On May 21, AmCham hosted its Annual General Meeting (AGM) & Traditional Chamber Luncheon at Kasteel de Wittenburg in Wassenaar. During the Annual General Meeting, the new Board of Directors was elected by the Members present. AmCham proudly welcomes Arjan Bol (Country Manager Netherlands at Mastercard), Monique Donders (Country Manager Netherlands at BlackRock), Margreet Nijhof (Partner at Baker McKenzie), Jeroen Plag (Head of Corporate Strategy at ING) and Mark van Casteren (Partner at Loyens & Loeff) into the AmCham Board.
During the AGM, AmCham President Wouter Paardekooper (Senior Counsel at Baker McKenzie) resigned from the AmCham Board and stepped down as President. Wouter Paardekooper was awarded the AmCham Medal of Honor for his outstanding leadership and exceptional contribution to AmCham's mission over the past years. Jasper van Ouwerkerk (Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company) was elected as the new AmCham President by the Board of Directors. AmCham cordially thanks Wouter Paardekooper for his great contribution and looks forward to collaborating with Jasper van Ouwerkerk and the newly elected Board Members. (For an overview of the entire Board of Directors, please click here.)
During the luncheon following the AGM, H.E. Barbara Visser, State Secretary for Defense, was the guest of honor and keynote speaker. Prior to the State Secretary's speech, AmCham handed over the first copy of the 2019 Investors' Agenda of Priority Points (Priority Points) to State Secretary Visser. AmCham’s Priority Points address the main challenges to the Dutch investment climate and form the basis for AmCham’s dialogue with the Dutch government, employer organizations, legislators and other important stakeholders. The Priority Points are supported by a study on the Dutch Investment Climate executed by Bain & Company. For more information and to download a copy: click here.
During her keynote address, State Secretary Visser made a warm plea for innovation and for collaboration between the business community and the Ministry of Defense. The key remarks by the State Secretary are available here.
AmCham thanks all members and guests, and State Secretary for Defense Barbara Visser for joining us on May 21.
The pictures of this event are now available on our website. Please click here.
