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ICCO

The International Communications Consultancy Organisation (ICCO) is the voice of public relations consultancies around the world. The ICCO membership comprises national trade associations in 32 countries across the globe: from Europe, Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australasia. Collectively, these associations represent over 2,500 PR firms.
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Executive Committee

ICCO Executive Committee is the highest management body of ICCO between the Board meetings. The President is the head of the Executive Committee, which also includes the immediate-past President and the Vice President, The Treasurer and the Chief Executive. It is the Executive body charged with implementing the strategy and the tasks determined by the Board at its regular half-an-year meetings. Executive Committee connects monthly by conference calls and meets in person every six months before the regular Board meetings. Working Committees Chairmen are also allowed to join conference calls or meetings of the Executive Committee by invitation of the President.

President

Grzegorz Szczepański

Treasurer

Alison Clarke

Past President

Nitin Mantri

Regional President Europe

Massimo Moriconi

Regional President Middle East

Ahmad Itani

Regional President Africa

Bridget Von Holdt

Regional President Asia Pacific

Caroline Hsu

Chief Executive

Andras Sztaniszlav

ICCO Ethics Chair

Christina Forsgård

International Growth Chair

Maxim Behar

Past President

Elise Mitchell

Past President

Jean-Leopold Schuybroek

Past President

David Gallagher

Sub Committees

Enlargement

Chair

Jean-Leopold Schuybroek

Co Chair

Nitin Mantri

Members

Member

Reto Wilhelm

Member

Ciro Dias dos Reis

Summit

Chair

Francis Ingham

Co Chair

Andrey Barannikov

Members

Member

​Isil Aridag

Member

Sari-Liia Tonttila

Member

Massimo Moriconi

​PR Innovations

Chair

Elise Mitchell

Co Chair

Dimitri Roulias

Members

Member

Michaela Benedigova

Member

Emine Çubukçu

Member

​Teresa Figueira

Member

Kresten Schultz Jørgensen

​Education and Training

Chair

Nitin Mantri

Co Chair

Jan Kučmáš

Members

Member

Nina Riibe

Member

David Gordon

Member

Rhona Blake

​Quality and Ethical Standards

Chair

Juergen H. Gangoly

Co Chair

Martin Petersson

Members

Member

Bridget von Holdt

Member

Grzegorz Szczepański

Member

Jan Kučmáš

​Awards

Chair

David Gallagher

Co Chair

Andrey Barannikov

Members

Member

John E Ehiguese

Member

Michaela Benedigova

General Manager

The General Manager is responsible for all aspects of the day-to-day running of the organisation, and assists the Chief Executive and the Board of Management in delivering the organisation’s services and member communications.

Chief Executive

The Chief Executive is the senior professional staff member of ICCO. He or she is responsible for the day-to-day running of the organisation as well as being the official spokesperson for ICCO and is a non-voting, ex-officio member of the ExCo and BoM.

Members

Member

Francis Ingham

Board of Management

The highest decision-making authority in the organisation, this body meets twice annually and is formed by representatives of all the national trade associations affiliated to ICCO. Each representative serves a maximum term of four years. In addition, a limited number of high-level representatives from major public relations firms or international networks may be appointed to the Board by the Executive Committee for a term of three years.

Past President

Elise Mitchell

Members

Member

Jenny Muir

Member

Tatevik Pirumyan

Member

Juergen H. Gangoly

Member

Erik Lenaers

Member

Ciro Dias dos Reis

Member

Alexander Dourchev

Member

Maxim Behar

Member

Judy Lewis

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Patrik Schober

Member

Kresten Schultz Jørgensen

Member

Marion Darrieutort

Member

Eka Zhvania

Member

Hanning Kempe

Member

Dimitri Roulias

Member

Andras Sztaniszlav

Member

Mari O’Leary

Member

Martin Slater

Member

Massimo Moriconi

Member

Asel Karaulova

Member

Peter Drent

Member

Lorena Carreno

Member

Israel Opayemi

Member

Nina Riibe

Member

Grzegorz Szczepański

Member

Teresa Figueira

Member

Gabriel Pâslaru

Member

Andrey Barannikov

Member

Jelena Šarenac

Member

Michaela Benedigova

Member

Bridget von Holdt

Member

Lee Nugent

Member

Patricia Vizcaíno

Member

Annika Sjöberg

Member

Reto Wilhelm

Member

Özge Uzun

Member

Omar Qirem

Member

Joanna Oosthuizen

Member

Alison Clarke

Member

Angela Oakes

Member

Francis Ingham

Member

Christina Forsgård

Member

Barbara Bates

Member

Elise Mitchell

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