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President's Corner

Jan 28, 2009: AmCham Board Elects Chairman


		January 28, 2009 Moscow Dear AmCham Members, On Monday, January 26, the Board of Directors of the American Chamber of Commerce in Russia elected Ron Pollett to his third consecutive term as Chairman. Ron is President and CEO of GE Russia/CIS. AmCham’s Board comprises the senior managers of some of America’s foremost companies operating in Russia. Their collective experience, leadership, and dedication to the needs of AmCham member companies will be a vital service for our membership in the challenging year ahead. Their companies vary in size and span a crucial range of sectors. The Board of Director for 2009: Lena Alexandrova United Technologies International Operations Inc. Nigel Brackenbury Ford Motor Company ZAO Ricardo Cabeza de Vaca Abbott Laboratories OOO Alex Chmelev Baker & McKenzie Patricia Cloherty Delta Private Equity Partners Robert Courtney US Dental Care Jamison Firestone Firestone Duncan Steven Fisher Citi Russia Cherie Ford Hunt PricewaterhouseCoopers Alex Geller A.M.G. Group Jonathan Hines Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP Karl Johansson Ernst & Young Jonathan Knaus Western Union Northern Europe GmbH Sergey Kravchenko Boeing Russia Inc. Joseph W. Krider TEREX Corporation Ron Lewin TerraLink Technologies Corp. Heidi McCormack General Motors CIS Holly Nielsen Baring Vostok Capital Partners David J. Pearson Deloitte Ron Pollett GE Russia/CIS Matthew Price Procter & Gamble Sergei Riabokobylko Cushman & Wakefield Stiles & Riabokobylko Richard A. Smyth Mars LLC Richard Spies BP Russia Birger Steen Microsoft Rus LLC Leonid Tarasov Delta Air Lines Beryl Blecher U.S. Embassy (ex officio) Eric Schultz U.S. Embassy (ex officio) I look forward to working with Ron and the Board; and we all look forward to working closely with you to help your company meet the challenges of 2009. Best Regards, Andrew B. Somers President American Chamber of Commerce in Russia

© 2009, American Chamber of Commerce in Russia

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