AmCham held its 27th Annual General Meeting to review the past year’s activities, elect the Board of Directors and make other important decisions for the business continuity. U.S. Ambassador Carwile opened the meeting with remarks, stressing the importance of AmCham's advocacy activities and the close cooperation between the Embassy and AmCham in the last year. AmCham President Ingrida Karina-Berzina stepped down after 7 years of service. We are extremely grateful to Ingrida for her strong commitment and leadership! We welcome Dita Sile of Novartis as the newest addition to our Board and congratulate Liene Dubava, George Miu and Renate Strazdina on re-election! To see the current Board.

Over 30 members of the Pan-Baltic network of AmChams in Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania joined our first online Business After Hours hosted by excellent coaches Elena Zlygosteva and Artur Chernikau of TeamLead who led a timely discussion on extraordinary leadership in today's challenging environment.

Factors hindering the investment growth were discussed at the last Member Focus Lunch as well as the impact of coronavirus pandemic. A group of members from various industries met to share their businesses and feedback on AmCham activities.

Martins Kazaks, Governor of the Central Bank of Latvia gave an overview on recent economic and financial trends for over 60 AmCham members and guests. He emphasized that global economy is still slightly growing despite volatility in the financial markets brought by the coronavirus outbreak and will leave its impact on the economic growth projections for Latvia this year. Download the presentation!

Dr. Thomas F. Schaller, Political Science Professor at the University Maryland met with AmCham members to brief them on the 2020 U.S. Presidential Elections and Primaries as well as U.S. election-related political and economic updates. This interactive discussion was moderated by political expert Martins Hirss.