Trade & Investment Leadership

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Emma Marcegaglia has been President of BUSINESSEUROPE since July 2013 and is Chairman and CEO of Marcegaglia Holding S.p.A. and of Marcegaglia Investments Srl, the holding company of diversified activities of the group.

She is Chairman of ENI since May 2014, Chairman of Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) since November 2014 and President of Luiss Guido Carli University since July 2010. 

Mrs Marcegaglia was President of Confindustria from May 2008 until May 2012.   

She sits on several boards and holds a Degree in Business Administration, with first class honours, at the Bocconi University in Milano and a Master in Business Administration at the University of New York.

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Loïc Armand holds a degree in economics and is a graduate of the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (1975) and the Ecole Nationale d’Administration (1980).

Mr Armand is currently President of L’OREAL France, the French subsidiary of L’OREAL Group  as well the Group Senior President for Institutional Affairs. He began his career in 1980 with the Inspection Générale des Finances, in the ministry of Finances, before joining L'OREAL Group in 1984 as sales representative for LaScad (L’OREAL Division) then marketing product manager for L'OREAL in France.

He was appointed to head the L’OREAL mass-market division in Belgium in 1987 and went on to work as Country Manager for L'OREAL Mexico in 1990. In 1995, Loïc Armand left for Japan to establish L’OREAL Group Company in this country and to become its first CEO.

He returned to France as Group Company Secretary in 2001. Mr Armand was appointed senior Vice President External Affairs in 2003 and was named President of L'OREAL France in 2009.

Loïc Armand is the President of the European Cosmetics Association ( Cosmetics Europe) and a board member of the Fédération des Entreprises de la Beauté (FEBEA). He is also Vice President of the French Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce and Vice President Western Europe of the World Federation of Advertisers (WFA). Other responsibilities include Vice President of the French Advertisers' Association (UDA), and President of the European Committee of MEDEF.

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Jack Ma is the lead founder and, since May 2013, has served as executive chairman of Alibaba. From its founding in 1999 until May 2013, Jack served as chairman and chief executive officer. He is also the founder of the Zhejiang-based Jack Ma Foundation.

Jack currently serves on the board of SoftBank Corp., a Japanese corporation listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. He is also a member of the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum, chairman of the Zhejiang Chamber of Commerce, as well as chairman of the China Entrepreneur Club. In January 2016, he was named a Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) advocate by the United Nations. In September 2016, he was named special adviser of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) for Youth Entrepreneurship and Small Business, which holds the rank of assistant secretary-general of the United Nations.

Jack graduated from Hangzhou Teacher's Institute with a major in English language education.

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Jamal Malaikah is the President and Chief Operating Officer of The National Petrochemical Industrial Co. (NATPET)

Jamal Malaikah holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Management with a Major in Business Economics from King Fahad University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM). 

Jamal Malaikah has held various senior management positions in Petrochemical Industrial sector. He has a wide range of working experience with major international companies such as Copak Egypt, Saudi Carton Company, a subsidiary of Savola and Xenel Industries Limited.

Prior to the current role, Jamal was the Vice President, Marketing and Sales at NATPET and since then he has been instrumental in shaping the organization into one that has achieved many milestones and is now operating a petrochemical complex in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia, to produce 400,000 MT/Y of Propylene and Polypropylene.

Under his leadership NATPET was honored with King Khalid Saudi Responsible Competitiveness Award - 2014 for bold leadership, effective management systems, creative teamwork and ability to build social and environmental concerns into all their operations. 

Beside above, he is Director of Board for Al Ahli Takaful Company, a Saudi Public Company since 2013 and Petrochemical Manufacturers Committee (PMC) from 2011.

NATPET is a member of Gulf Petrochemical and Chemical Association (GPCA).

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Sunil Bharti Mittal became Chairman of ICC on 15 June 2016. Mr Mittal is the Founder and Chairman of Bharti Enterprises, one of India’s leading conglomerates with diversified interests in telecom, insurance, real estate, agri and food, besides other ventures.

Bharti has joint ventures with several global leaders: Singtel, SoftBank, AXA, and Del Monte, among others. Bharti Airtel, the group’s flagship company, is among the world’s largest telecommunications companies, offering mobile, fixed broadband and digital TV solutions to over 350 million customers across India, South Asia and Africa. 

Mr Mittal is a recipient of the Padma Bhushan, one of India’s highest civilian honors, awarded to individuals for demonstrating distinguished services of high order.

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Alexey Mordashov was born in 1965. He earned his undergraduate degree from the Leningrad Institute of Engineering and Economics. Alexey Mordashov also holds an MBA degree from Newcastle Business School of Northumbria University (Newcastle UK). Alexey was granted an honorary doctorate from the Saint-Petersburg State University of Engineering and Economics in 2001 and from the University of Northumbria in 2003.

Alexey Mordashov joined Severstal in 1988. Starting his career as a senior economist, Alexey became Chief Financial Officer of the company in 1992. In December 1996, he was appointed as Severstal’s Chief Executive Officer. Between 2002 and 2006, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Severstal Group and was Chairman of Severstal’s Board of Directors. From December 2006 to December 2014, Alexey Mordashov has been Chief Executive Officer of Severstal. From December 2014 till May 2015, Alexey served as CEO of AO Severstal Management - managing organisation of PAO Severstal. Since May 2015, Alexey Mordashov is Chairman of the Board of Directors of PAO Severstal. Alexey Mordashov also holds the post of Chief Executive Officer of Severgroup, a private investment company, focusing on long-term investments and management of Alexey Mordashov’s assets in various industries.

Alexey Mordashov holds positions in various Russian and international public organizations, including  the Russian-German Chamber of Commerce, the World Steel Association, the Entrepreneurial Council of the Government of Russian Federation, the Non-Profit Partnership Consortium “Russian Steel”, and the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs’ (RSPP).