On January 8, AmCham hosted its first speaker luncheon of 2025, featuring Uldis Cērps, CEO of the Finance Latvia Association. The event focused on the latest developments in the financial sector, with a lively discussion moderated by AmCham Vice President Guntars Krols. Key topics included the role of banking in furthering economic growth, capital access, competitiveness, and the investment environment.

On December 18, AmCham Empower Her work group met with Vita Andrews and Daiga Auzina-Melalksne, representatives of the Baltic Institute of Corporate Governance (BICG) to discuss the promotion of gender equality across business organizations including gender-diverse boards and reduction of gender pay gaps. 

On December 12, the Healthcare Work Group convened to review its activities from the past year and discuss priorities for the upcoming year. Over the past year, the group has held more than 40 meetings, produced 5 opinion letters and articles, hosted 5 events, and conducted 10 meetings with stakeholders.

The Digital Affairs & AI work group met on December 10 to review its activities of 2024 and discuss the priorities for the next year. The group will meet the new National Center for AI to continue advancing key digital initiatives. A special shoutout to Cognizant, Cobalt, Ellex, Mitigate and RTU Riga Business School for promoting the AI topic throughout the year!