Office Holders 2012/13

International Coffee Council

Chairperson: Mr David Braun (Switzerland)
Vice-Chairperson:  H.E. Mr José Angel López Camposeco (Guatemala)

Private Sector Consultative Board (PSCB) 

Chairperson: Mr Ricardo Villanueva (Anacafé)
Vice-Chairperson: Mr Ric Rhinehart (SCAA)

Exporting Members (alternates in italics)
Colombian Milds:  Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia, Sociedad Exportadora de Café de las Cooperativas de Caficultores (EXPOCAFE), African Fine Coffees Association (AFCA)
Other Milds:  Asociación Mexicana de la Cadena Productiva del Café (AMECAFE), Asociación Nacional del Café (Anacafé)
Brazilian and other Natural Arabicas: Associação Brasileira da Indústria de Café (ABIC), Associação Brasileira da Indústria de Café Solúvel - ABICS, Conselho dos Exportadores de Café do Brasil (CeCafé)
Confederação da Agricultura e Pecuária do Brasil (CNA), Conselho Nacional do Café (CNC)
Robustas: Conseil du Café/Cacao (3C); Indonesian Coffee Exporters Association (GAEKI), Uganda Coffee Trade Federation (UCTF)

Consumer representatives
All Japan Coffee Association (AJCA), Coffee Association of Canada, European Coffee Federation (ECF), Institute for Scientific Information on Coffee (ISIC), National Coffee Association of USA (NCA), Russian Association of Tea and Coffee Manufacturers (Rusteacoffee), Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA), Speciality Coffee Association of Europe (SCAE)

Consultative Forum on Coffee Sector Finance

Chairperson: Ms Mary Estelle Rickman (USA)
Vice-Chairperson: Mr Rodolfo Trampe (Mexico)

Core Group for the Consultative Forum
Exporting Members: Brazil, Colombia, Côte d'Ivoire, Mexico
Importing Members: European Union, Switzerland and the USA
Ex-officio Member: Executive Director
Assisted by: Chairperson of the PSCB and four advisors: Marc Sadler (Team Leader, Agricultural Finance and Risk Management Unit, Agriculture and Rural Development Department, World Bank); Noemi Perez (Executive Director, Finance Alliance for Sustainable Trade); Silas Brasileiro (Executive Chairman, Conselho Nacional do Café, Brazil) and Nicolas Tamari (CEO, Sucafina SA) 

Projects Committee

Chairperson: Mr Juan Diego Stacey Chiriboga (Ecuador)
Vice-Chairperson: Ms Anna Tofftén (EU-Sweden)
Exporting Members: Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Indonesia, Kenya, Uganda and Vietnam
Importing Members: European Union, Switzerland and the USA

Promotion and Market Development Committee

Chairperson: Mr Andrea Illy (EU-Italy)
Vice-Chairperson: Mr Rodolfo Trampe (Mexico)
Exporting Members: Brazil, Cameroon, Colombia, Costa Rica, India, Indonesia, Mexico and Tanzania
Importing Members:  European Union, Switzerland and the USA

Finance and Administration Committee

Chairperson: Ms Ina Grohmann (EU-Germany)
Vice-Chairperson: Mr Aly Touré (Côte d'Ivoire)
Exporting Members:  Brazil, Colombia, Côte d'Ivoire, India, Mexico and Vietnam
Importing Members: European Union, Switzerland, USA

Statistics Committee

Chairperson: Mr Jawaid Akhtar (India)
Vice-Chairperson:  Ms Mary Estelle Rickman (USA)
Exporting Members: Angola, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Ghana, Guatemala, India and Indonesia
Importing Members: European Union, Switzerland and the USA

Virtual Screening Subcommittee

Chairperson: Executive Director
Exporting Members: Brazil, Côte d'Ivoire, Guatemala, Indonesia
Importing Members: European Union and the USA