AmCham General Assembly

American Chamber of Commerce in Georgia elects 10 Board members

Thursday, October 23, 2014

At the annual General Assembly meeting on October 23rd, AmCham held elections for 10 seats on the Board of Directors and officer positions. With a standing room only turnout of members, the following Board members and officers were elected to serve a two-year term.

- Sarah Williamson, Co-owner and Vice President of UGT – President
- Michael Cowgill, President of Georgian American University (GAU) – First Vice President
- Irakli Baidashvili, Executive Vice President of GMT Group – Vice President & Treasurer
- Esben Emborg, Principal Partner of SEAF – Director
- Lasha Gogiberidze, Partner BGI Advisory Services – Director
- Steve Johnson, General Manager of Betsy’s Hotel – Director
- Ted Jonas, Finance & Projects Partner of DLA Piper Georgia – Director
- Ketti Kvartskhava, Partner of BLC Law office - Director
- Robin McCone, Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers – Director
- Chris Schlueter, Country Head, BP Georgia - Director

Badri Japaridze, Deputy Chair of the Supervisory Board of TBC Bank remains as member of the Board of Directors until his term expires next year.

We would like to extend our sincere gratitude for the interest shown in the election by all candidates and members.

The meeting today was followed by an update from the US Embassy: James Hine, Regional Security Officer and Juliette Morgan, CDC Country Director. KG Moore, ex-officio member of the Board of Directors of AmCham and Deputy Chief of the Pol/Econ section of the US Embassy facilitated the elections.

AmCham Georgia is the leading international business association supporting and promoting US-Georgia Economic and commercial relations and representing the interests of business in Georgia. Our advocacy work in a broad range of areas of interest to our members and potential investors is unparalleled. Again, congratulations to the tem members of the Board of Directors elected today, and thank you to all members for taking part in this important democratic process.