Leadership

The Banking Commission is administered by a group of officers including a Chair, five Vice-Chairs and two Senior Technical Advisors, all appointed by the ICC Secretary General.

The officers and staff are as follows:

Chair

Kah Chye Tan

Kah Chye TAN

Global Head of Trade and Working Capital, Barclays Bank

Mr Tan was appointed as Chair of the ICC Banking Commission in September 2010. He is also a member of the WTO Trade Expert Committee. He has an undergraduate degree and an MBA from Dalhousie University in Canada and is married with two sons.

Vice-Chairs

Georges Affaki

Georges AFFAKI

Member of the Executive Committee and Global Head of Structured FinanceCIB Legal, BNP Paribas, -

Responsible for the Banking Commission’s

AREA 4: Legal & Compliance

This service line will be acting as general forum to member banks' legal and compliance departments in discussing topics of interest.

Daniel Schmand

Daniel SCHMAND

Head of Trade Finance & Cash Management Corporates EMEA, Deutsche Bank

Supervises the Banking Commission's

Area 2: Global Supply Chain Financing

This service line includes projects related to global supply chain financing, in particular the Bank Payment Obligation (BPO) project, and the drafting of guidelines in the fields of open account, factoring and forfaiting.

Dan Taylor

Dan TAYLOR

(US) Executive Director, TSS Global Market Infrastructures, J.P. Morgan

Supervises the Banking Commission’s

AREA 3: Global Regulatory

This service line will be dealing with the relationship with, or projects linked to the work of, international organizations susceptible to making overarching recommendations on key regulations.

Senior Technical Advisers

ICC appoints Senior Advisor to the Banking Commission

Steven BECK

Head Trade Finance, Asian Development Bank

Responsible for the Banking Commission’s

AREA 5: Risk & Asset Management

Credit insurance, assignments, standardization of credit documents, ECAs/MDBs).

Gary Collyer

Gary COLLYER

CEO, Collyer Consulting

Responsible for the Banking Commission’s

AREA 1: Traditional Trade Services:

Encompassing the traditional rule-making activities of the Banking Commission, in particular UCP, URDG, Collections, ISBP, Standbys, Opinions and DOCDEX.

ICC Secretariat Staff

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Thierry SENECHAL

Senior Policy Manager, ICC Banking Commission

Thierry Sénéchal is Senior Policy Manager of the Banking Commission at the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). Thierry has full responsibility for the rule-making and policy-making activities, including the research and market intelligence.

David Bischof

David BISCHOF

Policy Manager, Banking Commission

David Bischof supports the management of the ICC Banking Commission and supervises specific projects, including the establishment of the ICC Trade Finance Register project. Additionally, his current responsibility with ICC includes the implementation of the new Supply Chain Finance streamline, namely the new BPO rules.

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Paulina MARTINEZ

Project Coordinator, ICC Banking Commission

Paulina Martinez joined the ICC Banking Commission in 2012. She is responsible for the organization of the Commission's bi-annual meetings and provide support to new projects in the areas of supply chain finance and global regulation (including the ICC Trade Finance Register).

Whitney Fransch

Whitney JOLIVET

Assistant, ICC Banking Commission

Whitney Jolivet joined the banking commission in June 2005 and is in charge of all the administrative aspects of the commission, including the organization of the biannual meetings, query processing and communication, to mention a few.

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