09.09.2016 Brussels

TOBB President and Eurochambres Deputy President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu attended Eurochambres Joint Members Meeting held at the TOBB Brussels Office. Hosting the meeting, Hisarcıklıoğlu met with the most important names of the international business community.

During the meeting, preliminary elections were held for the board members who will be representing non-EU member states at the Eurochambres Board of Directors in 2017.

Taking part were Azerbaijan, Bosnia Herzegovina, Armenia, Georgia, Israel and Ukraine, of which, Azerbaijan, Bosnia Herzegovina, Georgia and Ukraine were elected to the Board. This marks the first time Azerbaijan has been elected to the Eurochambres Board. Hisarcıklıoğlu congratulated the delegates of the countries elected. TOBB President and Eurochambres Deputy President Hisarcıklıoğlu also thanked Eurochambres Secretary General Arnaldo Abruzzini’s present for the Brussels Office.

Former European Commission Vice Chair Günter Verheugen also spoke at the committee meeting. Verheugen talked about the developments in the EU following the UK’s referendum.