Steering group

Unusual in the world of international development initiatives, the Alliance puts public private sector collaboration truly at its heart with a steering group made up of representatives of both its donor governments and its business partners.

The steering group comprises a representative from each donor government (United States, Canada and Germany) as well as private sector representatives (Abbott Laboratories, Ardo VLM, BASF, Deutsche Post DHL, Toyota North America, UPS, Walmart).

Amgad Shehata Senior Vice-President of Global Public Affairs & Strategic Development UPS	David Lepage Deputy Director, Economic Relations and Strategy Division, Strategic Policy Branch Global Affairs Canada
Jochen Daechert Vice President of Global Customs BASF	Leila Aridi Afas Director of Global Public Policy Toyota Motor North America
Mark FeDuke Director of Risk Management and Regulatory Affairs ArdoVLM	Paul Fekete Senior International Trade Advisor USAID
Sarah Thorn Senior Director of Global Government Affairs Walmart	Stephan Bethe Head of division trade policy, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development BMZ
Steven Pope Head of Trade Facilitation (GoTrade) Deutsche Post DHL Group	Susie Hoeger Senior Director, Global Trade Compliance & Policy Abbott Laboratories

Management team

The Alliance is jointly led by the Center for International Private Enterprise, the International Chamber of Commerce and the World Economic Forum—in cooperation with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ).

Our management team, comprising the Alliance director and one deputy director from each organisation, oversees the day-to-day activities of the Alliance.

Philippe Isler Alliance Director World Economic Forum	Valerie Picard Alliance Deputy Director International Chamber of Commerce
José Raúl Perales Alliance Deputy Director Center for International Private Enterprise