ICC has announced the election of five new members to its 27-member Executive Board
ICC has announced the election of five new members to its 27-member Executive Board: Arancha Gonzalez (Spain), Dean of the Paris School of International Affairs at Science Po Paris, Patricia Nzolantima (Republic Democratic of Congo), Founder and Chair of Bizzoly Holdings, Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, President of TOBB (Türkiye), Chair of ICC Türkiye, Omolara Ololade Akanji (Nigeria), Former Director General Trade and Exchange at Central Bank of Nigeria, and Independent Director on the Board of Sterling Bank Plc and Interswitch, and Cameron McKenzie (Puerto Rico), President of the Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce.
The leaders were formally elected during the annual meeting of the ICC World Council on 20 June 2023. Each will serve a three-year term effective 20 June 2023.
The recent additions to ICC Executive Board bring further diversity with 48% women representation on the Board, a first for the organisation, surpassing its target of at least 40%. The new Executive Board also scores high on regional diversity with five members from Africa, five from the B-MENA region, eight from Europe, five from Asia and four from the Americas.
The Executive Board is responsible for developing and implementing ICC’s strategy, policy and programme of action as well as for overseeing the financial affairs of ICC. It is vested with all the necessary powers to fulfill these objectives.
During the World Council meeting Shinta Kamdani, CEO of Sintesa Group (Indonesia), Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim bin Mohammed Al-Thani, Chairman ICC Qatar (Qatar), Valentina Mintah, CEO, West Blue Consulting (Ghana), Dario Gallina, President, Torino Chamber of Commerce (Italy) were all also elected to serve on the ICC Executive Board for a second term.
More information:
https://iccwbo.org/news-publications/news/icc-elects-five-new-members-to-the-executive-board/
