For companies interested in becoming partners with the American Chamber of Commerce in Kuwait and our mission, we offer a Chairman’s Club membership, which includes all of the benefits of the regular Membership plus:
- 10 additional complimentary tickets for a general meeting (excluding special events) that can be used throughout the 12-month membership year.
- The company must qualify as a Corporate Executive or Corporate Associate to apply for a Chairman’s Club Membership.
- Priority for sponsorship of events, sponsorship bundles available, and special promotional opportunities.
- Logo featured on signature blocks, website, and newsletter at all times, and much more.
Annual Membership Fee: 2000 KWD per year
Regular Benefits include:
- Eligibility to vote in the Board of Directors elections.
- Included in the AmCham Kuwait electronic mailing list.
- Can be appointed to a Board of Director position vacated during the year, upon election by the board of directors.
- Attendance and invitation to Corporate member-only events.
- One free attendance for each corporate member to a General Meeting within the membership year.
- Each Corporate Executive Member may designate individuals who shall be registered with AmCham Kuwait as their company members. Ten (10) for Corporate Executive Membership and ten (10) for Corporate Associate Membership. These designated members can be changed without a charge should the employee leave the company or change within the company. The designated members do not necessarily have to be U.S. citizens, as long as they are employed by the Corporate Member.
- Opportunity to introduce yourself and your company to our members during one of the general meetings.
- High-profile sponsorship opportunities at AmCham Kuwait events.
- Invitation to members’ only events.
- Access to AmCham Kuwait's General events throughout the year at a member’s price with priority online event registration through the website.
- AmCham Kuwait will distribute information about your company to the members when requested at a general meeting or electronically to our database.
- Ability to offer a high-profile company speaker for an AmCham Kuwait event to promote your company and services.
- The Company Logo and website link are always present at the bottom of the AmCham Kuwait website in a scrolling banner.
- One-month advertisement on the AmCham Kuwait website in the “Corporate Member Spotlight” section upon joining.
- Highlighted as a Corporate Member on the AmCham Kuwait website.
- Reports from our Corporate members on improvements or changes to policies may be used to submit information to the Kuwait Ministries to improve the business environment (i.e. Labor Law, Corporate Taxation, rules for participating as international vendors to the Central Tenders Committee, Bilateral Trade, and others).
- Opportunity to share member-to-member discounts and offers.
- Sponsorship opportunities at high-profile events.
- Opportunity to receive discounts offered by AmCham Kuwait Corporate members. Benefits from being part of AmCham MENA, and can attend regional conferences.
- Will be able to receive announcements and information related to GCC business issues and various local social events.
- Networking opportunities with key government and industry officials such as Ambassadors, Commercial Officers, President’s, CEO’s, Managing Directors, VPs, Directors, Military Attaches, and State Department officials
Access to participate in AmCham Kuwait Focus Groups with various topics such as:
- Banking & Finance (BF) – Chair: Ammar Boumajdad
- Defense, Safety & Security (DSS) – Chair: Doug Hurst
- Disabilities: Omar Ben Naji
- Education – Chair: Sam Jauhari
- Energy – Chair: Fred Shuaibi
- Food & Beverage / Fast Moving Consumer Goods (F&B/FMCG) – Chair: Talal Al Wazzan
- Healthcare – Chair: Tamer El-Sallab
- Hospitality, Travel & Tourism (HTT) – Chair: Mohamed Najia
- Human Resources (HR) – Chair: Mohammad Abu Al-Rob
- IT/Cyber-Security – Chair: Alaeddine Karim
- Knowledge Economy – Chair: Omar Ben Naji
- Legal – Chair: Omar Handoush
- Logistics – Chair: Pete Swift
- Women in Business (WIB) – Chair: Dr. Arezou Harraf