EU SMEs in the Greater Bay Area: Briefing & Business Clinic

Liam Jia is a versatile professional with the past 8 years advising European businesses on market access and business strategies to China. He has a solid working experience in project and operations management, financial and risk control in the EU context.

Liam is an experienced speaker and author of publications on a range of topics, including the environmental sector, SME digitalisation and F&B distribution. Great team player, generating positive influence on teammates.

Fabian Blake is a Belgian national who presently serves as the Managing Director of AMS Assembly Foshan, a Dutch-owned company that has been operating in the Pearl River Delta, providing manufacturing services in South China since 2003.

Having resided and worked in China since 2008, Fabian has accumulated 17 years of experience exclusively in South China. During this time, he has played a pivotal role in the operational development of major corporations like the ETEX Group. Additionally, he has successfully managed smaller Chinese business units specialising in engineering services, offering value-added solutions to European clientele.

AMS Group, under Fabian’s leadership, currently boasts a workforce of 90 employees, with 80 of them based in our facilities located in Foshan and Shenzhen. The company is actively involved in the development, manufacturing, and assembly of hardware devices, primarily serving customers situated in Europe.

Furthermore, Fabian has also served as a Member of the Board of the Benelux Chamber of Commerce from 2013 to 2016. His extensive experience and dedication to the industry make him a valuable asset to both AMS Assembly Foshan and the broader business community.

Radomir Tomovic is a seasoned Manager and Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) with over 12 years of experience in global risk consulting and international business advisory. Currently based in Hong Kong, he leads the International Business Advisory team at Dezan Shira & Associates, providing comprehensive legal, accounting, tax, and operational solutions to foreign investors in Asia.

Throughout his career, Radomir has demonstrated strong leadership and business acumen, building high-performing teams across Europe and Asia. His achievements include expanding service coverage to over 20 jurisdictions, driving consistent revenue growth of 20-30% annually, and maintaining a 100% client retention rate.

Radomir is also a skilled communicator and strategist, actively engaging in seminars and workshops as a speaker and moderator. His expertise spans strategic business, legal, tax, and accounting matters, anti-bribery compliance, KYC/CDD, and cross-jurisdictional due diligence, making him a trusted advisor for multinational clients navigating complex regulatory landscapes.

Danica Mai is General Manager at Dan Young Business Consultancy in Guangzhou. In the past ten years, she has been responsible for bookkeeping, financial reporting and tax filling for more than three hundred small and medium-sized enterprises in South China. Danica’s daily routine is to undertake client delegation, align with Chinese General Accepted Accounting Principles, in accordance with Chinese Tax Law, Contract Law, Corporation Law, and Labour Law, etc., accomplish bookkeeping and financial statement generation, meet the deadline of tax reporting. She seeks the best solution with the lower total cost, effectively and efficiently, at the same time, within China legal and accounting framework.

Danica leads a team of accountants, in the year 2023-2024, accomplished booking and tax filling for turnover 20 million from all of the clients. Danica’s team is ranking Top 2% in China, ranking 5A in Guangzhou Bookkeeping Industry Association, and ranking TSC 5 in China Tax Office’s Credit System. Most of the clients are foreign invested small-and-medium size enterprises setup in South China, such as Germany, Finland, Denmark, France, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Hungary, Poland and Sweden. Apart from accountancy service, Danica also provides other business consultancy services, such as Chinese Work Visa application, VAT Tax Refund application, acquisition and merger evaluation, and trademark registration application.

Danica is a China Certified Semi-Senior accountant, who graduated from the University of Birmingham, majoring in International Accounting and Finance, and lived in Portland, Oregon, as an exchange student. She can fully stand in owners’/investors’ shoes to advice and voice.

Danica has been serving as Vice Chair of SME Forum of the European Chamber South China Chapter since March 2023.

Tobias joined PM Technology Consulting Services, a Finnish-German company in Shenzhen, as Managing Director in 2014.

He had the chance to be in China for the first time in 2002 and got to know different parts and sides of China in the last 2 decades. He came to China because he was interested in the country, the culture and the people, and was able to stay because of the many opportunities and the many friendly and helpful people he met.

“In the last 15 years of living and working in China, I have realized that no matter how big the technical challenges are, the biggest challenge is always to bring people together and cooperate.”