Sadako Ogata, former United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (1990-2000) and President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency, has become chairperson of the World Economic Forum Japan.
The International Air Transport Association named Hussein Dabbas, ex-Royal Jordanian Airlines, regional vice president for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), effective June 1.
Pablo Benes, legal officer in the Appellate Body Secretariat of the World Trade Organization, joined Steptoe & Johnson as a director in the firm's International Trade and International Regulatory Compliance Practice groups in Washington.
James Dinkins, Executive Associate Director of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), was elected chair of the World Customs Organization's (WCO) enforcement committee at its four-day meeting in Brussels, Belgium. The committee was established in 1983 to develop strategies to combat customs offenses.
Tadaaki Naito, senior managing corporate officer of NYK, joins World Shipping Council board, to fill the seat previously held by Kenji Mizushima of NYK.
Ricardo Perez, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection employee since 2003, will serve as CBP port director for Hannah, N.D. The Hannah port is one of 67 ports of entry within the CBP Seattle Field Office
Kenneth Riley, president of International Longshoremen's Association Local 1422 in Charleston, SC, named president of the South Carolina AFL-CIO.
Kelly Herman, senior attorney advisor at U.S. Customs and Border Protection, joined Venable as of counsel in the firm's International Trade Practice.
Robert Groves, director of the Census Bureau, is resigning in August to become the provost of Georgetown University. Groves led the Census Bureau for almost three years.
John Pisa-Relli, vice chair of the Export Controls and Economic Sanctions Committee of the American Bar Association's Section of International Law, joined Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson's International Trade and Investment and Aerospace & Defense practices, in the Washington, D.C., office, specializing in compliance with U.S. trade controls.