American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong elects Joseph Armas as its next chairman
- Armas, a managing director at Otis Elevator, will take the reins in 2022 amid ongoing tensions between China and the United States
- Election, which saw FedEx’s Geoffrey Siebengartner named vice-chairman, comes just days after it was revealed AmCham president Tara Joseph was stepping down
Joseph Armas, a senior executive at a leading elevator firm, will take the helm of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong next year as its new chairman amid ongoing tense relations between the United States and China.
The chamber selected Armas, Otis Elevator’s managing director for Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, to succeed Jessica Barlett, at its annual general meeting on Friday. Bartlett is director of financial crime legal for APAC at Barclays.
Geoffrey Siebengartner, managing director of FedEx’s Asia-Pacific government affairs, will take over as vice-chairman.
The new leadership team’s election comes just days after AmCham president Tara Joseph, who took on the role in February 2017, confirmed she would be stepping down next year.
Armas began his career with Otis in 2004 as a field manager in the US. Most recently, he led the company’s northern California operations as senior director and regional general manager before moving to Hong Kong in 2019.
