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Richard Weber elected new EUROCHAMBRES president

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13 years ago

October 17, 2013

Richard Weber, president of the Saarland Chamber of Commerce (Germany) and vice-president of EUROCHAMBRES, was today elected as the new president of the Association of European Chambers of Commerce and Industry with an overwhelming majority. He will take over this role as of 1 January 2014, succeeding Alessandro Barberis, president of the Turin Chamber of Commerce, who has held the presidency since 2010 and who was appointed EUROCHAMBRES’ ambassador.

Weber is also Executive Associate of the Karlsberg Brauerei KG Weber, member of the board of the Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (DIHK), and DIHK’s Special Advisor for European Affairs.

In his investiture speech, Weber said: “EUROCHAMBRES will have to play an important role in the years to come – as a strong voice and a visible, well-connected representative of the European Chamber network. If we succeed to effectively support and represent our member companies, we will strengthen EUROCHAMBRES and the chamber network in general – in our home countries and at European level.”

His mandate will thus focus on three priorities:

1. Fostering EUROCHAMBRES as an inclusive and thriving European Chamber Network by reinforcing the contacts between its members and facilitating opportunities for them to learn from each other;

2. positioning Chambers as competent partners in core areas such as SME representation, innovation, education and training, and;

3. intensifying -ooperation with other relevant European stakeholders.

New deputy and vice presidents

EUROCHAMBRES’ Plenary Assembly also elected three new Deputy and four new Vice Presidents.

New Deputy Presidents: Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu (Turkey), Martha Schultz (Austria) and Pierre Gramegna (Luxembourg). Deputy Presidents have a two-year mandate (2014-2016).

New Vice-Presidents: André Marcon (France); Michl Ebner (Italy), Andrzej Arendarski (Poland); Miquel Valls i Maseda (Spain). Vice-Presidents have a one-year mandate (2014-2015).

The newly elected President Richard Weber also appointed Konstantinos Michalos (Greece) as vice president for communication, and indicated Stephan Müchler (Sweden) as a suitable candidate for the chairmanship of the Budgetary Committee.

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