At the Annual General Meeting, the membership selected a new board. Aigars Milts of AON Baltic was elected for his first term. Re-elected for their second term were Juris Jakobsons of Citadele banka, Ingrida Karina-Berzina of COBALT and Janis Pinnis of Dome Hotel & Spa. At the next Board meeting the Chamber's officials were selected. Arnis Kakulis was re-elected as the Chairman of the Board and President for 2016-2017. Eriks Eglītis, Ingrida Karina-Berzina, Janis Meija and Eric Trusiewicz were elected as Vice Presidents.

On March 1, AmCham and BritCham members gathered to the joint executive event to spend a great evening of networking, share their experience and taste delicious food prepared by Indian Raja, the host of the evening.

Members appreciated the opportunity to meet Ambassador Pettit and to get acquainted with the various sections at the Embassy. The event was refreshing and informative, followed by a great networking opportunity.

Martin Gauss, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Board of airBaltic spoke at the AmCham February luncheon on recent developments in the company, including the signing of the investment agreement just one day ago.

Members of the Tourism and hospitality industry met to discuss the challenges for positioning Latvia as a tourism destination, especially for the US market. It was agreed that members will create recommendations regarding the tourism development and marketing of Latvia to be submitted to policy-makers.