ECCP names Florian Gottein as new executive director

The European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (ECCP) announces that Florian Gottein, currently the Vice President for Membership and Business Services, has been appointed as ECCP’s new Executive Director which will take effect immediately. He will succeed Henry Schumacher who will now focus on his role as the Advocacy Adviser in the Chamber. The ECCP network is composed of 770 members and with offices in Manila, Cebu City and Davao City.
“It is an honor to have been elected as ECCP’s next Executive Director and more than a privilege to be part of an organization like ECCP that delivers high quality services and innovative solutions to its members and clients. ECCP serves not only as the voice of the European business community in the Philippines but does also its part to improve the business environment in which our member companies are operating,” said Gottein. “Over the past decades, Henry Schumacher’s vision and leadership have built ECCP into one of the major foreign chambers not only in the Philippines but in the whole region. With the upcoming EU-Philippine FTA negotiations and a new administration coming in by July, it is a great time to start. The opportunity that lies ahead for ECCP and its members is enormous, and the ability to be part of this next chapter is simply exhilarating.”
Prior to his role as Vice President of Membership and Business Services at ECCP, Gottein worked for the Government of the UAE in Abu Dhabi and the Austrian Government. Gottein grew up in Austria and spent a year abroad as an exchange student at the University of the Philippines, Diliman. He graduated at the University of Innsbruck, Austria with a Master’s Degree in Political Science.