SMEs Leadership
Chair
Co-Chairs

Mary Andringa
Chair of the Board, Vermeer Corporation
With the caliber and depth of our members, the SME taskforce will deliver high impact recommendations that will boost growth…especially enabling for small businesses.

Bertram Kawlath
Managing Associate, Schubert & Salzer
Priority for SMEs must be given in international politics! Growth for SMEs should be fostered across borders, barriers have to be lowered cooperatively and wealth creation must be promoted.

Monique Leroux
President, International Cooperative Alliance; Chair of the Board, Investissement Québec; President & CEO, Desjardins Group
A sustainable and inclusive growth rests in strong SMEs, driven by innovation and skilled people. Our cross-thematic group will be committed to provide solutions.

Lynette Magasa
CEO, Boniswa Corporate Solutions Ltd.
I expect that through the taskforce dialogue we will come up with concrete recommendations and policy proposals in terms of creating constructive partnership between SMEs and large corporations.

Diane Wang
Founder & CEO, DHgate
More Private-Public Dialogue will be generated to facilitate trade, enable the access to finance and capacity building, so SMEs can eventually go global and become international.