Robert F Grondine, a partner in the Tokyo office of White and Case was recently named chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan.
Mr Grondine, an ACCJ member since 1982, has served in the Chamber in a number of leadership roles, including Chair of the 50th anniversary committee, Vice President and President in 2000 and 2001. This is his second appointment as Chairman on the ACCJ, after previously serving as the first ACCJ Chairman in 2002.