Friends of Europe appoints 29 new members to its Board of Trustees
Press ReleasesToday, 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
High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission, former 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)