Joseph Alhadeff was appointed Chair of the International Chamber of Commerce Commission on the Digital Economy in April 2013. As Chair, Mr. Alhadeff helps the ICC Commission on the Digital Economy provide a forum for members to share insights on timely developments in the ICT field and establish global-consensus policy positions on behalf of the business community to help foster the sustainable growth of the ICT sector.

Mr. Alhadeff is the Chief Privacy Strategist and Vice-President for Global Public Policy at Oracle Corporation, where he is responsible for coordinating and managing Oracle’s international electronic commerce, privacy and Internet-related policy issues.

Mr. Alhadeff also serves a prominent role in several influential international organizations dedicated to Internet policy, security and privacy. Mr. Alhadeff serves as the BIAC Chair to the OECD Information Communications and Computing Policy Committee and the OECD Working Party on Information Security and Privacy and as Chair of the International Chamber of Commerce’s Digital Economy Committee. In the EU, Mr. Alhadeff also served as Chair of the Data Protection, Governance and Identity Management working group of the EU Business Expert Group on Cloud Computing. In the US, Mr. Alhadeff chairs the Digital Economy Committee for the US India Business Council, co-chairs The Trans-Atlantic Business Council’s ICT working group and is Vice Chair of USCIB’s Information Policy Committee. Mr. Alhadeff is also the Chair of the US ASEAN’s Malaysia Committee, Vice-Chair of the US-ASEAN Business Council’s Technology Committee and serves on the NCAPEC Board and board of The Privacy Projects. In addition, Mr Alhadeff also serves on the advisory boards of the Digital Security Council of India and Wiredkids.org.

Prior to joining Oracle, Mr. Alhadeff was General Counsel and Vice President for Electronic Commerce for the US Council for International Business (USCIB) in New York. Mr. Alhadeff holds an M.B.A. in management and information systems from New York University, Leonard N. Stern School of Business and a J.D. from Boston University School of Law, and a B.A. from Oberlin College.