Leadership update
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4 Sep 2024
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Leadership update

AmCham EU is pleased to announce recent election results and welcome these new and re-elected leaders. We wish successful terms to Razvan Antemir (Amazon), Brian Fox (JP Morgan), Ilan Jacobs (Citi), Michael Koplovsky (Amazon), Pablo Muñiz (Van Bael & Bellis), Aurelia Takacs (Cisco) and Walter Van der Meiren (UPS). The Secretariat would also like to thank those who are stepping down for the extraordinary work they completed during their terms: David Henry Doyle (S&P Global), Aliki Foinikopoulou (Salesforce), Emanuele Frezza (UPS).   

Please find below a detailed list of the recent appointments to leadership positions:   

  • Razvan Antemir (Amazon), re-elected Vice-chair, Consumer Affairs Committee 

  • Brian Fox (JP Morgan), re-elected Chair, Financial Services Committee 

  • Ilan Jacobs (Citi), Chair, Sustainable Finance Committee 

  • Michael Koplovsky (Amazon), Vice-chair, Transatlantic Task Force 

  • Pablo Muñiz (Van Bael & Bellis), Chair, Customs and Trade Facilitation 

  • Aurelia Takacs (Cisco), Vice-chair, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Task Force  

  • Walter Van der Meiren (UPS), Vice-chair, Customs and Trade Facilitation Committee 

Please find a list of members who stepped down recently from leadership positions. We are grateful for their continued engagement and trust in AmCham EU.    

  • Aliki Foinikopoulou (Salesforce), former Vice-chair, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Task Force 

  • David Henry Doyle (S&P Global), former Chair, Sustainable Finance Committee 

  • Emanuele Frezza (UPS), former Vice-chair, Transatlantic Task Force 

  • Pablo Muñiz (Van Bael & Bellis), former Vice-chair, Customs and Trade Facilitation, now Chair, Customs and Trade Facilitation Committee 

  • Walter Van der Meiren (UPS), former Chair, Customs and Trade Facilitation Committee, now Vice-chair, Customs and Trade Facilitation Committee 

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