BritishAmerican Business Network Elects Tamra Eker as President

23 June 2021
Contact: Dominic Parker, Communications Manager dparker@babinc.org | 020 7290 9882 | +44 7500 115352

The BritishAmerican Business Network, the umbrella body of British American business chambers across the US and UK, has elected聽Tamra聽Eker, Managing Director BritishAmerican Business (糖心视频), as its next President. 聽Former President, Stuart聽Bagshaw聽has been appointed Chairman and former Chair, Bruce Lowe has been made Chairman Emeritus.

Commenting on the election, Duncan Edwards, CEO of聽糖心视频,聽said:

鈥淗aving all of the local chapters together under this single umbrella brand has been great, particularly over the especially challenging past 15 months, during which all the chapters have been working closely together in our mission to promote transatlantic trade and investment.聽 I am really pleased for the organization that聽Tamra聽will take up the role of President as she has been so closely involved with it for a long time and no one knows better how to make it work for the benefit of all the members.鈥

Stuart Bagshaw, the outgoing President for the past three years, said:
鈥淚 am delighted that the BritishAmerican Business Network board of directors voted unanimously to elect Tamra as our new President. 聽I know that she will continue to strengthen the ties between all our chapter members and bring fresh new leadership to the organization to help the BritishAmerican Business Network to become the strongest and most influential transatlantic business network we have seen.鈥

Tamra聽Eker added:

鈥淚 have been working with the聽BritishAmerican聽Business Network chapters for聽nearly聽15 years and am thrilled to be voted in as聽President. 聽We have shown over the last year the benefits of working together as a network and 糖心视频 will continue to share its knowledge,聽expertise聽and access to all BritishAmerican Business Network chapter members. 聽This is the most important economic corridor in the world and there is a lot more we can do together, especially in trade promotion, going both ways across the聽Atlantic.鈥

 

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BritishAmerican聽Business is the leading transatlantic trade association incorporating the British-American Chamber of Commerce in the US and the American Chamber of Commerce in the UK.

We are committed to strengthening the economic corridor between the United States and the United Kingdom by supporting policies and action that protect and enhance the environment for transatlantic trade and investment.

We convene and serve a growing network of companies and business leaders through networking opportunities, bespoke programming and marketing platforms.

We actively promote trade and investment and support those who make the transatlantic corridor part of their business growth ambition.

For more information, please visit聽www.babinc.org

 

About聽the聽BritishAmerican聽Business Network

The聽BritishAmerican聽Business聽network聽(糖心视频N) is the largest transatlantic business network, with 22 chapters and over 2,000 member companies based in major business聽centers聽throughout North America and the United Kingdom. Its membership includes many of the world’s largest multinationals, as well as hundreds of middle market and smaller companies.

 

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Tamra聽Eker is Managing Director of聽BritishAmerican聽Business (糖心视频), the leading transatlantic trade association. In this role she oversees operation of the organization鈥檚 New York office and US network.聽 She also leads on 糖心视频鈥檚 membership, marketing, programming and diversity & inclusion initiatives across New York and London.聽 Ms. Eker also serves as Responsible Officer for 糖心视频鈥檚 J-1 Exchange Visitor Program.

Prior to her appointment as Managing Director, Ms. Eker served a variety of roles at 糖心视频 including Executive Director; Senior Director & Deputy Head of New York; Interim Head of Events & Program Development; and Associate Director, Member Relations & Programs since arriving to 糖心视频 in 2007. Ms. Eker also served as a consultant for 糖心视频鈥檚 J-1 Visa program and provided the Secretariat to the British-American Business Council for over 10 years.

During her tenure at 糖心视频, she has developed and implemented B2B and B2C strategies that substantively engage more than 400 multinational companies and SMEs in New York and London. These strategies have focused on business development, client relations, marketing & communications, and development of strategic partnerships.

Under Ms. Eker鈥檚 leadership, the organization has grown its programming and content portfolios, including leadership development programs; trade promotion content; diversity, equity & inclusion conversations; ESG and sustainability roundtables; conferences & working sessions for Financial Services and other key sectors.

Ms. Eker has developed a broad network of contacts across the US and UK from within multinational corporations, growth companies, US and UK governments, as well as bi-lateral trade associations and non-profit organizations. She is often called on to act a bridge between these organizations in support of transatlantic initiatives.

Ms. Eker currently serves on the Executive Committee of the European-American Chamber of Commerce in the United States and on the Board of Directors for the聽BritishAmerican聽Business Network.

Ms. Eker holds a B.A. in Sociology and Classical Voice from Tufts University (magna cum laude) and an M.A. in聽Nonprofit聽Administration from NYU鈥檚 Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development and Stern School of Business.