The New ICA Leadership – on Mission for Cash

Further to holding the inaugural Global Currency Forum in May last year, the International Currency Association (ICA) has recently issued a white paper on cash policy as part of its advocacy work, and welcomed a new Chair (Gianni Santoro of SICPA) and Vice Chair (Ruth Euling of De La Rue). Currency News™ heard from the pair about the forward plans for the ICA and where they will focus next.

Q: What objectives have the ICA set itself for the next months?

A: The current Board of the ICA was appointed in October 2021. We agreed to take on the leadership in October 2022, with a full year until the end of the current Board’s term.

Our mission now is to drive the Board and the association to complete the goals that were set out in October 2021, which are: to establish a very clear advocacy strategy to promote cash; to develop our own – successful – conference (the first Global Currency Forum conference took place in May 2022 and we are working on holding a second Global Currency Forum in 2024); to provide leadership on sustainability; and to focus on enhancing the value of membership.