Executive Directors
ITC had since its creation in 1964 six Executive Directors. Twice in its history the position was vacant: in the early Seventies and the early Nineties.
ITC's Executive Director is a senior international civil servant of the United Nations with the level of Assistant Secretary-General. ITC's Executive Director as well as the Deputy-Executive Director are appointed by the heads of its two parent organizations: the Director-General of the WTO and the Secretary-General of the UNCTAD.
| Name | Start of tenure | End of tenure | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herbert L. Jacobson | 1964 | 1971 | USA |
| vacant | 1971 | 1975 | - |
| Victor E. Santiapillai | 1975 | 1979 | Sri Lanka |
| Padinjarethalakal Cherian Alexander | 1979 | 1981 | India |
| Goran Engblom | 1981 | 1992 | Sweden |
| vacant | 1992 | 1994 | - |
| J. Denis Bélisle | 1994 | 2006 | Canada |
| Patricia Francis | 2006 | incumbent | Jamaica |
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