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• Position: Richard Weber elected has new president of the Association of European Chambers of Commerce and Industry - Brief article

Richard Weber, president of the Saarland Chamber of Commerce (Germany) and vice-president of Eurochambres, was elected, on 17 October, new president of the Association of European Chambers of Commerce and Industry. He will take over this role as of 1 January 2014, succeeding Alessandro Barberis, president of the Turin Chamber of Commerce, who has held the presidency since 2010 and who was appointed Eurochambres' ambassador. Weber is also executive associate of the Karlsberg Brauerei KG Weber, member of the board of the Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (DIHK), and DIHK's special advisor for European affairs. Eurochambres' plenary assembly also elected new deputy and vice-presidents. New Deputy Presidents...