Wednesday, Jan 11, 2012
Consul General Friedrich Löhr, Deputy Consul General Claudia Schütt, GABC Executive Director Marian LeMay, and several GABC Board of Directors welcomed over 70 representatives of German-American companies to the German Consulate at 3 Copley Place in Boston. Jointly organized by GABC and the German Consulate General, this gathering provided guests with a valuable opportunity to…...
Monday, Dec 12, 2011
GABC reveled in a gorgeous seasonal celebration with our German-American friends and business colleagues. Held in the beautiful, candlelit ballroom of the InterContinental Hotel, a landmark luxury hotel overlooking Boston's historic waterfront, guests indulged in a full course dinner featuring smoked fish, Duck Confit and Sauerbraten, followed by a dessert buffet provided by Konditor Meister.…...
Thursday, Oct 27, 2011
GABC tried something new with this event… After drinks, appetizers and introductions in a casual restaurant, attendees paired up in rows. Each person had 4 minutes to get to know the international professional sitting across the table. They could ask the other person questions about their job, or share info about their own company, product…...
Thursday, Sep 29, 2011
GABC was fortunate to get an audience with a special delegation from the Department of State's International Visitor Leadership Program: 3 leading journalists, an industrialist from Hamburg and an economist from Germany’s Bundesbank, here to cultivate transatlantic relations. Wanting to have a quasi-intimate discussion with member participation, attendance was limited to 40. An unusually candid…...
Tuesday, Sep 27, 2011
GABC Oktoberfest at the Sam Adams Brewery with German fare provided by Karl's Sausage Kitchen. With his great-great grandfather's recipe and a determination to hand-craft quality, flavorful beer, founder Jim Koch brewed his first batch of Samuel Adams Boston Lager® in his kitchen in 1984. Thus began the beginning of the brewery-- and a Boston…...
Saturday, Jul 30, 2011
On July 30, 2011, the GABC Board of Directors and their partners came together for a lighthearted Sommerfest dinner at the home of GABC Executive Director, Marian LeMay. Each July, the GABC Board of Directors votes on the slate of officers to serve for the next 12 months. This is a volunteer position which requires…...
Monday, Jun 6, 2011
The German American Business Council (GABC) concluded their speaking event season on June 6, 2011 with a Transatlantic Economic BANG! The session was held at and sponsored by Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP in Boston. Speakers Dr. Elisabeth Denison, Director of Deloitte's Corporate Development & Strategy department in Germany and Dr. Daniel Hamilton, Director of…...
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Roundtable discussion with guest speaker Matthias Wittenburg Commerzbank Corporates & Markets, Frankfurt, Germany. Who would have thought that the eruption of a volcano in Iceland could halt the Atlantic air traffic for a week or that a Japanese nuclear power plant could break down, resulting in a significant disturbance of supply chains? While disasters have…...
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
This event quickly sold out, as over 170 members of the European-American community joined friends and associates from the GABC for great socializing and networking in the beautiful mansion of the Goethe-Institut Boston. Guests enjoyed Bittenballen from Holland, Belgian waffles, meat pies from Britain, Swiss chocolates, and of course freshly made wursts from Boston's own…...
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
What are the special challenges when a German company (Merck KGaA) merges with a Massachusetts company with large operations in Alsace (Millipore)? Or when a Swiss company (Novartis) and a company in Texas (Alcon) join forces? If the companies merge, what's to be done with two HR departments, two different technology systems, two parallel sets…...