American Chamber of Commerce In New Zealand
1. Business / Trading Name:
American Chamber of Commerce In New Zealand Incorporated (known as AmCham)[1]
2. Incorporation Number:
216851
3. NZBN:
9429042574477
4. Entity Type:
Incorporated Society
5. (CO) Business Classification:
none
6. (LI) Industry Category:
International Trade & Development
7. Year Founded:
1964
8. Addresses:
AmCham is a virtual organisation with no physical office
Registered Office Address: 95 Esperance Road, Glendowie, Auckland, 1071
Postal Address: P O Box 106 002, Auckland Central, Auckland, 1143
9. Website URL:
https://www.amcham.co.nz
10. LinkedIn URL:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/american-chamber-of-commerce-in-new-zealand-inc/
11. Company Hub NZ URL:
None, as not a company
12. NZ Companies Office URL:
13. Social Media URLs:
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/p/AmCham-New-Zealand-100064764728436/
14. Ultimate Holding Company:
Member of the United States Chamber of Commerce (regarded as the largest trade organisation in the world)[2], and the largest lobbying group in the United States[3]. Through this membership, AmCham NZ has “liaison relationships with all Chambers in the United States and more than 116 AmCham offices in 103 countries abroad, including the influential Asia Pacific Council of American Chambers of Commerce”.[4]
15. Key Shareholders:
Members rather than shareholders
16. Leadership/membership:
Patron, Ambassador Tom Udall
President, David Hook IBM New Zealand Ltd
Vice President, Eric Mahoney, Castle Point Funds Management
Immediate Past President, Jonathan Mason, Zespri International & US NZ Council
Treasurer, Stephen Titter, Hahei Consulting Ltd
Director, Kevin Short, Lockheed Martin New Zealand
Director, Ada Echetebu, Norris Echetebu Law
Director, Derek Syme
Director, Sirma Karapeeva, Meat Industry Association of New Zealand (Inc)
Director, Bridget Coates, Centre for Sustainable Finance
Director, Sarah Salmond, Minter Ellison Rudd Watts
Director, Cameron Taylor, EY Law Ltd
Director, Amy Malcolm, Auckland University of Technology
Director, Arron Sands, Buckley Systems Ltd
Director, Emma Bessey, Microsoft New Zealand Ltd
Director, Jyoti Rauniyar, Merck Sharpe & Dohme (New Zealand) Ltd
Director, Mark Crawford, KPMG
2024/5 AUT Student on AmCham Board, Juan Monge, AUT
Executive Director, Mike Hearn, American Chamber of Commerce in New Zealand Inc.
Legacy, Diversity & Inclusion Committee:
Chair - Ada Echetebu, Partner, Norris Echetebu Law
Jonathan Mason, AmCham President
Sarah A. Weersing, Special Counsel, Hudson Gavin Martin and Chair of the AmCham Women's Committee
Pranay Singh, Norris Echetebu Law, Chair of the AmCham NextGen Committee
Chair - Sarah A. Weersing, Hudson Gavin Martin
Deputy Chair - Leanne Cheesman, United Airlines
Secretary - Brittené Vinnett, Norris Echetebu Law
Deepika Jindal, University of Auckland
Mary De Fraites, PwC
Pranay Singh, Chair, Norris Echetebu Law
Eric Crowley, Deputy Regional Senior Commercial Officer and Commercial Consul, Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Island Countries
Ada Echetebu, Attorney & Partner, Norris Echetebu Law
Mat Rowe, Founding Partner, Outset Ventures
Pau Medrano, Investment Director, Uniservices
Jason Herbert, Customer Navigator, Callaghan Innovation
Rees Ward, CEO, Bridgewest New Zealand
Joshua Tan, Executive Director, Export New Zealand
Janet Coulthart, Commercial Specialist, U.S. Commercial Service
Jonathan Watt, Commercial Specialist, U.S. Commercial Service
Mike Hearn, Executive Director, AmCham
Jyoti Rauniyar, Committee Chair - Head of Market Access, Merck Sharpe & Dohme (New Zealand) Ltd
Michael Simmonds, Director ANZ, Health Economics & Government Affairs at Boston Scientific
Ron Grasso, Head of Government Relations Australia & NZ, Thermo Fisher Scientific Australia
Craig Glover, Policy & Government Relations Lead, Assoc. Director, Merck Sharp & Dohme (New Zealand) Ltd
Penny Tucker
17.a. Staff / Members with previous government roles:
Jonathan Mason – directorships at Air New Zealand, Professorship at Auckland University
Kevin Short
Amy Malcolm (AUT and Auckland Uni)
Deepika Jindal (Auckland University)
Mat Rowe (University of Auckland)
19. Clients:
Members subscribe. (see constitution on website)
“Key Supporters”: (from website) 3M; HSBC; EY; IBM; Google; Minter Ellison Rudd Watts; Lockheed Martin; REB; Pfizer; Microsoft; The VMG Group; PPG; Fonterra; Norris Echetebu Law; United Airlines; inspire; Citibank; DHL; Amazon; ATPI; IBM; KPMG; ANZ; Marsh; AUT University; New Zealand Foreign Affairs and Trade; IronsideMcDonald;
19.a. Industries/Sectors Represented:
“AmCham’s events programme gives members the chance to network with over 10,000 fellow members representing diverse businesses.” (website)
20. Publicly Disclosed Engagements:
21. Affiliations:
See Ultimate Holding Company
NZ Trade and Enterprise
MFAT
New Zealand Embassies
22. Sponsorships / Collaborations:
DHL Express & United Airlines sponsor annual awards as well as silver sponsors: ANZ Bank, Auckland International Airport, Insprie Labs, Ironside McDonald IP, Lockheed Martin and Sweeney Vesty.
The ‘Supreme Winner’ of the 2025 awards “receives US$5,000 of consultancy services from SweenyVesty and key introductions to key contacts in the USA including VC's, Regional Economic Development Agencies, and others.”[5]
23. Events (held or organized by this organization):
· misc. events, see: https://www.amcham.co.nz/events
· Annual Success and Innovation Awards
24. Political Donations:
25. Controversies:
26. Other Information of Note:
Emails between 2011 and 2016 show evidence AmCham lobbying for TTP
[1] https://app.businessregisters.govt.nz/sber-businesses/viewInstance/view.html?id=229a78e05307b6d8bf1b29667f00cb17906695bb67d2e201&_timestamp=1353183579507416
https://www.amcham.co.nz
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Chamber_of_Commerce
https://www.amcham.co.nz
[5] https://www.amcham.co.nz/2025-Awards
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