Advisory Council
Philippe Maystadt
(President)
Former President of the European Investment Bank
Lord Kerr of Kinlochard
(Vice-President)
Former UK Ambassador to the EU
Erika Mann
(Vice-President)
Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council; former Member of European Parliament
David Arkless
Senior Vice-President Corporate Affairs, Manpower Inc
Leszek Balcerowicz
Former Chairman of the National Bank of Poland
Jaimini Bhagwati
Ambassador, Embassy of India to the Kingdom of Belgium and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg & The Mission of India to the European Union
Hans Blix
Chairman, Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission
Olivier Boutellis-Taft
Chief Executive, Federation of European Accountants
Vladimir Chizhov
Ambassador, Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the European Union
Philippe de Buck
Director General, BUSINESSEUROPE
Andrew Duff
Member of the European Parliament
Pal Dunay
Director, Teleki Laslo Institute, Budapest
Jan Eliasson
Former Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden and President of the United Nations General Assembly
José Gregório Faria
Special Adviser, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
Piero Gastaldo
Secretary General, Compagnia di San Paolo
Hanns Glatz
Partner, CNC - Communications & Network Consulting AG
Sylvie Goulard
Member of the European Parliament
Rolf Gustavsson
Correspondent, Svenska Dagbladet
Danuta Maria Hübner
Member of the European Parliament; former European Commissioner for Regional Policy
Hywel Ceri Jones
Former Chairman of the EPC, Director of the Network of European Foundations (NEF)
Jan Karlsson
Former Minister for Migration and Development Cooperation; former Co-Chair of the Global Commission for International Migration
Craig Kennedy
President, German Marshall Fund of the United States
Gerald Knaus
President of the Executive Board, European Stability Institute
Joost Lagendijk
Senior Adviser, Istanbul Policy Center
Allan Larsson
Former European Commission Director-General for DG Employment
Erkki Liikanen
Chairman of the Board, Bank of Finland
Alan Mayhew
Jean Monnet Professor and Professorial Fellow, Sussex European Institute, University of Sussex
Rory Montgomery
Ambassador, Permanent Representation of Ireland to the European Union
John Monks
Former General Secretary, European Trade Union Confederation
Rainer Münz
Head of Research & Development, Erste Bank
Jan Niessen
Director, Migration Policy Group
Dáithí O'Ceallaigh
Director General, Institute of European Affairs, Dublin
Dick Oosting
Chief Executive Officer, European Council of Foreign Relations
John Palmer
Former Political Director, European Policy Centre
Petro Poroshenko
Founder of the Petro Poroshenko Foundation
Poul Nyrup Rasmussen
Former President of the Party of European Socialists, European Parliament
Conny Reuter
President, Platform of European Social NGOs
Maria João Rodrigues
Professor of Economics at the University of Lisbon, Member of the European Employment Task Force
Eberhard Sandschneider
Otto-Wolff-Director, Research Institute, German Council on Foreign Relations
André Sapir
Professor of Economics, ECARES, Université Libre de Bruxelles
Witold Sartorius
President, Foundation for Economic Education (Poland)
Jacek Saryusz-Wolski
Chairman of European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs
Wolfgang Schüssel
Former Federal Chancellor of Austria
Peter Semneby
Former EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus
Jamie Shea
Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges, NATO
Larry Stone
President Group Public and Government Affairs, BT
Ingmar Streese
Director Global Programs and Partnerships, Mars, Incorporated
Rita Süssmuth
Former President, German Bundestag
Pavel Swieboda
President, demosEUROPA - Centre for European Strategy
Luc Tayart de Borms
Managing Director, King Baudouin Foundation
François Trémeaud
Former Executive Director, International Labour Organization
Loukas Tsoukalis
President, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy
John Vassallo
Director of External Affairs, Microsoft EMEA
Zeger Vercouteren
Executive Director Government Affairs, Europe, Johnson & Johnson
Antonio Vitorino
Former European Commissioner for Justice and Home Affairs
Helen Wallace
Centennial Professor, European Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science
Graham Watson
Member of the European Parliament
Monika Wulf-Mathies
Policy Adviser to the Board of Management, Deutsche Post DHL;
Adviser to Germany's Chancellor; former European Commissioner for Regional Policy
John Wyles
Former Senior Partner, GPlus Europe; EPC Senior Adviser
Ex-officio
Meglena KunevaChair of the Governing Board