Sue-Ellen Sousa

Aruba Chamber of Commerce & Industry

It is the objective of the Aruba Chamber of Commerce to stimulate and support sustainable entrepreneurship in order to achieve sustainable socio-economic growth for our island. The Chamber aims to accomplish this objective by helping to create favorable conditions that support the development of entrepreneurship. The focus areas of the Chamber are the entrepreneur, the business environment and innovation. The Aruba Chamber was assigned as the official representative body of trade & industry in Aruba by the Governor of Aruba in 1930. The Chamber provides solicited and unsolicited information and advice of a social, financial and economic nature to the Aruban Government and the Minister of Economic Affairs in particular. In addition to its advisory obligations, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry is also responsible for administering and supervising the Trade Registry and the Foundations Registry. The Aruba Chamber's day to day activities are supervised by a Board of Directors, consisting of 9 members, who are elected by the Aruban business community through a democratic system according to Aruban Law. The Chamber's organization consists of 19 full time employees headed by an executive director.