28.11.2022
The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB) President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu has been re-elected for the years 2023-2024 as the Vice President of the Confederation of Asia-Pacific Chambers of Commerce and Industry (CACCI), which he has held since 2014.
At the council meeting
held in Melbourne, Australia, Hisarcıklıoğlu was re-elected as Vice President,
while the current President Samir Modi handed over his duties to Peter Mcmullin
from Australia.
Confederation of
Asia-Pacific Chambers of Commerce and Industry (CACCI) was founded in Taiwan in
1966 by 10 national chambers of commerce.
The Chambers
Associations of 28 countries are members of CACCI: Australia, Papua New Guinea,
New Zealand from the Australian Continent, Hong Kong from East Asia, Japan,
South Korea, Mongolia, Taiwan, the Russian Federation, Brunei, Cambodia,
Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam from Southeast
Asia, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka from South Asia,
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkey from Central Asia.
The Confederation of Asia-Pacific Chambers of Commerce and Industry is the
Asia-Pacific Region's largest business organization, covering 40% of the
world's population and 23% of the world economy.
It represents around 3
million companies from 28 countries. Its aim is to bring together the business
worlds of the member states in the Asia-Pacific region to contribute to the
development of their economies.