Business networking: The American Chamber of Commerce in Luxembourg marked its 15th anniversary with a celebration on July 7.
Brigitte HennemannA group of 200 guests were on hand to mark AMCHAM's 15th anniversaryRonald KuschFrom to left to right: Murat Mutlu, Jean Batal, Brigitte HennemannMarie-Brigitte BissenPaul Schonenberg (left), Iris Ovadiya (right)Jean Claude Lucius (left), Ludivine Plessy (right)Jean-Marc McLean (left)Michel Grevesse Sovet (left), Yves Cheret (centre)Mr. and Mrs.DraijerBadouin Stevenart (left), Markus Baars (right)From left to right: Pierre Kihn, Jean Francois Tousch, Emre Bayarlar Iris OvadiyaClaude Hubert (left), Natalie Gerhardstein (right)Henk van EldikPeter Milne (right)Micael WeberKerstin StarkMr. and Mrs. PedriniTakashi Suetsuna (left), Paul Schonenberg (right)Mike Hawkins (left), Jed Grant (right)Romain SiebenalerJean Batal (left), Jose Matos (centre)Vincent Ulens (left)From left to right: Michel Lambellais, Claude Walte, Joris Eyck Jiri Vojta (centre), Peter Milne (right)Marc Schambourg (left), Jean-Claude Lucius (right)Robert Deed (second from right)Gabriel Bleser (right)The Hotel Mercure at the Kikuoka Golf Club in CanachTakashi Suetsuna (left)Sharon March (left), Saskia van RijswijkFrom left to right: Alain Feyder, John Breen, Ronald KuschPascal Knebler (centre), Francisco Malpico (right)Heloise Bock (left), Yves Cheret (right)Julian TroianFrom left to right: Guy de Muyser, David R. Fetter, Paul SchonenbergSylvie SchmitJean Batal (left), Carean Berbee Ventevogel (right)Darren RobinsonJames O’Neal (left), Guy van der Heyden (right)From left to right: Murat Mutlu, Dilek Ayaydin, Leonidas Manthopoulos, Jean Batal, Emre Bayarlar Marc LucasJose Matos (left)Paul Schonenberg (right)Martin Stark (right)Jean Jacques Rommes (left), Jean Marc McLean (right)Iris Ovadiya (far left), Carla Rosen Vacher (second from left), Tonika Hirdman (centre), David Fetter (second from right)Pierre Kihn (left)Jean Batal (left), Maximilian von Hochberg (right)Paul Schonenberg (left), Charles Oakes (right)Paul Schonenberg (left)Carla Rosen Vacher (left), Antoine Rech (right)From left: Darren Robinson, Corina Neagoe, Pedro CastilhoAntoine Rech (left), Duncan Roberts (right)
Photo: Olivier Minaire
AmCham Chairman and CEO Paul Schonenberg welcomed some 200 guests, chiefly from the local business community, to the evening cocktail and barbecue party. The event, in the Hotel Mercure at the Kikuoka Golf Club in Canach, included live music and a walking dinner supplied by the hotel’s new chef Angelo Vaccaro.
AmCham was founded back in 1996, and was the brainchild of then US ambassador Clay Constantinou, who said earlier this year: “President Clinton had directed all his Ambassadors to actively support the business community, and I was convinced that an American Chamber would be an excellent vehicle to achieve such an objective.”
Since those early days, the chamber has grown and now has well over 270 members. It is, says Schonenberg, no longer viewed as an institution that serves purely American business interests in Luxembourg, but has achieved its goal of being an important networking and lobby group for the wider English-speaking business community.
