ECFR ANNUAL COUNCIL MEETING
27 -28 June 2016 #ECFR16
◼ LIST OF PARTICIPANTS ◼
A Asger Aamund (Denmark) President and CEO, A. J. Aamund A/S; Chairman of Bavarian Nordic A/S
Rebecca Adler-Nissen (Denmark) Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen @RebAdlerNissen
Martti Ahtisaari (Finland) Emeritus Chair, ECFR; former President of Finland
Yoeri Albrecht (The Netherlands) Director, De Balie @YoeriAlbrecht
Douglas Alexander (United Kingdom) Former Secretary of State for International Development @D_G_Alexander
Joaquín Almunia (Spain) Former Vice President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Competition @AlmuniaJoaquin
Luís Amado (Portugal) Former Minister of Foreign Affairs; former Minister of Defence
Giampiero Auletta Armenise (Italy) Chairman, Rothschild Bank (Italy) B Gordon Bajnai (Hungary) Former Prime Minister @Bajnai_Gordon
Kostas Bakoyannis (Greece) Governor of Central Greece @KBakoyannis
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ECFR ANNUAL COUNCIL MEETING
27 -28 June 2016 #ECFR16
Juraj Bayer (Slovakia) CFO and Member of the Board, ZSE Energia
Dick Benschop (The Netherlands) President Director, Shell Netherlands @DickBenschop
Carl Bildt (Sweden) Co-chair of the Board of ECFR; former Prime Minister; former Minister of Foreign Affairs @carlbildt
Emma Bonino (Italy) Co-chair of the Board of ECFR; former Minister of Foreign Affairs @emmabonino
Stine Bosse (Denmark) Chairman, Non-Executive Board Member; Adjunct Professor, Copenhagen Business School @BosseStine
Sandra Breka (Germany) Senior Vice President, Robert Bosch Stiftung
Goran Buldioski (Hungary) Programme Director, Open Society Think Tank Fund; Co-Director, Open Society Initiative for Europe @gbuldioski
C Gunilla Carlsson (Sweden) Former Minister for International Development Cooperation @CarlssonSwe
Maria Cattaui (Switzerland) Former Secretary General, International Chamber of Commerce
Charles Clarke (United Kingdom) Visiting Professor of Politics, University of East Anglia; former Home Secretary
Ian Clarkson (United Kingdom) Chair, Bright Field Consulting
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ECFR ANNUAL COUNCIL MEETING
27 -28 June 2016 #ECFR16
Robert Cooper (United Kingdom) Diplomat; former Counsellor of the European External Action Service
Lucinda Creighton (Ireland) Former Minister for European Affairs @LCreighton D Daniel Daianu (Romania) Professor of Economics, National School of Political and Administrative Studies (SNSPA)
Arnaud Danjean (France) Member of the European Parliament; Chair, European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Security and Defence @ArnaudDanjean
Beatrice de Graaf (The Netherlands) Professor of the History of International Relations and Global Governance, University of Utrecht
Caroline de Gruyter (The Netherlands) Correspondent, European Affairs, NRC Handelsblad @CarolineGruyter
Pavol Demeš (Slovakia) Senior Transatlantic Fellow, German Marshall Fund of the United States (Bratislava)
Karima Dirèche (France) Director, Institute for the Research on the Contemporary Maghreb
Andrew Duff (United Kingdom) Former Member of the European Parliament @AndrewDuffEU E Steven Everts (The Netherlands) Senior Advisor, European External Action Service
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ECFR ANNUAL COUNCIL MEETING
27 -28 June 2016 #ECFR16
F Lykke Friis (Denmark) Prorector, University of Copenhagen; former Minister for Climate, Energy and Gender Equality @lykkefriis G Timothy Garton Ash (United Kingdom) Professor of European Studies, University of Oxford @fromTGA
Teresa Gouveia (Portugal) Trustee to the Board of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation; former Minister of Foreign Affairs
Ulrike Guérot (Germany) Senior Associate for Germany, Open Society Initiative for Europe @ulrikeguerot H Connie Hedegaard (Denmark) Former European Commissioner for Climate Action @CoHedegaard
Steven Heinz (Austria/US) Co-Founder & Co-Chairman, Lansdowne Partners Ltd
Annette Heuser (Germany) Executive Director, Professor Otto Beisheim Foundation I Anna Ibrisagic (Sweden) Senior Partner, ESL & Network; former Member of the European Parliament
Toomas Ilves (Estonia) President of Estonia @IlvesToomas J Carin Jämtin (Sweden) Secretary General, Social Democratic Party
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27 -28 June 2016 #ECFR16
Diana Janse (Sweden) Senior Foreign Policy Advisor, Moderate Party @sigriddiana
K Mary Kaldor (United Kindgom) Professor, London School of Economics
Sandra Kalniete (Latvia) Member of the European Parliament; former Minister of Foreign Affairs @Kalniete
Claude Kandiyoti (Belgium) CEO, Krest Real Estate Investments
Sylvie Kauffmann (France) Editorial Director, Le Monde @SylvieKauffmann
Piia-Noora Kauppi (Finland) Managing Director, Federation of Finnish Financial Services @Piianoora
Suat Kiniklioglu (Turkey) Executive Director, Centre for Strategic Communication (Stratim) @kinikli88_ENG
Ben Knapen (The Netherlands) Former Minister for European Affairs and International Cooperation; Member of the Dutch Senate
Gerald Knaus (Austria) Chairman, European Stability Initiative; Carr Center Fellow @rumeliobserver
David Koranyi (Hungary) Director, Eurasian Energy Future Initiatives, The Atlantic Council @DavidKoranyi
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27 -28 June 2016 #ECFR16
Andrey Kovatchev (Bulgaria) Member of the European Parliament @andreykovatchev
Ivan Krastev (Bulgaria) Chair of Board, Centre for Liberal Strategies
L Mark Leonard (United Kingdom) Director, European Council on Foreign Relations @markhleonard
Sonja Licht (Serbia) President, Belgrade Fund for Political Excellence
Guillaume Liegey (France) Partner, Liegey Muller Pons @guillaumeliegey M Cristina Manzano (Spain) Editor-in-chief, Esglobal @ManzanoCr
Marco Margheri (Italy) Senior Vice President Public Affairs, Edison
Katarina Mathernova (Slovakia) Deputy Director General, DG NEAR, European Commission
Joseph Mifsud (Malta) Director, London Academy of Diplomacy; Professor, University of Stirling
Hedvig Morvai (Serbia) Executive Director, European Fund for the Balkans @jadviga N Matthias Nass (Germany) Chief International Correspondent, DIE ZEIT
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ECFR ANNUAL COUNCIL MEETING
27 -28 June 2016 #ECFR16
Kalypso Nicolaïdis (Greece/France) Professor of International Relations, University of Oxford O Christine Ockrent (France) Commentator and writer; Presenter of 'Affaires Internationales', France Culture Radio @Ockrent
Andrzej Olechowski (Poland) Former Minister of Foreign Affairs
Dick Oosting (The Netherlands) CEO, European Council on Foreign Relations
Anita Orbán (Hungary) Chief Advisor, Cheniere Marketing; former Ambassador-at-Large for Energy Security, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Andrés Ortega (Spain) Author & journalist; former Director of Policy Planning, Office of the Spanish Prime Minister @andresortegak
Marc Otte (Belgium) Director General, Egmont Institute; former EU Special Representative to the Middle East Peace Process
Žaneta Ozolina (Latvia) Professor, University of Latvia; former Director, Latvian Centre for Human Rights P George Papandreou (Greece) Former Prime Minister
Lapo Pistelli (Italy) Senior Vice President, Strategic Analysis and Business Development, ENI; former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation @lapopistelli
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Charles Powell (Spain/United Kingdom) Director, Real Instituto Elcano @CharlesTPowell
Andrew Puddephatt (United Kingdom) Director, Global Partners & Associated Ltd. @AndrewPuddephat Q Lia Quartapelle (Italy) Member of Parliament @LiaQuartapelle R Albert Rohan (Austria) Ambassador (retired)
Norbert Röttgen (Germany) Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Bundestag
Nicolò Russo Perez (Italy) Head, International Affairs Programme, Compagnia di San Paolo S Daniel Sachs (Sweden) CEO, Proventus @DanielSachs1
Klaus Scharioth (Germany) Dean of the Mercator Fellowship on International Affairs; former Ambassador to the United States
Michael Schwarz (Germany) Executive Director, Stiftung Mercator
Karel Schwarzenberg (Czech Republic) Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Chamber of Deputies; former Minister of Foreign Affairs @schwarzenberg_k
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ECFR ANNUAL COUNCIL MEETING
27 -28 June 2016 #ECFR16
Daniela Schwarzer (Germany) Senior Director for Research and Director of Europe programme, German Marshall Fund of the United States @D_Schwarzer
Giuseppe Scognamiglio (Italy) Executive Vice President, Head of Group Institutional & Regulatory Affairs Department, UniCredit; President, Europeye Srl
Narcís Serra (Spain) President of IBEI, Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals; former Vice President of the Spanish Government
Kamelia Slaveykova (Bulgaria) Country Chair Bulgaria and Greece, Shell; External Relations Manager, Central, Eastern Europe and Mediterranean, Shell
George Soros (Hungary/USA) Founder and Chairman, Open Society Foundations @georgesoros
Volker Stanzel (Germany) Former Ambassador to China and Japan @StvIL
Petra Stienen (The Netherlands) Author; Member of the Dutch Senate @petra_stienen
Andris Strazds (Latvia) Advisor, Bank of Latvia; Faculty Member, Stockholm School of Economics in Riga @Andris_Strazds
Alexander Stubb (Finland) Former Prime Minister; former Minister of Foreign Affairs @alexstubb
Ion Sturza (Romania) Founder and Chairman, Fribourg Capital; former Prime Minister of Moldova
Hannes Swoboda (Austria) Former President of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, European Parliament @Hannes_Swoboda Host partners Sponsors
ECFR ANNUAL COUNCIL MEETING
27 -28 June 2016 #ECFR16
Réka Szemerkényi (Hungary) Ambassador to the United States @AmbSzemerkenyi T Han ten Broeke Member of Parliament; VVD Party spokesman on Foreign Affairs @HanTenBroeke
Anna Terrón Cusí (Spain) Special Advisor to the European Commissioner for Trade; President, InStrategies @annaterronc
Helle Thorning-Schmidt (Denmark) CEO, Save the Children International; former Prime Minister @HelleThorning_S
Nathalie Tocci (Italy) Deputy Director, Istituto Affari Internazionali @NathalieTocci
Erkki Tuomioja (Finland) Former Minister of Foreign Affairs V Mabel van Oranje (The Netherlands) Co-chair of the Board of ECFR, Chair of Girls Not Brides - The Global Partnership to End Child Marriage @MabelvanOranje
Constantijn van Oranje-Nassau (The Netherlands) Chairman, Start-up Fest Europe; Director for Digital Diplomacy and Macro Strategy, Macro Advisory Partners
Ivan Vejvoda (Serbia) Senior Vice President for Programmes, German Marshall Fund of the United States @IVejvoda
Eckart von Klaeden (Germany) Head of External Affairs, Daimler AG; former Minister of State, Federal Chancellery
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ECFR ANNUAL COUNCIL MEETING
27 -28 June 2016 #ECFR16
W Andre Wilkens (Germany) Author; Co-Founder, Die Offene Gesellschaft Z Carlos A. Zaldivar (Spain) Ambassador of Spain
Stelios Zavvos (Greece) Founder and CEO, Zeus Capital Management; Chairman of the Board, Solidarity Now
Samuel Žbogar (Slovenia) EU Special Representative to Kosovo; former Minister of Foreign Affairs @Samuel_Zbogar
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ECFR ANNUAL COUNCIL MEETING
27 -28 June 2016 #ECFR16
Observers & Guests Elena Álvarez Head of International Organizations and European Affairs, Repsol
Adriaan Andringa Special Advisor to the Vice Mayor, Municipality of The Hague @AdriaanAndringa
Nataliya Apostolova Head of Delegation of the European Union to Libya @Apostolova_EU
Nick Beake Europe Reporter, BBC @Beaking_News
Daphne Bergsma Director, Europe department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands @NLMFAEuropedep
Bernard Bot Chairman, Carnegie Foundation Board
Evelien Bouwman Policy Officer International Affairs, Municipality of The Hague
Ko Colijn General Director, Clingendael Institute
Claudio Cordone Director of Human Rights, Transitional Justice and Rule of Law Division, UN Support Mission in Libya
David Cvach North Africa and Middle East Advisor, Cabinet of the President of France
Lone Dencker Wisborg State Secretary for Foreign Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark
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ECFR ANNUAL COUNCIL MEETING
27 -28 June 2016 #ECFR16
Jeroen Dijsselbloem Minister for Finance of the Netherlands; President of the Eurogroup @J_Dijsselbloem
Thomas Escritt Amsterdam Correspondent, Reuters @tomescritt
Bill Galston Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution @BillGalston
Philip Gordon Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; former Special Assistant to the US President and White House Coordinator for the Middle East, North Africa, and the Persian Gulf Region
Anna Holligan The Hague Correspondent, BBC @annaholligan
Peep Jahilo Ambassador of Estonia to the Netherlands
Sigrid Kaag Special Coordinator for Lebanon, United Nations @SigridKaag
Kai Kaarelson Head, Foreign Policy Department, Office of the President of Estonia
Craig Kennedy Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
Michel Kerres Diplomatic Editor, NRC Handelsblad @MichelKerres
Sami Lahdensuo Senior Advisor to President Martti Ahtisaari, Crisis Management Initiative @samilahdensuo
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ECFR ANNUAL COUNCIL MEETING
27 -28 June 2016 #ECFR16
Chris Lombardi Regional Director, Raytheon
Fyodor Lukyanov Editor-in-Chief, Russia in Global Affairs
Gregory Maniatis Senior European Policy Fellow, Migration Policy Institute; Advisor to Peter Sutherland, UN Special Representative for Migration @gmaniatis
Walter Russell Mead James Clarke Chace Professor of Foreign Affairs and Humanities, Bard College @wrmead
Michael Nowak Advisor on Russia, Eurasia and Turkey, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Germany
Tom Nuttall Charlemagne columnist, The Economist @tom_nuttall
Stephen Peel Founder, SMP Policy Innovation Limited
Eric Povel Programme Officer, Afghanistan/Operations, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, NATO Public Diplomacy Division
Robert Pszczel Acting Director of NATO Information Office, Moscow @NATOmoscow
Gideon Rachman Chief Foreign Affairs Columnist, Financial Times @gideonrachman
Malcolm Rifkind Former UK Foreign Secretary @MalcolmRifkind
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27 -28 June 2016 #ECFR16
Verena Ringler Director of International Affairs, Stiftung Mercator @VerenaRingler
Kevin Rudd Former Prime Minister of Australia @MrKRudd
Caroline Schmutte Head of Germany Relations, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Alexander Schütz CEO, Quadrat
Isabelle Schwarz Head of Advocacy, Research and Development, European Cultural Foundation
Monika Sie Dhian Ho Incoming Director, Clingendael Institute
Evangelia Sofroni Special Advisor, Governor Kostas Bakoyannis
Alexander Soros Founder, The Alexander Soros Foundation @AlexanderSoros
Rim Turkmani Senior Research Fellow, London School of Economics @Rim_Turkmani
Arjan Uilenreef Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands @Arjan_Uilenreef
Rein Vaabel Senior Aide-de-Camp to the President of Estonia
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27 -28 June 2016 #ECFR16
Shahin Vallée Economic Advisor, SFM UK Management @shahinvallee
Jozias van Aartsen Mayor of The Hague
Liesbeth van de Grift Assistant Professor, Department of History and Art History, University of Utrecht
Volkan Vural Advisor to the Chairman of the Board, Do ğan Holding
Jozef Waanders Strategic Policy Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands
Katherine Watson Director, European Cultural Foundation
Geir Westgaard Vice President and Head of EU Affairs Office, Statoil @westgeir
Jochem Wiers Director Strategy Advisory Unit, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands @Jochemwiers
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27 -28 June 2016 #ECFR16
ECFR Staff Asli Aydintasbas Senior Policy Fellow, Wider Europe programme @asliaydintasbas
Julien Barnes-Dacey Senior Policy Fellow, MENA programme @jbdacey
Katharina Bötel-Azzinnaro Communications Assistant
Jennie Bradley Executive Assistant, Management Team
Piotr Buras Head , Warsaw Office
Teresa Coratella Programme Coordinator, Rome office @TaszuC
Susi Dennison Co-Director, European Power programme @sd270
Mathieu Duchâtel Deputy Director and Senior Policy Fellow, Asia and China programme @mtdtl
Sebastian Dullien Senior Policy Fellow @SDullien
Anthony Dworkin Senior Policy Fellow, MENA programme @AnthonyDworkin
Silvia Francescon Head , Rome Office @silviafrance
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Ulrike Franke Research Assistant to the Director @RikeFranke
Mark Galeotti Visiting Fellow, Wider Europe programme @MarkGaleotti
Ellie Geranmayeh Policy Fellow, MENA programme @EllieGeranmayeh
François Godement Director and Senior Policy Fellow, Asia and China programme @FGodement
Alba Gomez Development Assistant
Alexia Gouttebroze Programme Coordinator, London Office @agouttebroze
Swantje Green Advocacy Assistant @swaninlondon
Gustav Gressel Policy Fellow, Wider Europe programme @GresselGustav
Nataliya Izedinova Finance and Operations Officer
Josef Janning Head, Berlin Office; Senior Policy Fellow @JJ52
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Laura Kelleher Advocacy Manager @KelleherLaura
Thorsten Klaßen Senior Director for Development
Manuel Lafont Rapnouil Head, Paris Office; Senior Policy Fellow @mlafontrapnouil
Alba Lamberti Senior Director for Advocacy @alba_lamberti
Francisco de Borja Lasheras Head, Madrid Office; Policy Fellow @LasherasBorja
Daniel Levy Director, MENA programme
Kadri Liik Senior Policy Fellow, Wider Europe programme @KadriLiik
Wendy Love Senior Director for Finance & Operations
Lorenzo Marini Web Coordinator @zlorine
Felix Mengel Programme Manager, Berlin Office
Almut Möller Head, Berlin Office; Senior Policy Fellow @almutmoeller
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27 -28 June 2016 #ECFR16
Dina Pardijs Programme Coordinator, European Power programme @PardijsDJ
Jeremy Shapiro Research Director @JyShapiro
Angela Stanzel Policy Fellow, Asia and China programme @angela_stanzel
Vessela Tcherneva Senior Director for Programmes; acting Head, Sofia Office @vtcherneva
Mattia Toaldo Senior Policy Fellow, MENA programme @mattiatoaldo
Tara Varma Programme Coordinator, Paris Office @tara_varma
Abigaël Vasselier Programme Coordinator, Asia and China programme @v_abigael
Alison Wallace CEO, ECFR (as of 1st July 2016) @alisonw_ECFR
Fredrik Wesslau Director, Wider Europe programme @FWesslau
Nick Witney Senior Policy Fellow, European Power programme
Steffen Zorn Development Manager
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