The 212th world council of the International Chamber of Commerce was held in Mexico on June 14. The Council unanimously elected its Vice-Chair Maria Fernanda Garza as the first woman chair of ICC for a two-year term from July 1 to June 30.
Maria is the CEO of Orestia, a manufacturing home improvement solutions company that exports to the USMCA region, Latin America and Asia and was the chair of ICC Mexico from 2014 to 2020, according to a press release.
The council also elected Philippe Varin as the first vice-chair of ICC, who is the chair of ICC France; Prof Dr Nayla Comair-Obeid, partner, Obeid Law Firm in Lebanon; and Harsh Pati Singhania, vice chair and managing director of JK Paper Ltd in India as vice-chairs of ICC.
ICC Bangladesh President Mahbubur Rahman, Vice President AK Azad and Secretary General Ataur Rahman attended the council virtually.