Five new members elected to ICC Executive Board

ICC has announced the election of five new members to its Executive Board bringing a diverse range of experience to ICC’s work programme under the leadership of newly elected Chair Philippe Varin.

Mandated to serve a three-year term, effective 11 June 2024, the new members of the 27-member Board are:

• Jitka Haubova, Member of the board and Chief Operations Officer at Komercni banka (Czech Republic)
• Marcelo Elizondo, President, ICC Argentina (Argentina)
• Moulay Hafid Elalamy, Founder and Owner of the Saham Group (Morocco),
• Mark Nowitz, Leading Business figure and Director, Johannesburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry (South Africa),
• Zhang Xiaolun, Chair, China National Machinery Industry Corporation (SINOMACH) (China).

Marienne Coutinho, Partner KPMG (Brazil) has also been confirmed to serve a second term as a member of the ICC Executive Board.

Formal election of the leaders during the annual meeting of the ICC World Council on 11 June 2024 reflects ICC’s continuing commitment to diversity, both geographical and regional, as the world’s most inclusive business organisation.

The Executive Board is responsible for developing and implementing ICC’s strategy, policy and programme of action as well as for overseeing ICC’s financial affairs.

The ICC World Council also ratified the election of Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu Chair of ICC Türkiye and President of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB), as Chair of the ICC World Chambers Federation (WCF).

Outgoing Board members are Nayla Comair Obeid, who completed her mandate as ICC Vice Chair, Zabihullah Ziarmal (Afghanistan), Xu Niansha (China), Ralph Mupita (South Africa), Giampiero Massolo (Italy).