Brussels Forum
Brussels Forum  
Participant List

2009 Brussels Forum Partners

The German Marshall Fund
of the United States

Federal Authorities of Belgium and the Egmont Institute

The Government of the
Czech Republic

Daimler

With additional support from:

The Ministry of Defense
Republic of Latvia

Bertelsmann Stiftung

Tipping Point Foundation

Fortis Bank

NAME

TITLE ORGANIZATION
Morten von Hanno Aasland Senior Advisor Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Norway
Paul Adamson Chairman and Co-founder The Centre
Asaf Agmon Managing Director Fisher Brothers Institute for Air and Space Strategic Studies
Michael Ahearn

Chief Executive Officer and Chairman First Solar
Urban Ahlin
Member, Deputy Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee Swedish Parliament
Irakli Alasania
Leader
Alliance of Georgia
Simon Allan


Head of Finance
Berwin Leighton Paisner
Joaquin Almunia
Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs European Commission
Celso Amorim

Minister of External Relations

Brazil

Wendy Anderson

Professional Staff Member U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs
Fernando Andresen Guimaraes

Diplomatic Advisor of President Barroso European Commission
Niels Annen


Member, Committee on Foreign Affairs

German Bundestag
Anne Applebaum
Columnist The Washington Post
Uzi Arad

Founder and Head Institute for Policy and Strategy, Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya
Ron Asmus

Executive Director
Brussels Office
The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Yves Auffret

Head of Budget Synthesis/ Secretariat General Ministry of Economy, Finance and Employment, France
Shlomo Avineri
Professor of Political Science Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Stefanie Babst
NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy NATO HQ
Indrani Bagchi
Diplomatic Editor Times of India
Kurt Bardella

Press Secretary Committee on Oversight and Government Reform United States House of Representatives
Jose Manuel Barroso
President European Commission
Vaclav Bartuska

Ambassador-at-Large for Energy Security Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Czech Republic
Katinka Barysch
Deputy Director Centre for European Reform
Ferdinando Beccalli-Falco

President and Chief Executive Officer GE International
Gitte Lillelund Bech
Member
Chairman of the Foreign Policy Committee
Danish Parliament
Robert Bennett
Member United States Senate
Uday Bhaskar
Retired Commodore/Defense Analyst Jawaharlal Nehru University
Stephen Biegun
Vice President, International Governmental Affairs Ford Motor Company
Carl Bildt
Minister of Foreign Affairs Sweden
Hidajet Bicevic
Secretary General Regional Cooperation Council
Sven Biscop
Director, Security & Global Governance Programme Egmont–Royal Institute for International Relations
Jochen Bittner
NATO and EU Correspondent DIE ZEIT
Julian Borger
Diplomatic Editor The Guardian
Spencer Boyer

Director of International Law and Diplomacy Center for American Progress
Elmar Brok
Member European Parliament
Brooke Buchanan

Communications Director Office of Senator John McCain
Philippe De Buck
Director General Business Europe
Christopher Burghardt
Vice President, Corporate Affairs Western Europe
InBev
Guenter Burghardt

Senior Counsel Mayer, Brown International LLP
Wayne Bush

Charge d’Affaire Embassy of the United States of America
to Belgium
Reinhard Butikofer
Former Co-Chairman Bundnis 90/Die Grunen
Christopher Caldwell
Senior Editor The Weekly Standard
Robert Casey

Member United States Senate
Marc Champion

Deputy Bureau Chief, Northern and Eastern Europe The Wall Street Journal
Joyce Chang

Managing Director, Emerging Markets Strategy JP Morgan Chase & Co.
Eric Chevallier

Diplomatic Advisor to Bernard Kouchner, Spokesperson Ministry of Foreign Affairs
France
Vladimir Chizhov
Permanent Representative of Russia to the European Union  
Jurgen Chrobog

Chairman of the Board BMW Stiftung Herbert Quandt
Nuri Colakoglu

Board Member Dogan Yayin Holding
Mary Jane Collipriest

Chief of Staff Office of Senator Robert Bennett
Lorne Cook

Journalist Agence France Presse
Robert Cooper

Director General for External and
Politico-Military Affairs
Council of the European Union
Steve Covington

International Affairs Advisor to SACEUR SHAPE
Gregory Craig

White House Counsel Executive Office of the United States
Pieter De Crem

Minister for Defense Belgium
Ran Curiel
Permanent Representative of Israel
to the European Union
 
Francois d’Alancon
Senior Foreign Correspondent
La Croix
Massimo D’Alema

Member Italian Parliament
Marta Dassu

Director General, International Activities Aspen Institute
Etienne Davignon
Chairman Societe Generale de Belgique (SGB)
Marc Perrin de Brichambaut

Secretary General Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Koert Debeuf

Director Open VLD
Milica Delevic

Director of European Union Integration Office Government of Serbia
RAOUL DELCORDE

Deputy Director General for Multilateral Affairs Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Belgium
Pavol Demes
Director
Bratislava Office
The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Filip Dierckx

Chief Executive Officer Fortis Bank
Thanos Dokos
Director General
Hellenic Foundation for European and
Foreign Policy
Karen Donfried

Executive Vice President The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Francois-Xavier de Donnea

Minister of State House of Representatives
Belgium
Jeroen Doomernik
Fellow Transatlantic Academy
Mia Doornaert

Diplomatic Editor De Standaard
Xenia Dormandy
Senior Associate
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Harvard University
Lyse Doucet
Presenter and Correspondent
BBC World
Dan Drezner

Professor of International Politics Tufts University
William Drozdiak

President The American Council on Germany
Sorin Ducaru
Permanent Representative of Romania to NATO  
Edmund Duckwitz
Permanent Representative of Germany to the European Union  
Ryan Dwyer

NATO Policy Advisor Office of Congressman Michael Turner
Bill Echikson

Senior Manager, Communications Google
Markus Ederer
Head of Policy Planning Staff German Foreign Ministry
Christoph Eichhorn

Minister of Political Affairs German Embassy, Washington, DC
Juurd Eijsvoogel

Senior Editor for International Relations NRC Handelsblad
Stewart Eldon
Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to NATO  
James Elles

Member European Parliament
Matyas Eorsi

Member
Chairman, EU Affairs Committee
Hungarian Parliament
Oded Eran

Director Institute for National Strategic Studies
Steven Erlanger

Paris Bureau Chief The New York Times
Mark Esper

Vice President, Europe and Asia U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Steven Everts
Personal Representative of the SG/HR for Energy and Foreign Policy
Council of the European Union
Thomas Eymond-Laritaz
President
Victor Pinchuk Foundation
Daniel Fata

Vice President The Cohen Group
Ulrik Federspiel
Permanent Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Denmark
Maria Jose Fialho

Head of Unit - SA Transatlantic Relations European Parliament
Mark Fischer

Senior Program Officer The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Thomas Fischer

Executive Director
Brussels Office
Bertelsmann Stiftung
Daniel Fisk
Senior Foreign Policy Advisor Office of Senator Mel R. Martinez
Helga Flores Trejo
Chief of Constituencies Inter-American Development Bank
Richard Fontaine

Deputy Minority Staff Director U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services
Tina Fordham
Managing Director
Economic and Political Strategies
Citigroup
Simon Fraser
Director General, Europe and Globalization Foreign & Commonweatlh Office
United Kingdom
Roland Freudenstein
Head of Research Centre for European Studies
Federico Fubini

Journalist Il Corriere della Sera
Mircea Dan Geoana
President Romanian Senate
Reuel Gerecht

Senior Fellow Foundation for Defense of Democracies
Mario Gioannini
Head, Education–Economic and Juridical Research Compagnia di San Paolo
Peter Gitmark
Member Norwegian Parliament
Hanns Glatz
Delegate of the Board of Management
External Affairs & Public Policy
Daimler AG
Nigar Goksel
Senior Analyst European Stability Initiative
Ana Maria Gomes

Member

Vice Chairwoman

European Parliament

EP Subcommittee on Security and Defense

Ulysse Gosset

Journalist and Anchor France Television Group
Nik Gowing

Lead Anchor BBC World
Heather Grabbe
Executive Director, OSI-Brussels Open Society Institute
Charles Grant
Director Centre for European Reform
Marc Grossman

Vice Chairman The Cohen Group
Fredy Gsteiger

Diplomatic Correspondent Swiss Radio DRS
Ignasi Guardans Cambo

Member European Parliament
Karel De Gucht

Minister for Foreign Affairs Belgium
Ulrike Guerot
Senior Policy Fellow and Head of Berlin Office European Council on Foreign Relations
Shekhar Gupta

Editor-in-Chief The Indian Express
Karl-Theodor Freiherr
zu Guttenberg

Minister for Economics and Technology Germany
Vivien Haig

Director General Transatlantic Policy Network
Bernd Halling

Head of EU Liaison Office Bayer
Hironori Hamanaka

Professor, Faculty of Environment and Information Keio University
James Harding

Editor The Times
Alcee Hastings
Member United States House of Representatives
Soeren Hermansen

Director Samso Energy Agency
Annette Heuser
Executive Director Bertelsmann Foundation
Lindsey Hilsum

International Editor Channel 4 News
Brad Hoaglun

Director of Communications and
Senior Policy Advisor
Office of Senator James Risch
Richard Holbrooke
Special Representative for Pakistan and Afghanistan
United States Department of State
Chris Hoornaert
Permanent Representative of Belgium to the OECD  
Matthew Mark Horn
Co-Executive Director American Jewish Congress
Jerry Hultin

President, Polytechnic Institute New York University
Albert Husniaux

Director General Royal High Institute for Defence
Jana Hybaskova
Member European Parliament
temur iakobashvili State Minister for Reintegration Issues Georgia
Alina Inayeh
Director
Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation
The German Marshall Fund of the United States
William Inboden

Senior Vice President Legatum
Nike Irvin
Board Member The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Darrell Issa

Member United States House of Representatives
Oliver Ivanovic

State Secretary for Kosovo and Metohija Serbia
Bruce Jackson

President Project on Transitional Democracies
Martin Jaeger
Head, Global External Affairs and Public Policy
Daimler AG
Jackson Janes

Executive Director American Institute for Contemporary German Studies
Vincent Jauvert

Journalist Nouvel Observateur
Jin Canrong

Professor and Associate Dean
School of International Studies
Renmin University of China
Mark John

Deputy Brussels Bureau Chief Reuters
Jofi Joseph

Legislative Assistant Office of Senator Robert Casey
Barbara Judge

Chairman United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
Adela Kadlecova

Chief Advisor to the Prime Minister Czech Republic
Robert Kagan

Senior Associate Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Udo van Kampen

Director Zweites Deursches Fernsehen
Jonathan Katz
Staff Director
European Subcommittee
U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs
Atul Kaushik

Director CUTS Geneva Resource Centre
Peter-Hans Keilbach

Senior Representative, Europe U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Craig Kennedy

President The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Gilles de Kerchove

Counter-Terrorism Coordinator Council of the European Union
Richard Kiessler

Senior Editor Foreign Affairs WAZ Media Group
Stephen Kimmel
Advisor to the Chairman
Koc Holding A.S.
Ron Kind

Member United States House of Representatives
Suat KInIklIoglu

Member
AK Party Deputy Chairman of External Affairs
Justice and Development Party
Turkey
Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff
Senior Director, Policy Programs The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Rachel Kleinfeld

Executive Director Truman National Security Project
Gerald Knaus

Chairman European Stability Initiative
Jim Kolbe

Senior Transatlantic Fellow The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Kemal Koprulu

Chairman of Advisory Board ARI Movement
John C. Kornblum

Chairman Lazard & Co.
Rey Koslowski

Fellow Transatlantic Academy
Karolina Kottova

Director
European Policy Coordination Department
Department of Vice Prime Minister for European Affairs
Czech Republic
Irina Krasovskaya

President We Remember Foundation
Heinrich Kreft Senior Foreign Policy Advisor CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group
Chad Kreikemeier

Legislative Assistant Office of Senator Jeanne Shaheen
Veronika Kuchynova-Smigolova

Director, Security Policy Department Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Czech Republic
Ieva Kupce
Representative of Latvian Ministry of Defence to NATO  
Francois Lafond

Director, Paris Office The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Joseph Lai

Foreign and Defense Legislative Assistant Office of Senator George Voinovich
Johannes Laitenberger

Commission Spokesman European Commission
Miroslav Lajcak

Foreign Minister Slovak Republic
Alexander Lambsdorff

Member European Parliament
Remzi Lani

Director Albanian Media Institute
Karel Lannoo

Chief Executive Officer Centre for European Policy Studies
Linda Lanzillotta

Member
Shadow Minister for Innovation and Public Sector
Italian Parliament
F. Stephen Larrabee
Distinguished Chair in European Security RAND Corporation
Noel Lateef

President Foreign Policy Association, New York
Jonathan Laurence
Fellow Transatlantic Academy
Sergei Lavrov
Foreign Affairs Minister Russian Federation
Jean-Pierre Lehmann

Professor of International Political Economy

Founding Director

Evian Group
Peter-Carlo Lehrell

International Chairman FIPRA
Marc Leland
President Marc Leland and Associates
Mark Leonard

Executive Director, London Office European Council on Foreign Relations
Ian Lesser

Senior Transatlantic Fellow The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Pierre Levy

Director, Policy Planning Department Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France
Robert Liberatore

Senior Transatlantic Fellow The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Kadri Liik

Director International Centre for Defence Studies
Simon Limage

Chief of Staff Office of Congresswoman Ellen Tauscher
Tod Lindberg



Research Fellow
Hoover Institution

Editor

Stanford University

Policy Review

Edward Llewellyn

Chief of Staff for David Cameron United Kingdom
Clare Lockhart

Chief Executive Officer Institute for State Effectiveness
Bernhard Lorentz

Chairman of the Management Board Stiftung Mercator GmbH
David Lustig
Vice President, Global External Affairs
U.S. Government Relations and Public Affairs
Unilever United States
Orysia Lutsevych
Executive Director Open Ukraine Foundation
Peter MacKay
Minister for Defence Canada
Heike MacKerron

Senior Director for Europe The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Beate Maeder-Metcalf

Head of Division, USA & Canada Affairs German Foreign Ministry
Mark Malloch-Brown

Minister of State for Africa, Asia and UN United Kingdom
Erika Mann
Member European Parliament
Jonathan Marcus

Diplomatic Correspondent BBC
Hans Martens
Chief Executive European Policy Center
Mel R. Martinez

Member United States Senate
Margarita Mathiopoulos

Chief Executive Officer and Chairwoman European Advisory Group GmbH
Shavit Matias

Deputy Attorney General Ministry of Justice
Israel
Maurizio Massari
Head of the Policy Planning and Analysis Unit Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Italy
Michael Matthiessen

Personal Representative of the SG/HR for Parliamentary Affairs (CFSP) Council of the European Union
Jan Matthysen
Permanent Representative of Belgium to the United States  
Gale Mattox

Professor of Political Science U.S. Naval Academy
John McCain

Member United States Senate
Raffaella Menichini

Deputy Foreign Editor La Repubblica
Cesare Merlini

Chairman Council for the United States and Italy
Giles Merritt

Secretary General Friends of Europe
Patrick Messerlin

Director Groupe d’Economie Mondiale
Tatiana Mitrova

Head Center for International Energy Studies
Liz Mohn

Vice Chairwoman of the Executive Board Bertelsmann Stiftung
Kenjiro Monji
Director-General of Public Diplomacy
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Japan
Marek Mora

Deputy Minister of Vice Prime Minister of European Affairs Czech Republic
Edward Mortimer

Senior Vice President and Chief Program Officer Salzburg Global Seminar
Virginia Mucchi Director of Media Burson Marsteller
CHRISTOPHER W. MURRAY
Charge
U.S. Mission to the European Union
Geert Muylle
Permanent Representative of Belgium to the Political and Security Committee of the European Union
 
Penny Naas

Vice President, Global Government Affairs Citigroup
Elena Nemirovskaya

Founder and Director Moscow School of Political Studies
Hryhoriy Nemyria

Vice Prime Minister Ukraine
James Neuger

Correspondent Bloomberg News
Pauline Neville Jones

Shadow Security Minister and National Security Adviser U.K. House of Lords
Robin Niblett

Director Chatham House
Nathalie Nougayrede

Journalist, International Affairs Le Monde
Nobutake Odano
Permanent Representative of Japan to the European Union  
Amir Oren

Correspondent Ha’aretz
Andres Ortega
Director of Department of Analysis Office of the President
Spain
Marc Otte

EU Special Representative for the Middle East Council of the European Union
Cem Ozdemir

Member European Parliament
Emre Ozdemir

Foreign Relations Coordinator KARLAND
Soli Ozel



Professor, Department of International Relations and Political Science

Columnist

Bilgi University

Sabah

Ana Palacio

Senior Executive Vice President for International Affairs and Marketing AREVA
Marilisa Palumbo

Editor Europa
Sanjay Parekh
Serial Entrepreneur and Technology Strategist  
Phil Park

Chief of Staff Office of Senator George Voinovich
Gerhard Pfanzelter

Alternate Secretary General Central European Initiative
Jean Pisani-Ferry

Director Bruegel
Gunter Pleuger

President Viadrina University
Tomas Pojar

First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Czech Republic
Ruprecht Polenz

Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee German Bundestag
Alice Poole

Transatlantic Fellow The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Valentina Pop

Reporter EUObserver.com
Andrei Popov

Executive Director Asociatia Pentru Politica Externa
Wolfgang Pordzik

Exec. Vice President for Corporate Public Policy DHL North America
Richard Powers

Managing Director Goldman Sachs
Vesna Pusic

Vice President Croatian Parliament
Joseph P. Quinlan

Chief Market Strategist and Managing Director Bank of America
Gideon Rachman

Chief Foreign Policy Columnist Financial Times
Zalmai Rasoul

National Security Advisor Afghanistan
Olli Rehn

EU Commissioner for Enlargement European Commission
David Rennie

Correspondent The Economist
Alex Reyn

Director, Diplomats and Young Professionals Training Program Egmont–Royal Institute for International Relations
Teresa Ribera

Secretary of State for Climate Change Government of Spain
Irmtraud Richardson

Brussels Correspondent German Public Broadcasting
John B. Richardson

Director, Brussels Forum The German Marshall Fund of the United States
John Richardson

Development Advisor Madariaga European Foundation
Edgars Rinkevics

Head
President’s Chancery
Republic of Latvia
James Risch

Member United States Senate
Milan Rocen

Foreign Affairs Minister Montenegro
Alexandros Rondos



Advisor

Former Ambassador at Large

Government of Greece

Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Pierre Rousselin

Head of the Foreign News Desk Le Figaro
Daniel Runde
Head, Partnership Development International Finance Corporation
Artur Runge-Metzger

Head of Unit
Climate Strategy, International Negotiation and Monitoring of EU Action
European Commission
Jacques Rupnik

Senior Research Fellow CERI - Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches Internationales
Jean De Ruyt
Permanent Representative of Belgium to the European Union  
Mikheil Saakashvili

President Georgia
Gerard Salole

Chief Executive European Foundation Centre
Ozdem Sanberk

Ambassador
Former Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs
Turkey
Andrei Sannikov

Coordinator European Belarus
Andre Sapir

Senior Fellow Bruegel
Mary Elise Sarotte

Professor of International Relations University of Southern California
Janis Sarts

State Secretary Ministry of Defence
Republic of Latvia
Wolfgang Schauble

Minister of the Interior Germany
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer

Secretary General NATO
Randall Scheunemann

Owner and President Orion Strategies
Helga Schmid
Director, Policy Unit Council of the European Union
Gary Schmitt
Resident Scholar and Director of Advanced Strategic Studies American Enterprise Institute for Policy Research
Wolfgang Schmitt

Managing Director Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit
Jiri Schneider

Program Director Prague Security Studies Institute
Stephen Schneider

Executive Director Global Leadership Institute for Public Affairs
Karel Schwarzenberg

Minister of Foreign Affairs Czech Republic
Tim Searchinger

Transatlantic Fellow The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Amber Sechrist

Senior Policy Advisor Office of Senator Robert Bennett
Peter Semneby
EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Council of the European Union
Jeanne Shaheen
Member United States Senate
Kamalesh Sharma

Secretary General Commonwealth Secretariat
Jamie Shea

Director of Policy Planning, Private Office of the Secretary General NATO HQ
Radoslaw Sikorski

Minister of Foreign Affairs Poland
Stefano Silvestri

President Istituto Affari Internazionali
anne-marie slaughter

Director of Policy Planning U.S. Department of State
Amanda Sloat
Professional Staff Member
Foreign Affairs Committee
United States House of Representatives
Andrew Small
Transatlantic Fellow The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Eugeniusz Smolar

President Centrum Stosunkow Miedzynarodowych
Vladimir Socor

Senior Fellow Jamestown Foundation
Halie Soifer

Foreign Policy Advisor Office of Senator Ted Kaufman
Javier Solana

High Representative for the CFSP of the European Union Council of the European Union
Song Xinning

Senior Research Fellow and Jean Monnet Professor Renmin University of China
Thomas Spiller

Senior Director, International Programs SAS Institute
Volker Stanzel
Political Director German Foreign Ministry
Tommy Steiner

Senior Research Fellow Institute for Policy and Strategy
Constanze Stelzenmueller

Director
Berlin Office
The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Angela Stent
Professor and Director of the Center for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies Georgetown University
Philip Stephens

Associate Editor and Senior Commentator Financial Times
Maram Stern
Deputy Secretary General World Jewish Congress
Petra Stienen

Deputy Head DWH-NM Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Netherlands
Bruce Stokes

International Economics Columnist National Journal
Kati Suominen


Trade Economist

Transantlantic Fellow

Inter-American Development Bank

The German Marshall Fund of the United States

Roger Svensson

Executive Director Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education
Pawel Swieboda

Director demosEUROPA - Centre for European Strategy
Stephen Szabo

Executive Director Transatlantic Academy
Reka Szemerkenyi
President Hungarian New Atlantic Initiative
Tomohiko Taniguchi

Senior Advisor Board of Central Japan Railway (JR Tokai)
Pirkka Tapiola

Senior Advisor, Policy Unit Council of the European Union
Ellen Tauscher
Member United States House of Representatives
Stefan Theil

European Economics Editor Newsweek
Mischa Thompson

Policy Advisor Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Arve Thorvik

Partner Thorvik International Consulting AS
Dietrich Thranhardt

Fellow Transatlantic Academy
Ansgar Tietmeyer

Delegate of the Management Board for EU Affairs Deutsche Bank AG
Ekaterine Tkeshelashvili

National Security Advisor National Security Council of Georgia
Mirek Topolanek

Prime Minister Czech Republic
Ian Traynor

Europe Editor The Guardian
Michito Tsuruoka

Resident Fellow The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Fred Turner

Chief of Staff Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Michael Turner

Member United States House of Representatives
Daniel Twining

Senior Fellow for Asia The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Sinan Ulgen

Chairman Center for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies
Ozgur Unluhisarcikli

Director
Ankara Office
The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Vygaudas Usackas

Minister of Foreign Affairs Lithuania
Peteris Ustubs

Political Director Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Republic of Latvia
Tomas Valasek

Director of Foreign Policy and Defense Centre for European Reform
Jef Van den Put

Head of the Royal Military Household Royal Palace
Tangui Van der Elst

Director Corporate Affairs BeLux InBev
Raf Van Hellemont

Director-General Egmont–Royal Institute for International Relations
Mabel van Oranje
Chief Executive Officer The Elders
Peter Van Praagh

Senior Director, Wider Europe The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Herman Van Rompuy

Prime Minister Belgium
Marc Vanheukelen

Head of Unit, Transatlantic Relations European Commission
John Vassallo

Vice President, EU Affairs Microsoft Corporation
Ivan Vejvoda

Executive Director
Balkan Trust for Democracy
The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Gunter Verheugen

Commissioner for Enterprises and Industry European Commission
James Villeneuve

Vice President Corporate Affairs, North
American Zone
InBev
Leslie Vinjamuri

Department of Politics
and International Studies
Convenor of General Diplomatic Studies
and Practice
University of London
George Voinovich

Member United States Senate
Kurt Volker
Permanent Representative of the United States to NATO  
Eckart von Klaeden


Member

Foreign Policy Spokesperson

German Bundestag

CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group

Alexandr Vondra
Vice Prime Minister for European Affairs Czech Republic
William Wallace

Deputy Leader of Liberal Democrats House of Lords Group, Spokesperson for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs House of Lords
Axel Weber
President Deutsche Bundesbank
Peter Weilemann

Director of the European Office Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
Gert Weisskirchen

Member

Foreign Policy Spokesperson

German Bundestag
SPD Parliamentary Group
Jeff Werner

General Manager, International
External Affairs & Public Policy–Americas
Daimler
Maja Wessels

Vice President Government Affairs EMEA First Solar
Geir Westgaard

Vice President, EU Affairs StatoilHydro
Shirin Wheeler

Presenter BBC News
Serge Wibaut

Member
Board of Directors
Fortis Bank
Robert Wielaard

Chief of Bureau, Brussels Associated Press
Lodewijk Willems

Director, External and Governmental Affairs Fortis Bank
Martin Winter

Correspondent Suddeutsche Zeitung
Joseph Wood

Senior Resident Fellow The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Suzanne Woolsey

Board Member The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Dirk Wouters

Diplomatic Advisor of the Prime Minister Belgium
Rob Wrigley

Director, Government Relations Airbus Americas
John Wyles
Partner GPlus Europe
Tadamichi Yamamoto

Permanent Delegate of Japan to UNESCO Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Japan
Arsenyi Yatseniuk

Member

Former Speaker of the Rada

Ukrainian Parliament
Amberin Zaman

Turkey Correspondent The Economist
Valdis Zatlers

President Republic of Latvia
SamueL Zbogar

Minister of Foreign Affairs Slovenia
Diane Zeleny
Director of Communications Radio Free Europe
Quansheng Zhao

Visiting Professor Leiden University
Robert Zoellick

President World Bank
Salome Zourabichvili

Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Georgia