Members of the Foundation Board
Members ex officio:
Ms Angeline Fankhauser, President a.i., Former Member of the Swiss National Council;
Mr Eric Baier, Deputy Director, Ministry of Education (State of Geneva); appointed by the State Council of the Republic and Canton of Geneva;
Mr Blaise Godet, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the United Nations Office and to the Other International Organizations in Geneva (serves as an observer ex officio, not as a member);
Mr Charles Kleiber, State Secretary for Science and Research and Director of the Swiss Science Agency; appointed by the Swiss Federal Department of Home Affairs;
Ms Joëlle Kuntz, Journalist at Le Temps, appointed by the Foundation Council of the Graduate Institute of International Studies;
Mr Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Director-General, United Nations Office at Geneva (serves as an observer ex officio, not as a member);
Mr Eric M. Roethlisberger, Former Ambassador of Switzerland; appointed by the Foundation Council of the Graduate Institute of Development Studies.
Members of International Organisations:
Mr Alain Frank, Former Director, External Relations Division, World Trade Organisation;
Mr Jean-Pierre Laviec, Director ad interim, International Institute of Labour Studies, International Labour Office;
Mr Philippe Petit, Deputy Director-General, World Intellectual Property Organization.
Co-opted Members:
Ms Hélène Ahrweiler, Former President, European University, Paris;
Mr Jerôme Koechlin, Head of Corporate Communications, Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch & Cie;
Ms Beth Krasna, Former Director-General, Sécheron S.A.;
Mr Philippe Roch, Former Director, Swiss Agency for the Environment, Forests and Landscape;
Mr Herwig Schopper, Former Director-General, CERN;
Mr Theodor H. Winkler, Director, Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) (serves as an observer, not as a member).
Representatives of the Founding Institutions:
(Permanent guests of the Foundation Board)
Mr Philippe Burrin, Director, Graduate Institute of International Studies;
Mr Michel Carton, Director, Graduate Institute of Development Studies;
Mr Jean-Dominique Vassalli, Rector, University of Geneva.
President of the Scientific Committee:
(Permanent guest of the Foundation Board)
Mr Edouard Dommen, Professor, formerly economist at UNCTAD, specialist in the ethics of economics and sustainable development.