Owen Appointed Secretary General of the Bureau International des Containers
took effect on October 1st 2016 following the retirement of Bertrand Geoffray after 9 years with the BIC. However, Geoffray will continue to work with the organization on special projects. Founded in 1933 as a neutral, non-profit organization under the auspices of the International Chamber of Commerce, the BIC today has over 2100 members in 120 countries. It continues to play an important role in containerized transportation, with its long-established and active role in the development of industry standards, its position as the industry’s global container prefix registry
ICC Appoints Ximena Tapias Delporte as Vice-Chair
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Ximena Tapias Delporte as Vice-Chair of the ICC Commission on Marketing and Advertising. Ms Tapias Delporte has been Executive Chairman of the Colombian Union of Advertising Companies (UCEP), a trade association representing advertising agencies and media in Colombia, for 22 years. She currently serves as President of the Commission of Advertising Self-Regulation of CONARP, the Colombian self-regulatory organization. In this capacity Ms Tapias Delporte is responsible for representing the rights and
