Governance

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 and Denmark) as well as private sector representatives (Abbott, Ardo VLM, BASF, Deutsche Post DHL, Stellantis, UPS, Walmart).

Amgad Shehata Senior Vice-President of Global Public Affairs & Strategic Development UPS	David Lepage Senior Policy Advisor, Economic Relations and Strategy Strategic Policy Branch Global Affairs Canada
Jochen Daechert Vice President BASF Global Customs	Mads Thuesen Lunde Minister Counsellor (Economic and Commercial Affairs/WTO) Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark
Mark FeDuke Director of Trade Compliance and Policy ArdoVLM	Paul Fekete Senior International Trade Advisor USAID
Sarah Thorn Senior Director Global Government Affairs Walmart	Steven Pope Vice President of Trade Deutsche Post DHL Group
Susie Hoeger Senior Director, Global Trade Compliance & Policy at Abbott Laboratories	Tammo Strümpler Senior Policy Officer Division 111 – Trade Policy German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

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.