{"id":14729,"date":"2020-10-08T08:37:35","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T08:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amcham.mk\/?p=11410"},"modified":"2020-10-08T08:37:35","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T08:37:35","slug":"amchams-20th-annual-general-assembly-celebration-of-amchams-20th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/amcham.mk\/mk\/events\/amchams-20th-annual-general-assembly-celebration-of-amchams-20th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"AmCham\u2019s 20th Annual General Assembly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Skopje, 06.10.2020 &#8211;<\/em> The American Chamber of Commerce in North Macedonia organized its 20<sup>th<\/sup> Annual General Assembly on October 6, 2020 at the Aleksandar Palace Hotel in Skopje.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. Ambassador to North Macedonia Her Excellency Kate Marie Byrnes, AmCham\u2019s Board of directors, more than 70 representatives from member companies, as well as honoured partners and supporters attended the Assembly to mark the Chamber\u2019s 20<sup>th<\/sup> Anniversary and to review AmCham\u2019s 2020 achievements. The event included election of new members to the Board of Directors. The newly appointed Board members are <strong>Maja Filipceva<\/strong>&#8211;<em>Director Tax of Grant Thornton<\/em>, <strong>Nikola Ljushev<\/strong>&#8211; <em>CEO of Makedonski Telekom<\/em>, <strong>Lambro Patche<\/strong>&#8211; <em>Public Affairs and Communications Manager of Pivara Skopje, JV of Coca-Cola HBC and HEINEKEN<\/em>, <strong>Ivan Novakovski<\/strong>&#8211;<em>Director of NOVA Intenational Schools<\/em> and <strong>Jordan Dimitrovski<\/strong>&#8211;<em>Owner and CEO of Aitonix<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. Ambassador to North Macedonia in her speech summarized U.S.-North Macedonia relations and remarked, \u201cToday we celebrate the success of AmCham. We recognize your dedication to fostering the partnership between our two countries. We recognize that the business links and the people-to-people ties between North Macedonia and the United States are deeper, broader and stronger because of your efforts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AmCham President Mr. Ljupco Georgiev spoke about the Chamber\u2019s achievements, the challenges faced by the COVID-19 crisis and the transformation of organization\u2019s processes to mitigate the risks from the pandemic.&nbsp; As stated, \u201cThe COVID 19 pandemic has opened a door for even greater challenges. A time when life and business as we know it, turned into a new reality. Globally and locally, with no exceptions! As much as it seems now that the issues we face have a deeper, more profound impact on our way of life and doing business, there is no better time to think of growth, and how to become better, stronger, and more resilient, then in times of crises.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The spotlight of the event was the panel discussion \u201c<em>20 Years Building Connections\u201d <\/em>with two respected panellists Mr. Kristijan Polenak, AmCham Founder\/Ex-officio and Managing Partner of Law Firm Polenak, and Mr.Ljupco Georgiev, current President of AmCham and General Manager of Microsoft in North Macedonia. Sharing their insights in AmCham\u2019s past, present and future, they portrayed two decades of remarkable history of events and accomplishments. AmCham expressed gratitude and recognition to everyone that paved the path forward by awarding the longest-standing member companies, the U.S. Embassy in North Macedonia, the founders of AmCham and AmCham\u2019s Ex-Officio (Former AmCham Presidents).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AmCham will continue its efforts and activities for supporting member companies, aiming toward even greater success in the forthcoming years.\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11419,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"events_tags":[],"class_list":["post-14729","events","type-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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