On the 28th March 2018, the first Executive Committee (ExCo) Meeting with the recently elected and appointed 2018 members took place simultaneously at the EuroCham offices in Hanoi and HCMC. This is the first ExCo Meeting since its election at the Chamber’s Annual General Meeting 2018, which took place last 22nd March. The main topic of this first ExCo Meeting agenda was the election of the new Chair and Vice-Chairs.
EuroCham is pleased to announce that the ExCo has elected two Co-Chairs: Mr. Denis Brunetti, President of Ericsson Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia & Laos; and Mr. Nicolas Audier, Managing Partner of Audier & Partners. They succeed Jens Ruebbert, former Chief Country Officer of Deutsche Bank AG Vietnam (who led the organisation between March and October 2017) and the two Co-Chairs that served his remaining term until March 2018 (Mr. Audier himself and Mr. Gellert Horvath, an individual member).
Co-Chairman Mr. Denis Brunetti said: “Jens Ruebbert, and after him Gellert Horvath and Nicolas Audier did an excellent job over the course of 2017. The output EuroCham showed last year in terms of events, activities, publications, and Government meetings really illustrates how strong our organisation is. I am particularly happy to have earned the trust of the European business community to lead the Chamber moving forward, and that will be done by building strategically on what we have achieved so far. I am fortunate to share this chairmanship with Nicolas Audier and I am certain that together we will be successful in intensifying EuroCham’s engagement with the Vietnamese Government, EU institutions, the local business community and our own members.”
Co-Chairman Mr. Nicolas Audier said: “This is the year of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement and EuroCham will remain highly dedicated to its promotion and discussion. I am honoured that the EuroCham Executive Committee has once more entrusted me with co-leading the Chamber, after a very fruitful exercise last year with Gellert Horvath. This year, I have