Business between Canada and China doesn’t happen in a closed corridor. Two most important factors that impact bilateral business are US-China relations and heightened technology competition. Our Fall 2020 Distinguished Speakers Series takes on these issues, featuring speakers who shine a spotlight on topics such as media coverage of China, 5G and Huawei, industrial espionage, data security, and AI.

Huawei Canada Demystified

September 24, 2020

9:00 am – 10:00 am ET

Huawei is a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices. With integrated solutions across four key domains – telecom networks, IT, smart devices, and cloud services – Huawei is committed to bringing digital to every person, home and organization for a fully connected, intelligent world.

Huawei’s business in Canada encompasses some, but not all, of these key domains. Many Canadians have a cursory knowledge of Huawei as the company has been engulfed in geopolitical issues. To help members know more about what the company is really up to in Canada, Mr. Eric Li, President of Huawei Canada, talked about the past, present, and future of Huawei Canada. Following Mr. Li’s presentation, Ms. Sarah Kutulakos, Executive Director of CCBC, moderated questions from the audience.

This session was C$25+HST for CCBC members in good standing; C$50+HST for non-members.

Interested in watching the video recording of the presentation? Please contact your Chapter Director to request access for the link:

• Atlantic: Laura Markle
• Quebec: Philippe Jeanneau
• Ontario: Jeff Zhang
• Prairies: Philippe Jeanneau
• BC: Lotta Ygartua

• Beijing: Noah Fraser

• Shanghai: Edward Dai

About the speaker:

Mr. Eric Li
President
Huawei Technologies Canada Co., Ltd.

Mr. Eric (Hongbo) Li is the President of Huawei Technologies Canada Co., Ltd. (Huawei Canada). He is responsible for building Huawei’s business and corporate presence in Canada. Prior to being appointed to this role in 2018, he was the Senior Vice President for the Carrier Business of Huawei Device USA Inc., overseeing the device sales and services business for all operators in the United States.

Mr. Li joined Huawei in 2000. He has served in a number of progressive positions as account manager, senior account manager and managing director of Huawei global key accounts in South Africa, China and North America. He has over ten years of top level executive and managerial experience in directing, managing, and overseeing the global key accounts of Huawei’s proprietary wireless and wireline solutions/products.

Mr. Li holds a Master’s degree of project management from the University of South Wales, U.K.