Jean-Guy Carrier has been elected secretary general of International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the chamber said yesterday.

More than 80 business members of ICC World Council — ICCs governing body — met January 24 in Paris to elect the new leader.

The council also elected Harold McGraw III, chairman of the United States Council for International Business, as vice-chairman.

Carrier has been serving ICC as acting secretary general since July 2010. He also led various research-based publishing and public information progra-mmes, notably for the World Trade Or-ganisation.

McGraw was elected chairman of McGraw-Hill Companies in December 1999.