In the run-up to the Munich Security Conference 2025, AmCham EU joined Freshfields to host an event focused on the impact of geopolitical conflicts on global investments, the implications of rising protectionism and the role of businesses in ensuring economic and national security. Opening the event, which took place on Thursday, 13 February, Malte Lohan, CEO, AmCham EU stressed the important role that the transatlantic relationship offers to both the competitiveness and security of the EU and US. 

Before the panel, Wolfgang Ischinger, President, Board of Trustees, Munich Security Conference Foundation gave a keynote speech. Joining the panel was John Harrison, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary and Member, Executive Committee, Airbus; Mara Karlin, Professor, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies; Koos Lodewijkx, Chief Information Security Officer, IBM; Udo Philipp, State Secretary, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Policy, The Federal Government of Germany; Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Chair, Subcommittee on Security and Defence, European Parliament. Beth George, Partner and Head, Strategic Risk Management Group, Freshfields moderated the discussions.Thanks to Freshfields for co-organising the event with us.