Kihak Sung, Chairman, Youngone Corporation, was appointed as the new president of ITMF In place of Jaswinder Bedi. Sung is also the Chairman of Kofoti, IAF’s South Korean member association. Bedi will retain his position as the President of African IAF member Actif Africa, which held its annual Origin Africa Fair back to back with the ITMF conference.
The IAF is engaged in a project together with ITMF aimed at the reduction of audit fatigue and standard fatigue. Matthijs Crietee participated in a panel session at the ITMF conference together with ITMF, Gherzi and the Social Labour Convergence Project (SLCP).
A major part of the project involves the collaboration with SLCP, which has led to a SLCP Steering Committee seat shared by IAF and ITMF. And as part of the Origin Africa fair, Matthijs Crietee held a lecture on trade policy development in Europe, particularly Brexit and he moderated a panel comprised of potential buyers from the Kenyan and other African exhibitors. The discussion on learning points was set up by Actif Africa and World Bank.
