John W.H. Denton AO
Chair of the ICC Academy Board of Directors
Secretary General, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
John W.H. Denton AO became Secretary General of the International Chamber of Commerce in May 2018.
Mr Denton is a legal expert and adviser on global policy, international trade and investment and infrastructure. His advice is sought by Australia’s most prominent corporations and by governments and international bodies alike.
Mr Denton previously served on ICC’s Executive Board and in 2016 became the first Australian to hold the position of First Vice-Chair of the Paris-based organization.
Julian Kassum
Global Partnerships & Development Director, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
Linkedin ProfileJulian Kassum is Global Development Director of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). Mr Kassum oversees ICC’s global network of 90 National Committees and drives the development of ICC products and services in the areas of trade, arbitration and banking. He previously served as Executive Director of ICC Brazil and ICC Argentina, and Policy Manager in ICC’s Policy Department. Mr Kassum also worked as independent consultant for the World Economic Forum and legal counsel for the oil and gas company Total S.A. He is the author of The G20: A Business Guide (2012), co-editor of the ICC Ethics and Compliance Training Handbook (2013), and co-author of the In Search of the Brazil Dream: The Political Economy an Emerging Global Power (2014). A French, British and Canadian national, he is a graduate of Sciences Po in Paris.
Cherie Nursalim
Vice Chairman of GITI Group
An Executive Board member of the International Chamber of Commerce, Cherie Nursalim is Vice-Chairman of GITI Group, a diversified group with real estate development, manufacturing and consumer lifestyle presence partnering with world-renowned brands throughout the Asia Pacific region.
Ms Nursalim earlier worked as a research associate at the Harvard Business School. She published an award-winning book on an American-Chinese Architect, and was among the co-authors of a book ‘Indonesia Matters’ published by the World Economic Forum.
Ms Nursalim serves on the International and China Advisory Boards for Columbia University and MIT Sloan School of Management respectively. Chairman of the United Nations Global Initiative SDSN-SEA, she also serves on the Yale Center for Environmental Law Policy, the University of Indonesia Climate Change Center and Singapore Science Center boards. She is founding trustee of China Disabled Persons Foundation Board, China’s largest foundation, and is among the founding members of the Institute of Philanthropy Tsinghua University with China Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Global Philanthropic Circle with Synergos Institute in New York, and founded United in Diversity foundation.
The recipient of several international awards, Ms Nursalim received her Bachelor in Engineering Science and Economics from Oxford University, a Master’s in Business Administration from Columbia Business School and is World Economic Forum Young Global Leader alumni at Harvard Kennedy School.
Satvinder Singh
Assistant CEO, Enterprise Singapore
Linkedin ProfileSatvinder Singh has been Enterprise Singapore’s Assistant CEO since 1 November 2013. As the government agency driving Singapore’s external economy, IE Singapore spearheads the overseas growth of Singapore-based enterprises and promotes international trade.
Mr Singh advances Singapore’s strategic position as a global trading hub, by growing the marketplace of global traders in Singapore and enhancing the country’s trade services and policies. He also champions the international growth of Singapore’s SMEs as well as leads Singapore’s economic collaboration and trade with the Americas and Europe.
Mr Singh sits on the boards of the ICC Academy and SPRING Singapore (the government agency that helps Singapore enterprises grow). He is also a member of Nanyang Business School’s Nanyang MBA Industry Advisory Council.
Oliver Wieck
Secretary General of ICC Germany
Oliver Wieck has been Secretary General of ICC Germany since October 2013. From 2008-2013 he was Managing Director of the Foreign Economic Policy Department at the Federation of German Industries (Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie, BDI). He was responsible for formulating German industries’ position on international trade issues, TTIP, export finance and credit guarantees, foreign trade law and customs.
Until 2008 Mr Wieck was Executive Director of the German Committee on Eastern European Economic Relations (Ost-Ausschuss der Deutschen Wirtschaft). From 1991-1999, he served in various capacities within the BDI International Markets Department, with responsibilities for North and Latin America, the Middle East and Southern Asia, as well as for issues relating to foreign economic relations, export promotion and export controls.
Mr Wieck studied law at the University of Bonn and Düsseldorf, Germany, qualifying as an attorney in 1991.
Board of Directors
John W.H. Denton AO became Secretary General of the International Chamber of Commerce in May 2018.
Mr Denton is a legal expert and adviser on global policy, international trade and investment and infrastructure. His advice is sought by Australia’s most prominent corporations and by governments and international bodies alike.
Mr Denton previously served on ICC’s Executive Board and in 2016 became the first Australian to hold the position of First Vice-Chair of the Paris-based organization.
Julian Kassum is Global Development Director of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). Mr Kassum oversees ICC’s global network of 90 National Committees and drives the development of ICC products and services in the areas of trade, arbitration and banking. He previously served as Executive Director of ICC Brazil and ICC Argentina, and Policy Manager in ICC’s Policy Department. Mr Kassum also worked as independent consultant for the World Economic Forum and legal counsel for the oil and gas company Total S.A. He is the author of The G20: A Business Guide (2012), co-editor of the ICC Ethics and Compliance Training Handbook (2013), and co-author of the In Search of the Brazil Dream: The Political Economy an Emerging Global Power (2014). A French, British and Canadian national, he is a graduate of Sciences Po in Paris.
An Executive Board member of the International Chamber of Commerce, Cherie Nursalim is Vice-Chairman of GITI Group, a diversified group with real estate development, manufacturing and consumer lifestyle presence partnering with world-renowned brands throughout the Asia Pacific region.
Ms Nursalim earlier worked as a research associate at the Harvard Business School. She published an award-winning book on an American-Chinese Architect, and was among the co-authors of a book ‘Indonesia Matters’ published by the World Economic Forum.
Ms Nursalim serves on the International and China Advisory Boards for Columbia University and MIT Sloan School of Management respectively. Chairman of the United Nations Global Initiative SDSN-SEA, she also serves on the Yale Center for Environmental Law Policy, the University of Indonesia Climate Change Center and Singapore Science Center boards. She is founding trustee of China Disabled Persons Foundation Board, China’s largest foundation, and is among the founding members of the Institute of Philanthropy Tsinghua University with China Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Global Philanthropic Circle with Synergos Institute in New York, and founded United in Diversity foundation.
The recipient of several international awards, Ms Nursalim received her Bachelor in Engineering Science and Economics from Oxford University, a Master’s in Business Administration from Columbia Business School and is World Economic Forum Young Global Leader alumni at Harvard Kennedy School.
Satvinder Singh has been Enterprise Singapore’s Assistant CEO since 1 November 2013. As the government agency driving Singapore’s external economy, IE Singapore spearheads the overseas growth of Singapore-based enterprises and promotes international trade.
Mr Singh advances Singapore’s strategic position as a global trading hub, by growing the marketplace of global traders in Singapore and enhancing the country’s trade services and policies. He also champions the international growth of Singapore’s SMEs as well as leads Singapore’s economic collaboration and trade with the Americas and Europe.
Mr Singh sits on the boards of the ICC Academy and SPRING Singapore (the government agency that helps Singapore enterprises grow). He is also a member of Nanyang Business School’s Nanyang MBA Industry Advisory Council.
Oliver Wieck has been Secretary General of ICC Germany since October 2013. From 2008-2013 he was Managing Director of the Foreign Economic Policy Department at the Federation of German Industries (Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie, BDI). He was responsible for formulating German industries’ position on international trade issues, TTIP, export finance and credit guarantees, foreign trade law and customs.
Until 2008 Mr Wieck was Executive Director of the German Committee on Eastern European Economic Relations (Ost-Ausschuss der Deutschen Wirtschaft). From 1991-1999, he served in various capacities within the BDI International Markets Department, with responsibilities for North and Latin America, the Middle East and Southern Asia, as well as for issues relating to foreign economic relations, export promotion and export controls.
Mr Wieck studied law at the University of Bonn and Düsseldorf, Germany, qualifying as an attorney in 1991.