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ICA People: Elected Officials and Staff

Sectoral Organisations: Chairperson and Secretary

International Co-operative Agricultural Organisation (ICAO) -- www.agricoop.org
Won-Byung Choi

Won-Byung Choi (Korea), President
Won-Byung Choi, Chairman of the National Agricultural Co-operative Federation (NACF) in Korea, was elected as President of ICAO at the ICAO General Meeting at Geneva, Switzerland in on 18 November 2009. He joined the agricultural co-operative movement in 1972 and had served as the president of the Angang agricultural co-operative in his hometown from 1986 until he was elected as Chair of the NACF in 2007. Also he is a member of ICA Board since 2008.

Sangcheol Kim (Korea), Secretary General
Contact: nacfico@nonghyup.com
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International Co-operative Banking Organisation (ICBA) -- www.icba.coop
Jean-Louis Bancel, ICBA President

President of Crédit Coopératif (France) He has a long association with the mutual insurance sector – he was CEO of Fédération Nationale de la Mutualité Française (FNMF) the apex body of French health mutuals, and before that, General Secretary of Groupement des Entreprises Mutuelles d’Assurance (GEMA). Jean-Louis was chairman of International Co-operative and Mutual Insurance Federation (ICMIF) development committee from 1999-2001 and served as ICMIF Chairperson for five years. He is currently a member of the ICA Board.

Contact: Sandrine Rodrigues
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Consumer Co-operatives Worldwide-- www.ica.coop/ccw

Anne Santamaki Anne Santamaki (Finland), Chairperson

Ms. Santamäki has been President of Eurocoop since 2006 and was elected the President of Consumer Co-operatives Worldwide (CCW) in November 2009. A member of the Executive Board of Co-operatives Europe and former Vice-President (2003-2006), she is also a Board member of SOK Association SOKL (Finland). Ms. Santamäki has been working with SOK Corporation in Helsinki, Finland, since 1990 where she is currently the Director of International Relations. Prior to this, she was responsible within SOK for sponsorship agreements and market awareness actions for the entire S Group, a leader in the retail market in Finland with a 42.4% market share. She has prior employment experience with the advertising agency Publicic, Finnish Railsand Nielsen. She has degrees in business and administration, and marketing management. Contact: Anne.Santamaki@sok.fi

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  Rodrigo Gouviea (Eurocoop), Secretary
Contact: rgouveia@eurocoop.coop

International Co-operative Fisheries Organisation (ICFO)-- www.ica.coop/icfo
Lee Jong Koo Lee Jong Koo (Korea), Chairperson
Mr. Lee Jong Koo is president of National Federation of Fisheries Co-operatives (NFFC) of Korea. He was elected as Chairperson of ICFO in November 2009. He was formerly the ICFO Vice-Chair.
  Park Kwang Bum (Korea), Secretary
Contact: iktus@korea.com
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International Health Co-operative Organisation (IHCO) -- www.ica.coop/ihco
Guisado José Carlos Guisado (Spain), Chairperson
Dr. Guisado is the President of Espiru Foundation of Spain. He also is the Chairperson of IHCO Europe. Contact: jcguisado@fundacionespriu.coop
  José Perez (Spain), Secretary

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International Co-operative Housing -- www.ica.coop/housing

David Rodgers David Rodgers (UK)

David Rodgers is the Executive Director of The Co-operative Development Society (CDS Co-operatives) in the United Kingdom. He was elected as President of ICA Housing in November 2009. Contac : d.rodgers@icahousing.coop Skype: david.rodgersica
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International Co-operative and Mutual Insurance Federation (ICMIF) -- www.icmif.org

Shaun Tarbuck Shaun Tarbuck (UK), Chief Executive
Shaun Tarbuck was appointed chief executive of ICMIF on 1 July 2005. He previously held the position of chief financial officer for six years. He has worked extensively on the report Valuing our Mutuality and its subsequent updates, particularly in the areas of demutualiszation, legislation and the financial data. He is also the chief executive of the recently set up Association of Mutual Insurers (AMI) in the UK which is currently writing its own corporate governance code for mutual insurers. He joined ICMIF in March 1995. Mr Tarbuck is a Chartered Accountant in the UK. Prior to joining ICMIF he worked for Coopers & Lybrand, Stoy Hayward and Templeton Life and held his own accountancy and consultancy practice specialising in insurance.
Contact: shaun@icmif.org


International Organisation of Industrial, Artisanal and Service Producers' Co-operatives (CICOPA) -- www.ica.coop/cicopa -- www.cicopa.coop


Rainer Schluter Javier Salaberria (Spain), Chairperson
Javier Salaberria from the Mondagon Group was elected President at CICOPA's World Conference held in conjunction with the ICA General Assembly in Caragena, Colombia in September 2005.
Contact:
javiersalaberria@hotmail.com
Bruno Roelants Bruno Roelants (Belgium), Secretary
Contact: bruno.roelants@cicopa.coop

Last Updated: 17 May 2011