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WCF Chairmanship and General Council

Governance of the World Chambers Federation

Hamad Buamim, ICC World Chambers Federation Chair	President, Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry (United Arab Emirates)
Peter Mihok, ICC World Chambers Federation Honorary Chair	President, Slovak Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Slovakia)

General Council Members: Elected members

Michael Barnett	Chief Executive, Auckland Business Chamber (New Zealand)
Jérôme Bédier	Member in charge of International Affairs, Paris IDF Chamber of Commerce and Industry (France)
José Luis Bonet Ferrer	President, Chamber of Commerce of Spain (Spain)
Jay Byers	CEO, Greater des Moines Partnership (United States)
Dilip Dandekar	Former President, Indian Merchants Chamber (India)
Mihai Daraban	President, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania (Romania)
Victor Dosoretz	Past Permanent Director and Treasurer, Argentinean Chamber of Commerce (Argentina)
Peter Hill	Chair, Santiago Chamber of Commerce (Chile)
Toru Ishida	President, Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Japan)
Todd Letts	CEO, Brampton Board of Trade (Canada)
Brian Mikkelsen	CEO, Danish Chamber of Commerce (Denmark)
Mark Nowitz	Director, Johannesburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry (South Africa)
Vladimir Padalko	Vice-President, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation (Russia)
Sergio Papini	Vice-President for International Affairs, Brazilian Confederation of Trade and Business Association (Brazil)
Richard Schenz	Vice-Chair, Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (Austria)
Nora Senior	Past President, British Chambers of Commerce (United Kingdom)
Vincent Subilia	Director General, Geneva Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Services (Switzerland)
Volker Treier	Chief Executive of Foreign Trade and Member of Executive Board, Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (Germany)
Wouter van Gulck	General Manager, Federation of Belgian Chambers of Commerce (Belgium)
Izzet Volkan	Chair of the Board, Corlu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Turkey)

General Council Members: Co-opted members

Khalid Al Hajri	Board Member, Qatar Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Qatar)
Danela Arsovska	Past President, Macedonian Chamber of Commerce (Macedonia)
Gennadiy Chzyhykov	President, Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Ukraine)
Toki Mabogunje	President, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Nigeria)
Robert Mwesigwa Rukaari	President, Uganda National Chamber of Trade and Investment (Uganda)
Nathan Poplawsky	President, Chamber of Commerce, Services and Tourism of Mexico City (Mexico)
Rabih Sabra	Director General, Chamber of Commerce, Agriculture and Industry of Beirut and Mount Lebanon (Lebanon)
Kok Seng Vong	Vice-President, Macao Chamber of Commerce (Macao)
Pedram Soltani	Past First Vice-President, Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (Iran), Vice-President, CACCI

General Council Members: Transnational chambers

Francisco Herrero León	President, Association of Ibero-American Chambers of Commerce (AICO)
Samir Modi	President, Confederation of Asia Pacific Chambers of Commerce and Industry (CACCI)
Kevin Hin	Secretary General, Junior Chamber International (JCI)
Jianzhong Lu	Chairman, Silk Road Chamber of International Commerce (SRCIC)

Executive Committee Members

Yassin Al Suroor, WCF G20 Representative	ICC Vice Chair, Past Chair, ICC Saudi Arabia (Saudi Arabia)
Martin van der Weide, WCF International Certificate of Origin Council Chair	Policy Advisor on Origin, The Netherlands Chamber of Commerce (Netherlands)
Ruedi Bolliger, WCF World ATA Carnet Council Chair	Executive Director, Alliance of Swiss Chambers of Commerce (Switzerland)
Nicolàs Uribe Rueda, WCF Vice-Chair	President, Bogota Chamber of Commerce (Colombia)
Kiprono Kittony, WCF Vice-Chair	Past President, Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kenya)
Sheree Anne Kelly, WCF Vice-Chair	President and CEO, Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives (United States)
Adam Marshall, WCF Vice-Chair	Past Director General, British Chambers of Commerce (United Kingdom) (he has left British Chambers but is keeping his role as Vice Chair)
Hans-Jörg Schmidt-Trenz, Member of the WCF Executive Committee	Past CEO and Counsellor, Hamburg Chamber of Commerce (Germany)
Jianlong Yu, WCF Vice-Chair	Secretary General, China Chamber of International Commerce (China)

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WCF Chairmanship and General Council

Governance of the World Chambers Federation

General Council Members: Elected members

General Council Members: Co-opted members

General Council Members: Transnational chambers

Executive Committee Members

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