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

Jean Monnet Professor in EU Law at HEC Paris, Founder of The Good Lobby, Trustee of Friends of Europe and 2014 European Young Leader (EYL40)

Baroness Valerie Amos

Master of University College Oxford and Trustee of Friends of Europe

Anna-Michelle Asimakopoulou

Former Vice-Chair of the European Parliament's Committee on International Trade, and Trustee of Friends of Europe

Dacian Cioloș

Former Member of European Parliament, former Prime Minister of Romania, former European Commissioner for Agriculture, and Trustee of Friends of Europe

Miriam Dalli

Maltese Minister for the Environment, Energy and Regeneration of the Grand Harbour, former member of the European Parliament, and Trustee of Friends of Europe

Petra De Sutter

Belgian Deputy Prime Minister, former head of the Department of Reproductive Medicine at Ghent University Hospital (UZ Gent) and Trustee of Friends of Europe

Isabelle Durant

Former deputy secretary general of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), former deputy prime minister of Belgium and Trustee of Friends of Europe

Mary Fitzgerald

Non-resident scholar at the Middle East Institute and Trustee of Friends of Europe

Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović

Former president of Croatia and Trustee of Friends of Europe

Connie Hedegaard

Chair of green think tank CONCITO of the KR Foundation and of the OECD's Round Table for Sustainable Development; former European Commissioner for Climate Action; former Danish minister for the environment and for climate and energy; and Trustee of Friends of Europe

Anna König Jerlmyr

Former mayor of Stockholm, former member of the Swedish Parliament and Trustee of Friends of Europe

Jean-Claude Juncker

Former president of the European Commission, former prime minister of Luxembourg and Trustee of Friends of Europe

Kaja Kallas

Prime Minister of Estonia, Trustee of Friends of Europe and 2017 European Young Leader (EYL40)

Zanda Kalniņa-Lukaševica

Deputy Speaker and Member of the Latvian Parliament, former parliamentary state secretary of the Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Trustee of Friends of Europe & 2017 European Young Leader (EYL40)

Jesse Klaver

Member of the Dutch House of Representatives, Leader of the Dutch green party GroenLinks, Trustee of Friends of Europe and 2018 European Young Leader (EYL40)

John Latsis

Chairman of the Independent Social Research Foundation, Member of the John S. Latsis Public Benefit Foundation, Associate professor in Social and Organisational Theory at the University of Reading, and Trustee of Friends of Europe

Magid Magid

Founder and Director of Union of Justice, Trustee of Friends of Europe and 2019 European Young Leader (EYL40)

Cecilia Malmström

Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, former European commissioner for trade and home affairs, former Swedish minister for European Union affairs, and Trustee of Friends of Europe

Eva Maydell

President of the European Movement International, Member of the European Parliament, Trustee of Friends of Europe and 2015-2016 European Young Leader (EYL40)

David McAllister

Chair of the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs, former prime minister of Lower Saxony and Trustee of Friends of Europe

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 EU Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science, former Portuguese Under Secretary of State and Trustee of Friends of Europe

Federica Mogherini

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

Baroness Pauline Neville-Jones

Member of the House of the Lords National Security Strategy Joint Committee, former minister of state in the United Kingdom and Trustee of Friends of Europe

Joachim Rogall

Adjunct Professor for Eastern European History at the University of Heidelberg, former president and CEO of the Robert Bosch Stiftung and Trustee of Friends of Europe

Christos Stylianides

Greek Minister for Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy, former European commissioner for humanitarian aid and crisis management, and Trustee of Friends of Europe

Helle Thorning-Schmidt

Former prime minister of Denmark, former CEO of Save the Children International, and Trustee of Friends of Europe

Irene Tinagli

Member of the European Parliament and former Chair of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, Trustee of Friends of Europe and 2014 European Young Leader (EYL40)

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