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Chief Executive Director of The Africa International Media Group and its branch MRB Productions. She is also Media Consultant and Adviser on African Affairs with Africa International, an umbrella entity including the “Club Millennium” and MRB-Networks.com, an issues- and solutions-oriented TV channel focussing on Africa’s development, in partnership with 10 major West-African TV. Born in Cameroon, educated in Cote d’Ivoire, France and Austria, Marie-Roger Biloa graduated from the universities of Abidjan, La Sorbonne in Paris and Vienna (German Studies, Political Science and History). Ms. Biloa is also an alumni of the Diplomatic Academy in Vienna, where her name is on the Hall of Fame, and of the Harvard Kennedy School of Governance. She is a frequent TV guest (TV5Monde, France24, Aljazeera, RFI, i-Télé, ARD, ZDF) to comment current news and African politics.

Managing director and founder of Sogeric, and Consul of Ecuador in Marseille. Henry Roux-Alezais is also the President of the Mediterranean Institute that he founded in 1993 and the President of the Santé Partners association. He held various positions within CMA-CGM group, the world’s third largest container shipping group, first as Vice-President (1999-2004), and as Adviser to the President (since 2004). He served as President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Marseille-Provence (CCIMP) (1992-1997), and as Chairman of the board of the Port Autonome de Marseille (Autonomous Port of Marseille) (1995-1999). 

Founder of CSPH International, a public affairs & communications consultancy company with a focus on energy, environment, industry matters and creative industries and in particular a strong involvement in digital economy. He is a former publisher in social sciences and literature. He then held senior executive positions for more than 20 years in many French and American multinational companies – from Thomson to Alcatel, Digital Equipment (DEC), AlliedSignal, Honeywell, Vivendi and Lafarge – with operations in the five continents, most of them in the technology and media sectors.  He holds PhD in Economics.

Chairman & CEO of AXA since April 2010. He joined AXA’s Corporate Finance Division in 1989. In 1991 he was named Corporate Secretary. Two years later, he was appointed Senior Executive Vice President. He was Chairman of the AXA Management Board (May, 2000 – April, 2010). He started his career in the French Finance Ministry Inspection Office. He sits on the Board of the Association pour l’aide aux jeunes infirmes, and is Chairman of AXA Hearts in Action, AXA’s volunteer community outreach program. He graduated from the business school HEC and holds a bachelor degree in Law. He is a former student of ENA (Ecole Nationale d’Administration).

Honorary Consul of Burkina Faso in Nice (France) since 2003. He served as the President of the French Union of Honorary Consuls in 2012. He was a member of the editorial board of Afrique Contemporaine (La Documentation française) and he is now Advisor to the editorial board of Géopolitique Africaine (African Geopolitics). He was also journalist, correspondent for foreign English-speaking radios. He is the author of several books on Africa. He holds a PhD in public law and in Arts (Philosophy); he is a member of the French Academy of Overseas Sciences, and is an Auditor of the French Institut des hautes études de la Défense nationale.

General Consul of Poland in Lyon (France) since 2009. He served as Director of Polish Communities Abroad Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2009). He held the position of General Consul of Poland in Edinburgh (Great Britain) (2001-2005) and in Toronto (Canada) (1994-1999). He worked at the Polish Academy of Sciences. He graduated from the University of Warsaw in journalism and political sciences.

President of the Section of Biological Sciences of the RomanianAcademy. She is also Executive President of the National Science and Art Foundation (FNSA) and Head of the Institute of Cellular Biology and Pathology “N. Simionescu” (ICBP) since 1995. She was Visiting Professor at YaleUniversity, McGillUniversity and ColumbiaUniversity. She was also a Research Associate at Rockefeller University, New York. She is PhD in Biological Sciences, at the University of Bucharest. She has important scientific achievements and is co-founder together with Prof. Nicolae Simionescu of the Institute of Cellular Biology and Pathology, Bucharest, Romania.

President of the Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies. He served as Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations (2008-2011), Deputy Minister for Policy Planning and International Organizations in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and Ambassador to Kuwait (2003-2005). He also served as Secretary to the President of the Republic of Korea for International Security (2002-2003). He holds a Bachelor’s Degree from the Department of Chinese Language and Literature and a Master’s Degree from the Graduate School of Law at Seoul National University.

Professor of Economy at the University of Aix-Marseille and Deputy Director of the School of Economy of Aix-Marseille. He is also a member of the scientific board of the IRD and a member of the scientific board of social and economic sciences (SAE) at INRA. He was Professor at the Universities of Cergy-Pontoise, Alicante, Addis Ababa and Laval. He graduated from the University Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne and the ENSAE. He holds a PhD from the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS).

Prefect of the department of Alpes-Maritimes (France). Previously he served as Prefect of Savoie. He also served as Deputy Secretary General and Director of Modernization and Territorial Action at the Ministry of Interior, Overseas Territories and Territorial Collectivities (2008-2010). He also held the position of Prefect of Haute-Loire (2006-2008) and Secretary-General of the Prefecture of Haute-Garonne. He graduated from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques in Paris, and ENA (National School of Administration).

Executive President, MEDGRID. He is also President of the supervisory board of RTE, the company responsible for running the French electricity transmission system and of ERDF, which manages the public electricity distribution network in France, President of CIGRE (International Council on Large Electric Systems), and First President of the Executive Board and Founder of RTE. He was Special Advisor to the European Energy Commissioner. He was the founder and former President of the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ETSO).

Research Director at the CNRS, Director of the Centre for International and European Studies and Research (CERIC) and co-director of the Master 2 of International and European Environmental Law at the University of Aix-Marseille. She published with Matthieu Wemaere La diplomatie climatique. Les enjeux d’un régime international du climat, Pedone, Paris, 2010, Prize of the French Academy of Moral and Political Sciences, 2011. She graduated from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques of Aix-en-Provence and the Law School of political sciences of Aix-Marseille.

Consul General of the Republic of Indonesia in Marseille (France) since 2011. She held the position of Deputy Director for South America and Caribbean Affairs at the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2006-2011). She was Minister Counsellor for Political Affairs at the Embassy of Indonesia in Ottawa (Canada). She also served as Deputy Director for Western Europe Affairs at the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She graduated from the Faculty of Law, Hasanuddin University, Indonesia.

French Member of the European Parliament for the West of France. She is also member of the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee (ECON) and member of the Special Financial, Economic and Social Crisis Committee (CRIS). She wrote De la Démocratie en Europe (ed. Flammarion, 2012) with Mario Monti. She graduated from the University of Aix-en-Provence in law, and also from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques, and from the French National School of Administration.

Ambassador of Côte d’Ivoire to France. He served as Special Advisor to the Managing Director of SIFCA Group, Head of Office of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) in Ituri (2006-2007), Head of Political Affairs of MONUC (2002-2006), Minister for Foreign Affairs (2000), Ambassador to the United States, the Bahamas, Mexico, Brazil and Colombia. He graduated from the University of California (UCLA) and John Hopkins University.

Rector and Honorary State Advisor, Head of the department of Education, Higher Education, Research and Health, Inter-ministerial Mission Union for Mediterranean. She was Rector of the Agence universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) (1999-2007), Associate Professor at Paris VIII University (1999-2009). She also served as Rector of the Academy of Paris, Chancellor of the Universités de Paris (1989-1998), Deputy Secretary General and spokesperson, Presidency of the Republic (1985-1988). She graduated from the Ecole Normale Supérieure, Sèvres, the Sorbonne University and the Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Paris.

Professor of politics at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques of Aix-en-Provence. He served as Head of the interdisciplinary program of the CNRS and the Ministry of Research “Urban sustainable development” (2003-2007), expert of the Scientific university mission (MSTP) of the Ministry of Research (2003-2006). He graduated from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris, from the Law School of the University Paris I Sorbonne, from the EHESS (School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences) and Paris I and the University Montpellier I.

Executive Director of Maldon & Wat since 2011. She served as Advisor to the President of Romania (2009-2010). She held several positions at Unilever Central and Eastern Europe such as Business Development Director for Unilever Central and Eastern Europe (2009), Chairman (2005-2009), Marketing Director (2003-2005). She was also President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Romania (2011-2012; 2008-2009). She is a founding member of the Board of Aspen Institute Romania. She graduated from the Academy of Economic Sciences, Bucharest and from Wharton University.

Ambassador of the Republic of Tunisia to France since 2012. He served as Executive Director of Creova (2008-2012), Business Development Director of Cotrel (2004-2008), Quality Control Manager at Valeo (2003-2004), Logistics and Quality control at Cofat (2000-2003). He started his career at the Ministry of Industry (1998-2000). He is also responsible for International Relations at the party Ettakatol. He graduated from the Ecole supérieure de commerce de Paris and the Ohio State University.

Partner, Clifford Chance Europe LLP since 2008. He is also a member of the International Insolvency Institute (III), Insol Europe and the French Committee for Private International Law. He held the position of Partner at White & Case (1997-2008). He has acted for a broad spectrum of clients in fields including financial institutions, private equity funds, industrial corporations and insolvency trustees in France and abroad. He graduated from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques of Aix-Marseille, the University of Aix-Marseille and the University of Munich.

Director General of the Strategic Policy Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Canada. He served as Ambassador of Canada to Poland (2009-2012). He held several positions in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs such as Director General for Intergovernmental Relations and Domestic Outreach (2005-2006), Director General for the European Union and Western Europe (2006-2008). He was also Chief of Staff to the Minister of Foreign Affairs (2002-2004). He graduated from the McGill University and the University of Massachusetts.

French Member of Parliament (Alpes-Maritimes) and Mayor of Cannes. He served as President of DDB International and President of the communication commission of the French Football Federation. He was also Marketing Director at Procter & Gamble. He also headed Eurocom, a subsidiary of Havas Group. He participated in the creation of the French TV channel Canal +.He graduated from HEC (Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales), Paris.

Executive Director, ELNET, since 2011. He made his career in the private sector as a consultant in communications, PR and international relations, dealing with Middle-Eastern and strategic affairs. He plays a crucial role in the French-Israeli relationship through his commitment both at the community and political levels. He seeks to strengthen ties between political leaders from France and Israel who believe that close relations between Europe and Israel are vital to both parties.

Special Advisor to the President of the African Development Bank. He served as Director of the Institute for Training and Technical Cooperation Division in the WTO, Chief Economist and Director of the Trade, Finance and Economic Development Division of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and Director of the Trade and Regional Integration Division. He holds a PhD in International Economics from the University of Grenoble, France.

Consul General of Italy in Nice (France) since 2011. He served as Ambassador of Italy to Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Liberia, Niger and Sierra Leone (2007-2009). He was also First Counsellor to the United Nations in Geneva (2003), Deputy Secretary General of The First Conference of Italians in the World (2000), Consul General in Lausanne and Jeddah (Saoudi Arabia). He graduated from the University of Perugia, John Hopkins University in Bologna and the College of Europe in Bruges.