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Consultant on international economic issues to the Policy Planning Staff, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France. Formerly, he has held the position of Chief Economist / Senior advisor for international economic issues, Policy Planning Staff, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, France. He has also served as Head of the International Macroeconomic Forecasts Division and Head of the Public accounts Division of the French Ministry of Economy. He has also been staff economist at the Economic department of the OECD.

Journalist and writer. He is currently editor-in-Chief and Chief Anchor for Kanal D. He was editor in Chief of CNN Turk. He has been described as the “eyes and ears” of Turkey abroad for over 40 years. He has authored eight books and has been the focal point of numerous conferences on Turkish-EU relations, the Kurdish problem, Cyprus and Turkish-Greek relations. He began his career in 1964 in Turkey’s leading newspaper, Milliyet. In 1985, he began producing “32nd Day,” program known for its independent and liberal outlook. Many world leaders have appeared on the show. He returned to Turkey in 1991 and became a columnist with Sabah, a well-known Turkish newspaper, and in 1999 with Posta, Turkey’s highest circulation newspaper.

Member of the Moroccan Parliament, Parti Authenticité et Modernité

Honorary President of the Association Marocaine d’Intelligence Economique (AMIE), President of the Fondation des Cultures du Monde (FCM) and Vice-President of the International Chamber of Commerce in Morocco. He is also a university professor, columnist and writer. He has been a minister several times (Communication and Spokesman of the Government, Youth and Sports, Energy and Mines, State Secretariat for Foreign Affairs in charge of the Arab Maghreb Union). He was also CEO of the ISCAE and of the ICDT.

Managing Partner and Founder of Global Intelligence Partners (G.I.P.). He specialized in cognitive strategies and change management in complex environments, he advises clients from private and public sectors on influence and strategic monitoring issues. He is a regular contributor to Le Nouvel Observateur (“Plus”), Les Echos (“Cercle”) and to Atlantico.fr. He graduated from the Institut d’études politiques (Sciences Po) in Paris and the École de guerre économique (School of Economic Warfare).

President of the Cercle des Economistes arabes, Editor in Chief and General Manager of Le Monde diplomatique éditions arabes, CEO of A Concept, a consulting firm in economy and information technologies. He consulted for international organizations (UNDP, European Union, World Bank), Arab countries’ governments and industrial firms. He graduated from Ecole Polytechnique, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, with an MBA from the Centre de Perfectionnement des Affaires (HEC), and postgraduate degrees in mechanical engineering from the Institut National des Sciences et Techniques Nucléaires and in social anthropology from the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales.

Currently the Ambassador-at-large for G20 and Deputy Minister for Trade of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. He began his career at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs where he worked extensively on international legal and economic issues. He served as Counsellor of the Korean Delegation to the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris as well as Counsellor of the Korean Permanent Mission to the World Trade Organization in Switzerland. He studied international relations at Seoul National University, (B.A. in political science) and Georgetown University, Walsh School of Foreign Service (M.S. in international relations). He also studied law at the Korea National Open University (LL.B.) and Georgetown University Law School (LL.M.).

President of the Moroccan Central Authority for the Prevention of Corruption. He developed an extensive experience (1974-1998) as a civil engineering consultant. In 1998, he joined the Caisse de dépôt et de gestion (CDG) which is the main financial public institution in Morocco and was nominated in 2006 Deputy Director-General. He is a civil engineer (graduated from Ecole nationale des ponts et chaussées, Paris, 1973), economist (University of Rabat, 1980) and MBA (ENPC, Paris, 2000).

President of GIIGNL (International Group of LNG Importers), non executive Director of Tellurian Inc. (AMEX: TELL). Jean Abiteboul is the former President of Cheniere Supply and Marketing, a 100% subsidiary of Cheniere Energy Inc. (AMEX: LNG), a Houston based company specializing in liquefied natural gas importation and exportation, and  senior consultant in the energy field. He joined Cheniere in 2006, after having held various positions within Gaz de France (now Engie), among which Executive Vice President for Supply, Trading & Marketing, President of Gaselys, International Executive Vice President as well as Advisor to the Chairman & CEO and Secretary of the Board of Directors. He graduated  from the Ecole Centrale de Lyon.

Medical doctor, director of companies. First Vice President of the Robert Schuman Institute for Europe, former auditor of the Institute of Advanced Studies in National Defence (IHEDN) and of the Center of Diplomatic and Strategic Studies (CEDS).

Economist, Egyptian businessman and Member of Parliament, President of the company Hero Middle East, Secretary-General of the Neo-Wafd Party and member of the Egyptian National Council for Human Rights.