Head of division at the French Nuclear Safety Authority, she is in charge of the regulation of nuclear safety and radiation protection in South-Western France. She previously worked for Veolia Australia as a business developer (2015) and for EDF as a nuclear maintenance supervisor (2014). She is a graduate of Ecole normale supérieure and Paris Institute of Political Studies, and an engineer of the French Corps des Mines.
Xavier Starkloff
Co-founder and CEO of Joko. Before co-founding Joko, he worked at the Ministry of Finance in the Treasury Department. Prior to that, he was Managing Director for French-speaking Africa at Jumia Travel. He is a graduate of Ecole Polytechnique and an Engineer of the French Corps des Mines.
Daniel Shek
Former Ambassador of Israel to France. During his 27-year long career in Israel’s diplomatic service, he also served as Director of European Affairs, Spokesman of the Foreign Ministry and Consul General in San Francisco. He has extensive experience in European Affairs and has participated in several chapters of Arab-Israeli negotiations, in particular while working with the late Shimon Peres. He has for many years taken part in devising media strategies for the Foreign Ministry and is considered an expert on public diplomacy. Since leaving the Foreign Service, he serves as a private consultant and teaches Diplomacy at Tel Aviv University. He is among the leaders of the “Track II Environmental Forum”, an Israeli-Palestinian NGO devoted to resolving cross-border environmental challenges through environmental diplomacy. Since October 7 2013, he has been directing the international operations of the Forum of Families of Hostages, a civil society-based NGO.
Ajay Sharma
Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the State of Qatar since 2015. Previously, he served as the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) Head of Iran department and non-resident Chargé d’affaires to Iran (2012-2015). He played a role in the recent Iran nuclear negotiations and was involved in the reopening of the British Embassy in Tehran in August 2015. He has had previous diplomatic postings in Paris, Ankara and Moscow.
Tomislav Bosnjak
Ambassador of the Republic of Croatia to the State of Qatar since 2012. He served as Head of non-European Bilateral Economic Relations Department (2009-2012), Head of Expatriate Network Management Dept/Sectn at the Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2008-2009). He has been a Career Diplomat with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Croatia since 1991. He graduated from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
Ryszard Czarnecki
Polish politician, Vice-President of the European Parliament responsible for Eastern Policy and the Eastern Partnership. He served as Minister of European Affairs, Minister without Portfolio and Deputy Minister of Culture and Arts. He has been a member of the European Parliament since 2004. He is Vice-President of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly, as well as interparliamentary forum with national parliaments of Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. He is also Coordinator in Committee on Budget Control (CONT), member of the Foreign Affairs (AFET) committee in the EP and the Delegation EU – Ukraine. He graduated from the University of Wroclaw.
Norbert Röttgen
Member of the Deutscher Bundestag and member of the Foreign affairs committee. He served as Chairman of the Committee from 2014 until 2021. From 2009 to 2012, he was Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety. He has been a Member of the German Parliament since 1994. During his mandate Dr. Röttgen has fulfilled key functions within the Christian Democratic Party (CDU). Dr. Röttgen, who is a lawyer by profession, holds a PhD in Law from Bonn University. He is the Co-Chair of the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) and Board Member of various institutions, such as the Atlantik-Brücke, Asia House, Club of Three, the Hertie School of Governance Berlin and the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP).
Ula Nairne
Executive Director of StarFinder Investment Fund, Board Member of the Institute of Economic Development Europe-Latin America (IDE EAL), owner/director of Nairne Ltd, a UK-based strategic economic development consultancy, and previously Director of Global Advisory Services at Geopolitical Intelligence Services AG, Liechtenstein. She has worked on United Nations assignments, co-ordinated cross border co-operation projects and supported businesses’ global expansion. She had a key role in reactivating Visegrad Group cooperation. She is a University of Warsaw International Relations graduate and she holds an Executive MBA from the University of Quebec in Montreal, Warsaw School of Economics and the China University of Mining and Technology.
Manuel Muñiz
As Provost of IE University and Dean of IE School of Politics, Economics & Global Affairs, he is responsible for the university’s international expansion through strategic alliances and for research and teaching in Public Policy, Global Affairs and Economics. He is also the Chair of the Board of the IE New York College. In 2023 Dr. Muñiz was elected President of the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA), the preeminent organization bringing together the world’s top schools of global affairs and public policy. He is a Senior Fellow at Brookings’ Foreign Policy Program, a member of the Royal European Academy of Doctors, a member of the Advisory Committee of the Club of Madrid, and a council member of the European Council on Foreign Relations. He served as State Secretary (Vice Minister) at the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2020-2021). In this role, he was responsible for the ministry’s Strategy and Foresight Unit, the Economic Diplomacy Team, and the Communications Department. He coordinated Spain’s 2021–2024 Foreign Policy Strategy, and led the work on the National Strategy on Technology and Global Order. He holds a PhD in International Relations from the University of Oxford, a Master in Public Administration from Harvard University, a Master in Financial Markets from the Instituto de Estudios Bursatiles in Madrid, and a Bachelor in Law from Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
Shivshankar Menon
Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Institute of Chinese Studies in New Delhi, and is a Distinguished Fellow at the Brookings Institution, Washington. He served as national security advisor to the Prime Minister of India (2010-2014), and previously as Foreign Secretary of India (2006-2009). He served as Ambassador or High Commissioner of India to Israel (1995-1997), Sri Lanka (1997-2000), China (2000-2003), and Pakistan (2003-2006). He studied at the Scindia School, Gwalior and at St. Stephens College, Delhi University, where he studied ancient Indian history and Chinese.
Claude Mandil
Former Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (2003-2007). Before joining the IEA in 2003, he was Chairman and CEO of the Institut Français du Pétrole and, previous to that, Managing Director of Gaz de France. Earlier posts have included Director General for Energy and Raw Materials at the Ministry of Industry (1990-1998), Director General of Bureau of Mines and Geology (BGRM) (1988-1990), CEO of the Institute for Industrial Development (IDI) (1983-1988) and Technical Advisor in the French Prime Minister’s cabinet (1981-1982). He is a graduate of France’s Ecole Polytechnique and Ecole des Mines.
Anne Lauvergeon
Founder and CEO of A.L.P an advisory and investment company, she is also co-Chairman of the Innovation Committee of the MEDEF. She is Chairman of the Board of Sigfox and IB2. She is member of the Board of American Express, Koç Holding, Suez and Avril. she was Chairman of Innovation 2030 National Committee from 2013 to 2018. She was Founder and CEO of AREVA (2001-2011). In 1997, she worked at Alcatel as Senior Executive Vice President, member of the Executive Committee, in charge of International business and industrial holdings. She was Partner of Lazard Frères & Cie (1995-1997). From 1990 to 1995 she worked for the French President’s office, in charge of international economy and foreign trade missions in 1990, then Deputy Chief of Staff and Personal Representative to the French President, in charge of the G7/G8 Summits’ from 1991. She is a graduate of the Ecole Normale Supérieure and the French National School of Mining Engineer. She holds an advanced degree in Physics & Chemistry.
Ashwani Kumar
Senior Advocate at the Supreme Court of India. He was a Parliamentarian for the State of Punjab for 14 years and served in the Union Government as Minister of State in the Departments of Industrial Policy & Planning, Parliamentary Affairs, Planning, Science, Technology and Earth Sciences (2006-2012). He later served as the Cabinet Minister for Law & Justice in the UPA II (2013). He represented India at the United Nations several times. He graduated from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi.
Ido Kiyoto
Vice Chairman at the Institute for International Economic Studies, which is the research institute established by Toyota Motor Corporation. After joining the Japanese Ministry of Finance in 1973, he engaged mainly in the international issues. Afterwards, he joined The Bank of Japan as Executive Director. He studied Mathematics at Tokyo Institute of Technology and Business Administration at Saarland University in Germany.
Marc Hecker
Deputy Director of Ifri and Editor-in-Chief of Politique étrangère. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and taught for many years a course on Terrorism at Sciences Po. He published several books including La Guerre de vingt ans (Robert Laffont, 2021 with Elie Tenenbaum), Intifada française ? (Ellipses, 2012) and War 2.0: Irregular Warfare in the Information Age (Praeger, 2009 with Thomas Rid; translated in Chinese in 2011). His articles appeared in major journals (Policy Review, Internationale Politik, Commentaire, Études, etc.).
Juan Gallardo
Chairman of Organización Cultiba, Grupo Azucarero Mèxico (Sugar Mills) and of GEPP. He is also a board member of Caterpillar Inc., Santander Mexico and a member of the International Advisory Council of Bombardier and Rabobank. He has served as CEO of COECE, Mexico`s Trade Coalition for NAFTA and Free Trade agreements since 1992. He was also President of Industrial Minera Mexico (Mexico’s largest mining company). He graduated from the Escuela Libre de Derecho in Mexico City.
Ryan Evans
Founder, CEO, and editor-in-chief of War on the Rocks, a digital outlet on strategy, defense, and foreign affairs. He has written for The Washington Post, The New York Times, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, the CTC Sentinel of West Point. He deployed to Helmand Province, Afghanistan (2010-2011) as a civilian social scientist on a U.S. Army Human Terrain Team. He worked as assistant director at the Center for the National Interest, as a research fellow at the Center for National Policy, and for the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence in London. He has lectured, among others at the U.S. Army War College, American University, John Hopkins University. He received his MA from the King’s College London War Studies Department.
Uri Dadush
Senior Fellow at the OCP Policy Center in Rabat, Morocco and a non-resident scholar at Bruegel. He teaches graduate courses on globalization and on international trade policy at the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland and in the executive program of the Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC). He was previously Director of the International Trade, Economic Policy, and Development Prospects Departments at the World Bank. He was also President of the Economist Intelligence Unit, Group Vice President of Data Resources, Inc., and a consultant with McKinsey and Co.
Kriengsak Chareonwongsak
Former Prime Ministerial Advisor of Thailand, Senior Fellow Harvard University and Chairman, Nation-Building Institute. President of the Institute of Future Studies for Development and Honorary Consul General in Thailand. He was also a Fellow at the University of Oxford. He was a Member of Parliament. He is also an Executive Chairman Adviser to CP ALL, the largest listed flagship of the largest Conglomerate in Thailand and a Director of Singapore’s listed company ASTI Holdings. He graduated from Monash University, Australia, Harvard University, Cambridge University and Oxford University, including a PhD in Economics and DPhil in Management.
Angel Barchini
Ambassador of the Republic of Paraguay to the State of Qatar since 2014. Prior to that, he served as a Member of the MERCOSUR Parliament (2008-2013) and was notably Vice President and then President of the Committee on the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (Eurolat). He was also a Professor of International Public Law at the American University of Asuncion, Paraguay (2006) and a Member of the House of Representatives of Paraguay (1998-2003). He obtained a lawyer degree from the American University of Asuncion, Paraguay.
John Anyanwu
Lead Research Economist in the Development Research Department of the African Development Bank. Prior to joining the AfDB, he was full Professor of Economics,, University of Benin, Nigeria. He was also Health Economist/Economic Adviser to Resident Representative, World Health Organization, Lagos, Nigeria and Consultant to the AfDB and International Health Policy Program. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
Eric Hoesli
Adjunct Professor at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Visiting Professor at the Global Studies Institute (GSI) of the University of Geneva since 2014. He has been a journalist for thirty years and worked for most of the Swiss written press. He served as chief editor of l’Hebdo in 1996 and then, in 1997, he founded the daily newspaper Le Temps and was its first chief editor and director. He was also editorial editor of the group Edipresse and then Tamedia (2005-2014).
Hak-joon Kim
Distinguished Professor, Dankook University since 2015. Former President of the Northeast Asian History Foundation (2012-2015). He was Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Dankook University (2011-2013), Chairman of Donga-Ilbo (East Asian Daily Newspaper) (2001-2011) and President of the Korean Political Science Association (2000). He also served as President of The Korean Federation of Teachers’ Associations (1999-2001) and Chancellor of University of Incheon (1996-2000). He graduated from Seoul National University and Kent State University. He holds a Ph. D. in Political Science from the University of Pittsburgh.
José Desfilis
Partner, Desfilis. He is the Senior Partner of the firm that he joined in 1986 and became its managing partner in 1990. He can handle complex operations involving finance and taxation. He has a strong expertise in governance issues as well as business succession. He holds a Master’s Degree in Corporate Law (Institut du Droit des Affaires, University of Paris II – Assas) and a Master’s Degree from the Institut d’Economie Appliquée in Paris.
Ambassador Hassassian at the World Policy Conference in Montreux, Switzerland
03.12.15
His Excellency Manuel Hassassian was invited to speak at the World Policy Conference (WPC), the annual forum of the French Institute of International Relations, in Switzerland last week.
The WPC aims to create a forum of discussion and reflection for global and international relations with the aim to improve all aspects of global governance. It brings together political and business leaders, representatives of civil society, academics and journalists to suggest constructive solutions to major regional and international challenges.
His Excellency Hassassian was invited to contribute and debate in the plenary session, ‘Israeli and Palestinian dialogue’ with Itamar Rabinovich. Ambassador Hassassian expressed the view, in no uncertain terms, that justice for Palestine and resuming negotiations is pivotal for the future of the Middle East. American attempts to broker a solution have utterly failed. This is why new strategies and new players are needed. One such player which can play a definitive part, at this juncture, is the United Nations. It can help broker a peace which is fair and lasting based on UN resolutions and international law.
The Ambassador stated that if new positive strategies are not adopted, Israel will continue its uncompromising aggressive policies. These, however, will never make the Palestinians kneel to dictat. What is desperately needed is a political solution which results in two independent states, Palestine and Israel side by side. Israel, however, has shown no sign of making a two state solution a reality and has even done its best to sabotage it with its continued land expropriation and policies of occupation. This will create a politik real on the ground where a two state solution will no longer be possible.
Video Statement: Prince Michael of Liechtenstein – World Policy Conference Interview
01.12.15
For the second year running, in 2015, Prince Michael of Liechtenstein attended the World Policy Conference and participated in a number of discussions.
Founded in 2008, the World Policy Conference (WPC) is an independent organization which aims to contribute to improving all aspects of governance, with a view to promoting a world that is more open, more prosperous, fairer and more respectful of the diversity of States and nations.
Its annual meeting, which is on a human scale, brings together leading figures from all five continents – political and business leaders, representatives of civil society, academics and journalists – in a climate of trust and a spirit of tolerance to examine, discuss and suggest constructive solutions to major regional and international challenges.
During the conference, Prince Michael was interviewed and asked about his greatest geopolitical concerns.
Do companies have a nationality?
01.12.15
Since the 1980s, several phenomena have diluted the notion of nationality for companies, especially large ones: the emergence of a VUCA world, the growing internationalization of value chains, and digitization. At the same time, the loss of control of public authorities over the companies’ nationality became palpable.
Paradoxically, more than ever, even international companies express a worldview, which is linked to their original culture, that of the soil in which they grew.
What does this mean for politicians and other decision-makers, especially in Europe? Roland Berger CEO Charles-Edouard Bouée spoke about this topic in an video interview at the World Policy Conference 2015 in Montreux:
Charles-Édouard Bouée interviewed at the World Policy Conference from Roland Berger on Vimeo.
The interview was conducted by John Andrews, editor of The Economist. Learn more about the conference and find further interviews at worldpolicyconferencetv.com.
TWEET – TV Interview Prince Michael of Liechtenstein
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TWEET – Do firms have a nationality?
Do firms have a nationality? Check out this video interview with @CEBouee at @WorldPolicyConf: http://rbsc.eu/1jwTlea #globalization
Three interviews that you MUST WATCH. Arqebe (World Policy Conference), Major General Kinfe (METEC), & PMHMD on Various Current Events/Issues.
01.12.15
Arqebe World Policy Conference
-Transformation Agriculture (irrigation vs. rain fed) and Productivity Enhancing Inputs.
Major General Kinfe Danje: Answering Questions that revolve around METEC
PMHMD on various current events.
-Drought, Good Governance, Eritrea, GTP, Hard Currency Shortage