing out on, this evening is a great chance to get to know other BCCD members better. |
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