About Global Chamber

Your first call in a market you do not know yet.

A regional desk is the person who knows which door to knock on, who is worth your time, and what will go wrong before it does. Every region has one — and one membership reaches all of them.

Why it matters to you

What a desk is actually for.

What a desk is for

Local knowledge, without a local subsidiary.

Before you register an entity, hire a country manager or put anyone on a plane, the desk tells you what the market actually looks like from inside it — including the parts nobody writes down.

How it works in practice

One introduction beats six months of research.

Desks are run by leaders who live and work in the region. They connect members to the chapters, the executive directors and the businesses that matter for the specific thing being attempted.

Where they reach

The desks divide the whole map between them.

Nothing falls between two maps and no region is somebody’s spare responsibility. Wherever you are headed next, it is already somebody’s region.

How the world is divided

Every one of these is somebody’s region.

  • North America

  • Latin America + Caribbean

  • Europe

  • Africa

  • Middle East and GCC

  • Central Asia ex China

  • China

  • East Asia and Australia

Going somewhere specific? Search your own metro and it will tell you, by name, who is already there.

The desks

Who covers your region.

Country and regional leads — the first call when a member is moving into a new market.

Kassoum Coulibaly

Kassoum Coulibaly

Regional Desk Director, Africa

Africa

Kassoum Coulibaly is a global thought leader, systems architect, and entrepreneur in inclusive economic development, gender equality, and innovation. With more than two decades of executive experience designing and implementing systems that drive entrepreneurship, social and digital transformation, and sustainable economic growth, he serves as Regional Desk Director, Africa, connecting leaders and growing firms to opportunities across the continent while advancing lasting economic impact throughout Africa and globally.

Neema Mleli

Global Chamber® Dar es Salaam

Africa

Aparna Ranadive

Global Chamber® Mumbai

Central Asia ex China

Maimun Mustafa

Global Chamber® Dhaka

Central Asia ex China

Fuhua 'Roger' Ni

Global Advisor

Shanghai

Fuhua 'Roger' Ni is a distinguished lawyer, arbitrator, and mediator based in Shanghai with extensive experience in international dispute resolution and commercial law. He is the Founding and Managing Partner of Shanghai Zhenchen Law Firm and holds a Master of Laws from both Emory University School of Law and East China Normal University.

Bowei (William) Zhu

Executive Director

Shanghai

William is a results-driven leader based in Shanghai with international experience across product management, operations, and business development. He has a proven ability to lead end-to-end initiatives, translate customer and stakeholder needs into executable solutions, and drive delivery through cross-functional and cross-cultural teams.

Todd Cornell

Cultur668

China

Abdelhak Benkerroum

Eastheimer

China

Katie Keith

Global Chamber® London

Europe

Rubby Golo

President of Global Trade Consult and Global Advisor, Global Chamber® Accra

Africa

Yuka Nakasone

Global Chamber® Barcelona

Europe

Ayman Al Awadhi

Ayman Al Awadhi

Executive Director

Dubai

Ayman Al Awadi, an inspirational leadership speaker and a business visionary, aims to empower startups, individuals and organizations with knowledge, skills, and inspiration they need to thrive in an ever-evolving world. He aims to cultivate and nurture leadership excellence, corporate governance and transformational projects as a leading Emirati-family business based in Dubai with an international approach. Ayman is a Co-Founder of The Corporate Group (TCG) based in Dubai with subsidiaries in KSA, Oman and UK. TCG attracts FDIs of corporates and startups across all business sectors to do business in the UAE and GCC region.

Fatina "Tina" Sweis

Founder, Seven Circles

Mi Jeong Hibbitts

Global Chamber® Baltimore/Wash

North America

Larry Harte

Global Chamber® Cincinnati

North America

Ricardo Vanella

Executive Director, Global Chamber Buenos Aires

Latin America + Caribbean

Membership

Nobody should enter a market alone.

One membership, and the desk for wherever you are going next is already staffed.