Leadership

The Worlds Essential Rule-Making Body for the Banking Industry


The Advisory Board - comprised of 10 Board Members, all senior executives from the industry or related fields. This Board responds to increased policy, regulatory and market requests for greater transparency and standardization of trade finance products.

The Executive Committee - comprised of 8 Officers, each supervising a specific line of service. This change at the very top of a commission was the occasion to add new Members in order to align the Commission's resources to new mandates and meet the aspirations of the renewed membership.


The ICC officially unveiled the new Advisory Board and Executive Committee on December 11th 2012. - ICC Press Release

Chair of the ICC Banking Commission

Kah Chye Tan

Kah Chye TAN

Chair, ICC Banking Commission

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.

Organization

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Advisory Board

  • Head - Daniel COTTI


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Daniel COTTI

Global Trade Executive, J.P. Morgan Treasury Services

Dani Cotti joined J.P. Morgan Treasury Services as Global Trade Executive, responsible for the day-to-day management and setting and executing the global strategy for J.P. Morgan’s global trade and supply chain, and export finance offerings.

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John AHEARN

Managing Director, Global Head of Trade, Global Transaction Services, Treasury and Trade Solutions Group, Citibank

He is currently responsible for the Trade Services and Financial Institution Services globally. Prior to joining Citi, he was with ABN AMRO for eight years, responsible for Financial Institutions and Head of Sales globally for the trade business.
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Georgina BAKER

Director of Trade and Supply Chain, International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Georgina Baker is the Director of Trade and Supply Chain for IFC. She is responsible for IFC's suite of trade and supply chain finance products, starting with the Global Trade Finance Program which is the IFC flagship trade program.

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Steven BECK

Head Trade Finance, Asian Development Bank

In the six years Steven has been with ADB he managed exponential growth of ADB’s trade finance business, now at over $4 billion in annual turnover, and initiated the ICC-ADB Trade Finance Default Register, which compiled and presented statistics to the Basel Secretariat arguing in favor of appropriate capital treatment for trade transactions under impending Basel III regulations.
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James EMMETT

Global Head of Trade & Receivables Finance, HSBC

James is responsible for HSBC's global trade and receivables finance business, which provides customers, from SMEs to multinationals, with the financing and risk mitigation solutions to meet their international and domestic trade requirements.

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Sara JOYCE

Executive Managing Director, International Financial Institutions and Trade Finance at BMO Financial Group

Sara Joyce was appointed Executive Managing Director, International Financial Institutions and Trade Finance at BMO Financial Group in May 2005. Ms. Joyce has responsibility for managing the Bank’s relationships with international financial institutions, and for development, management, sales and marketing of all trade related products and services, including supply chain finance.

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Cheng JUN

Global Head of Trade Services, General Manager of Corporate Banking of Bank of China Group

Mr. Chen Jun, Global Head of Trade Services, General Manager of Corporate Banking of Bank of China Group, is responsible for the strategic planning and development of trade finance business of the largest trade bank in the world.
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Ashutosh KUMAR

Global Head of Corporate Cash & Trade, Standard Chartered Bank

Ashutosh Kumar is the Global Head of Corporate Cash & Trade at Standard Chartered Bank. Based out of Singapore, he is responsible for delivering overall cash management and trade finance P&L, strategy and product development across Standard Chartered’s global network.

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Daniel SCHMAND

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

Daniel Schmand is Deutsche Bank’s Head of Trade Finance & Cash Management Corporates EMEA. He is located in Frankfurt and Munich. In addition to his responsibility for the EMEA region, he heads the Global Trade Finance Committee.

Jorge Tapia

Jorge TAPIA

Managing Director and Global Head of Trade, Export & Commodity Finance at Santander Global Banking & Markets

He first joined Santander in 1995, and has held various positions, including Head of Market Risk in Santiago de Chile, Head of Asset & Liability Management Control, and head of Wholesale Banking Risk Control. Before his current position Jorge was EMEA Head of Trade Finance and Export Finance.

Dan Taylor

Dan TAYLOR

Managing Director, Global Market Infrastructures, J.P. Morgan

Dan Taylor is Managing Director and Industry Issues Executive, Americas for J.P. Morgan’s Corporate and Investment Bank Global Market Infrastructures Group. Mr. Taylor coordinates the firm’s activity with industry associations, public policy authorities, international market infrastructures and other financial institutions; and a member of the Global Trade Management Committee.

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Pierre VEYRES

Global Head of Global Transaction Banking, BNP Paribas

Pierre Veyres is the Global Head for BNP Paribas Global Transaction Banking. He handles on a global basis the Global Trade Solutions, International Cash-Management, Corporate Deposit Line and Correspondent Banking, business lines active in more than 60 countries.

Executive Committee

  • Head - Dan TAYLOR


Dan Taylor

Dan TAYLOR

Managing Director, Global Market Infrastructures, J.P. Morgan

Dan Taylor is Managing Director and Industry Issues Executive, Americas for J.P. Morgan’s Corporate and Investment Bank Global Market Infrastructures Group. Mr. Taylor coordinates the firm’s activity with industry associations, public policy authorities, international market infrastructures and other financial institutions; and a member of the Global Trade Management Committee.

Georges Affaki

Georges AFFAKI

Member of the Executive Committee and Global Coordinator for Corporate Banking, CIB Legal, BNP Paribas

Georges Affaki is member of the Executive Committee and Head of Structured Finance, CIB Legal, BNP Paribas. Dr. Affaki is Associate Professor of law at the University of Paris II, guest fellow at the University of Oxford and visiting lecturer at Queen Mary, University of London, and at University Paris Dauphine.

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André CASTERMAN

Head of Corporate and Supply Chain Markets, SWIFT

André Casterman heads up SWIFT’s strategy and business development in the Corporate and Trade markets. His responsibilities cover payments and cash management, treasury, trade and supply chain finance.

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Neil CHANTRY

Global Head of Policy and Compliance, Global Trade and Receivables Finance, HSBC

Today, Neil is the Global Head of Policy and Compliance and Global Trade and Receivables Finance at HSBC. Neil has been a representative of the UK delegation to the ICC Banking Commission since 1994 and was a member of the eUCP Working Group.

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Rüdiger GEIS

Senior Product Manager for trade related issues within Financial Institutions of Commerzbank

Ruediger is an active member in various trade initiatives and headed the working group on the BAFT-IFSA Master Participation Agreement for Trade Transactions. He holds a Bachelor Professional of International Trade & Management (CCI) and is married with three children. Throughout his more than 20 years in banking Ruediger has played different functions in the area of international trade and business and has held various assignments within the bank in Frankfurt, Bahrain, and New York.

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Vincent O'BRIEN

Trade Finance Expert and currently Chair, ICC Banking Commission Market Intelligence

Vincent is a long standingmember of ICC Banking Commission and Chair of the ICC’s Education and Market Intelligence Group. He has been actively involved in trade finance for more than a quarter of a century and has delivered technical trade finance assistance in more than 70 countries.

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Vijay VASHIST

Global Head of Trade & Supply Chain Finance and Trade Asset Management in Global Transaction Services, DBS

He is responsible for developing product innovation, guiding market expansion and the investment agenda to drive growth across the bank’s extensive client base in Asia, as well as integrating the bank’s trade product offering in order to seamlessly serve its customers across all segments, from large corporate to SMEs.

Regional Banking Commission

  • Chair of MENA Region- Lakshmanan Sankaran


Lakshmanan Sankaran

Lakshmanan SANKARAN

Chair of the Regional Banking Commission MENA Deputy General Manager & Head of Operations & Trade Finance, Commercial Bank of Dubai, H.O.

Laxman’s responsibilities include managing Corporate Trade Sales & Advisory, Operations, and Products. Lakshmanan previously was Head of Operations for National Bank of Fujairah in Dubai and Head of Trade Finance at BNP Paribas, New Delhi.

Technical Advisors

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Nicole Anette KELLER

Vice President, KfW IPEX-Bank GmbH, Financial Institutions Trade & Commodity Finance

Currently Vice President, KfW IPEX-Bank GmbH, Financial Institutions Trade & Commodity Finance: Handling of forfaiting transactions, risk participations in trade finance instruments, support to compliance and risk management in connection with trade finance transactions, product management for trade finance instruments, commodity trade finance structures

David Meynell

David MEYNELL

Owner of TradeLC Advisory

David is the owner of TradeLC Advisory, a recently established trade advisory consultancy. He previously worked for Deutsche Bank in a number of international locations for more than 30 years in a trade career encompassing Operations, System Development, Sales and Product Management.

Donald Smith

Donald SMITH

Chair of the ICC Drafting Group for the Uniform Rules for Forfaiting and President of Global Trade Advisory Ltd.

Donald R. Smith has over 40 years’ experience in international banking operations and trade product management. He has been responsible for international operations for 4 banks including one of the worlds largest.

Banking Commission Secretariat

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Thierry SENECHAL

Senior Policy Manager, ICC Banking Commission

Thierry Sénéchal is leading 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).

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Thomas PARIS

Project Assistant, ICC Banking Commission

Thomas Paris joined the Banking Commission in 2012 and has since prepared the 2013 Global Survey entitled 'Rethinking Trade and Finance 2013' launched in Dubai last June. He has been heading the creation and administration of our communication platforms as well as assisting, drafting our official Press Releases and Reports.
Whitney Jolivet

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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