GABC Leadership Award and Maifest Dinner

Peter Lefkin, Allianz accepting the 2024 GABC Leadership Award

Patrik Jonsson, President of Lilly USA, accepting 2024 Leadership Award on behalf of Eli Lilly and Company

Pictured from left: Patrik Jonsson (Eli Lilly & Company), Sandra Weeser, MP (German Bundestag), Anna Schneider (Volkswagen), Rep. Alma Adams (U.S. House of Representatives), Peter Lefkin (Allianz), Sen. Mike Braun (U.S. Senate), GABC Chair Laura Lane (UPS), GABC President and CEO Ulrich (Uli) Gamerdinger

H.E. Emily Haber receives the 2023 GABC Leadership Award, presented by Rep. William (Bill) Keating (MA-09), 2014 GABC Leadership Award Recipient

Jackie Hunt, Allianz Executive Board Member, accepting 2019 Leadership Award on behalf of Allianz

Alan MacDonald, Citibank Vice-Chairman, accepting 2020 Leadership Award on behalf of Citigroup, presented by Anna Schneider, Volkswagen & GABC Board Member (center) and Peter Beyer, MdB (right)

Rick LaBerge, HARIBO Chief Commercial Officer, accepting 2023 Leadership Award on behalf of HARIBO, presented by Candi Wolff, Citigroup & GABC Vice-Chair

Mike McDermott, Pfizer Chief Global Supply Officer and Executive Vice President, accepting 2022 Leadership Award on behalf of Pfizer, presented by Anna Schneider, Volkswagen & GABC Board Member (right) and Dr. Andrew Ullmann, MdB (left)

Stefan Oschmann, Merck CEO, accepting Leadership Award on behalf of Merck KGaA, presented by Lynn Taylor, GABC Honorary Chair (right) and Wolfgang Ischinger, Munich Security Conference Chair and former German Ambassador to the U.S. (left)

UPS CEO David Abney accepts GABC Leadership Award on behalf of UPS

Lisa Davis, Chair and CEO of Siemens Corp. USA, accepting 2018 Leadership Award on behalf of Siemens AG

2016 Leadership Award Recipients, from left: BMW, accepted by Ludwig Willisch, Rep. Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson, and Dagmar Freitag, MdB

GABC Leadership Award recipients, Senator Dan Coats (left) and Governor Phil Murphy (U.S. Ambassador to Germany 2009-2013)(right)

The Honorable Charlie Dent, 2018 Leadership Award Recipient

Dr. Norbert Röttgen, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the Bundestag, receiving Leadership Award in 2015

Laura Lane, GABC Chair Emeritus, accepts the 2025 Leadership Award from H.E. Jovita Neliupšienė (EU Delegation) and GABC Vice-Chair Anna Schneider (Volkswagen)

Jochen Hanebeck, CEO Infineon Technologies AG, accepts the GABC 2025 Leadership on behalf of Infineon Technologies AG from H.E. Jovita Neliupšienė (EU Delegation) and GABC Vice-Chair Anna Schneider (Volkswagen)

From left to right: H.E. Jovita Neliupšienė (EU Delegation), Laura Lane (Chevron), Uli Gamerdinger (GABC), Anna Schneider (Volkswagen), Congressman William Keating (U.S. House of Representatives) and Jochen Hanebeck (Infineon Technologies, AG)

From Left to Right: Jochen Hanebeck (Infineon Technologies), H.E. Petra Schneebauer (Austrian Embassy), H.E. Jovita Neliupšienė (EU Delegation), H.E. Georg Sparber (Embassy of Liechtenstein), H.E. Pjer Šimunović (Embassy of Croatia) and Michael Boll (Infineon Technologies)

Anna Schneider (Volkswagen), Uli Gamerdinger (GABC) and H.E. Jovita Neliupšienė (EU Delegation)

H.E. Pjer Šimunović (Croatia Embassy) and Nancy Ziuzin Schlegel (Lockheed Martin)

Bernd Hops (ams OSRAM), David Schultheis (Aurubis) and H.E. Petra Schneebauer (Austria Embassy)

GABC Leadership Award

GABC presents its annual Leadership Award to individuals, organizations and companies that show extraordinary leadership in their longstanding commitments to fostering a strong transatlantic partnership.

View Previous Leadership Award Recipients

THE 2025 MAIFEST AND LEADERSHIP AWARD DINNER took PLACE ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2025.

During the Maifest Dinner, the 2025 GABC Leadership Award was presented to Infineon Technologies AG, which was accepted by Jochen Hanebeck, Chief Executive Officer on behalf of the company and the second award was received by Laura Laura Lane, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer at Chevron and GABC Chair Emeritus.

GABC Leadership Award and Maifest Dinner

GABC Leadership Award

THE 2025 MAIFEST AND LEADERSHIP AWARD DINNER took PLACE ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2025.

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