DHAKA, Oct 14, 2023 (BSS) - Maria Fernanda Garza, Chair of International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the world business organization, arrived in the capital today on a three-day visit.

Maria has been elected as the Chair of ICC, Headquarters in Paris for a two-year term from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2024. She is also a part of the group of advisors and leaders of the B20 and the United Nations Internet Governance Forum.

During her stay in Dhaka, she will call on Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi, meet FBCCI President and business leaders, hold a meeting with ICC Bangladesh executive board members at ICC Bangladesh secretariat, said a press release.

Maria is a business leader, strong advocate of business ethics, board member of several business organizations. For ten years, she was Mexico's Employer Delegate to the International Labour Organization Conference and was appointed as vice chair of Employers' at the 98th Session of the International Labour Organization (ILO).

She is a Mexican business woman, is CEO of Orestia, a manufacturing home improvement-water solutions company, with exports to USMCA region, Latin-America and Asia. Her interest in improving the business environment made her a prominent business leader at a young age. She is one of the Board members of Mexico's leading business organizations such as COPARMEX, CCE, ALIARSE, among others.