Friends of Europe appoints 29 new members to its Board of Trustees

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Today, Friends of Europe marks its first Board of Trustees meeting since the COVID-19 crisis with an announcement of the appointment of 29 high-level new members to its Board of Trustees. On the agenda is the outlook of the European Project post-Covid, and the way in which Friends of Europe can best contribute. The outcomes and recommendations of the meeting will help finetune the organisation’s programme of work for the next few years

 

New Members of the Board of Trustees

Alberto Alemanno

Founder of The Good Lobby, Jean Monnet Professor in EU Law at HEC Paris and European Young Leader (EYL40)

Baroness Valerie Amos

Master of University College at Oxford University, former Director of the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies, former UN Undersecretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, former Leader of the UK’s House of Lords

Anna-Michelle Asimakopoulou

Founder of AA Strategic Advisory, former Member of the European Parliament

Dacian Cioloș

Former Member of the European Parliament, former Prime Minister of Romania, former European Commissioner for Agriculture

Miriam Dalli

Maltese Minister for the Environment, Energy and Public Cleanliness, former Member of the Maltese Parliament and former Member of the European Parliament

Petra De Sutter

Rector of Ghent University, former Belgian Deputy Prime Minister, and former Head of the Department of Reproductive Medicine at Ghent University Hospital (UZ Gent)

Isabelle Durant

Former Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), former Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium

Mary Fitzgerald

MENA-focused Researcher and European Young Leader Alumni (EYL)

Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović

Former President of Croatia

Connie Hedegaard

Chair of the European Commission Mission Board on Adaptation for Climate Change, former European Commissioner for Climate Action, and former Danish Minister for the Environment and for Climate and Energy

Anna König Jerlmyr

Managing Director of the Arwidsson Foundation, Former Mayor of Stockholm and former Member of the Swedish Riksdag

Jean-Claude Juncker

Former President of the European Commission and former Prime Minister of Luxembourg

Kaja Kallas

EU High-Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission and Former Prime Minister of Estonia

Zanda Kalniņa-Lukaševica

Deputy Speaker and Member of Parliament of Latvia, and former Parliamentary State Secretary of the Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Jesse Klaver

Member of the Dutch House of Representatives and Leader of the Dutch green party GroenLinks

John Latsis

Chairman of EFG Group, Chairman of the Independent Social Research Foundation, Member of the John S. Latsis Public Benefit Foundation, Associate Professor in Social and Organisational Theory (University of Reading)

Magid Magid

Former Member of the European Parliament and former Lord Mayor of Sheffield

Cecilia Malmström

Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, former European Commissioner for Trade and Home Affairs and former Swedish Minister for European Union Affairs

Eva Maydell

Member of the European Parliament and Former President of the European Movement International

David McAllister

Chair of the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs and former Prime Minister of Lower Saxony

Mairead McGuinness

European Commissioner for Financial Services, Financial Markets and the Capital Markets Union

Roberta Metsola

President of the European Parliament and 2018 European Young Leader (EYL40)

Carlos Moedas

Mayor of Lisbon, former European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, and former Portuguese Undersecretary of State

Federica Mogherini

Rector of the College of Europe, former high representative of the European Union for foreign affairs and security

Baroness Pauline Neville-Jones

Member of the UK's House of Lords, former Governor of the BBC, former Chairman of the British Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC), former Minister of State for Security and Counter Terrorism

Joachim Rogall

Former President and CEO of the Robert Bosch Stiftung and Adjunct Professor for Eastern European History at the University of Heidelberg

Christos Stylianides

Greek Minister for Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy, former Minister of the Climate Crisis and Civil Protection, and former European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management

Helle Thorning-Schmidt

Co-Chair of the Oversight Board of Vestas, Former Prime Minister of Denmark and former CEO of Save the Children International

Irene Tinagli

Member of the European Parliament and Chair of the Special Committee on the Housing Crisis in the European Union

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