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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.