Governance
We are led by collaboration of our donors, organisations comprising the Alliance secretariat, and business partners.
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, Germany, Denmark, United Kingdom and Australia) as well as private sector representatives (Ardo VLM, BASF, Deutsche Post DHL, FCA Group, Maersk, UPS, Walmart).
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Gordana Delic-Radovic
Senior Policy Advisor |
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Steven Pope
Vice President of Trade |
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Paul Fekete
Senior International Trade Advisor |
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Shannon Ryan
Director, Trade and Development |
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Carl Christian Hasselbalch Minister Counsellor (Trade & Development) Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark |
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Amgad Shehata Senior Vice-President of Global Public Affairs & Strategic Development UPS |
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Allan Lerberg Jorgensen Lead Sustainability Advisor Social Impact Maersk |
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Tammo Strümpler Senior Policy Officer Division 111 – Trade Policy German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development |
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Andrew McCoubrey Deputy Director, Trade for Development UK Department for International Development / Department for International Trade |
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Sarah Thorn Senior Director Global Government Affairs Walmart |
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Alexander Perkins Senior Manager International Government Affairs FCA Group |
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Mark FeDuke Director of Trade Compliance and Policy ArdoVLM |
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Jochen Daechert Vice President BASF Global Customs |
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.