John W.H Denton AO is the Secretary General of the International Chamber of Commerce, an organisation which he describes as the world’s largest and most inclusive business organisation. He is also the first Australian to hold office as the Secretary General of ICC. While in Nigeria for the 7th ICC Africa Conference on International Arbitration, he spoke with BusinessDay’s Onyinyechi Ukegbu on issues of access to justice, finance for African SMEs, and the future of the ICC on the continent. Excerpts below.
1. Welcome to Lagos, Nigeria. How has your experience of the conference and Lagos been so far?
