Mr. Ariel Guarco elected President of the International Cooperative Alliance

Mr. Ariel Guarco from Argentina has been elected president of the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA). The election took place at the ICA’s General Assembly, held in Malaysia. Mr Guarco is president of Cooperar, the Co-operative Confederation of Argentina, and has been a board member of the Alliance since 2013. Cooperar works with 67 co-operative federations, 5,000 co-operatives, and ten million members. The ICA-AP would like to congratulate Mr. Guarco for this achievement, and we look forward to working under his esteemed leadership.

Strong representation from Asia Pacific region at the Global Board and Sector and Thematic Executive Committees

Happy faces after the Global board election results are announced

The International Co-operative Alliance- Asia Pacific would like to congratulate the newly elected Global Board, Sector and Thematic Executive Committee members!

Global Board:

• Mr. Aditya YADAV, IFFCO, India; 
• Mr. Toru NAKAYA, JA-Zenchu, Japan; 
• Dato Kamarudin ISMAIL, Angkasa, Malaysia;
• Mr. Gregory WALL, Capricorn, Australia; 
• Mr. Kok Kwong KEK, SNCF, Singapore; and 
• Ms. Om Devi MALLA, NCF, Nepal
• Mr. Kim BYEONGWON nominated by Interantional Co-operative Agricultural Organization (ICAO)

Gender Equality Committee (GEC):

• Ms. Aarti BISARA, NCUI, India to the Executive Committee   

Consumer Committee Worldwide (CCW) 

• Mr. Eiichi HONDA to the Executive Committee of CCW

International Cooperative Fisheries Organization (ICFO)   

• Mr. T. Prasad Rao DORA, President, FISHCOPFED, India as Vice Chair 
• Mr. Nguyen Ngoc BAO, President, VCA, Vietnam as Vice Chair   

Coop International Housing Committee 

• Ms. Errum Sharif BHAIJI, Executive Women Wing, Karachi Cooperative Housing Societies Union Ltd as Board member