Volker Türk

Assistant Secretary-General for Strategic Coordination, Executive Office of the United Nations Secretary-General Volker Türk is Assistant Secretary-General for Strategic Coordination in the Executive Office of the United Nations Secretary-General. Mr Türk ensures coherence in strategic analysis and system-wide coordination. Previously, Read More …

Assya Kavrakova

Executive Director, European Citizen Action Service Assya Kavrakova is Executive Director of the European Citizen Action Service (ECAS) – an international non-profit association, based in Brussels, with a pan-European membership and nearly 30 years of experience in empowering citizens to Read More …

Soundous Boualam

 Head of Communications, Alliance4Europe Soundous Boualam is Head of Communications for the not-for-profit NGO Alliance4Europe. She stepped foot in Europe ten years ago, first in the United Kingdom, to study international business, at the University of Edinburgh and then international Read More …

Luigi Narbone

Director, Middle East Directions Programme, Robert Schuman Centre, EUI Luigi Narbone is Director of the Middle East Directions Programme at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies. Previously, he was Ambassador, Head of the EU Delegation to Saudi Arabia, and non-resident Read More …

Daniela Schwarzer

Executive Director for Europe and Eurasia, Open Society Foundations Daniela Schwarzer is Executive Director for Europe and Eurasia at Open Society Foundations. She was previously Director of the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP). Since 2014, Schwarzer has held a Read More …

Roula Khalaf

Editor, Financial Times Roula Khalaf is Editor of the Financial Times. From 2016 to 2020, she was Deputy Editor, overseeing a range of newsroom initiatives and award-winning editorial projects and leading a global network of over 100 foreign correspondents. Before Read More …

Peggy Holinger

International Business Editor, Financial Times  Peggy Hollinger is International Business Editor at the Financial Times (FT). She has held numerous senior positions at the FT including Industry Editor (2014-2020), Leader Writer (2011-2014), Paris Correspondent and Bureau Chief (2004-2011) and UK Companies Read More …

Pilita Clark

Associate Editor and Business Columnist, Financial Times  Pilita Clark is Associate Editor at the Financial Times where she writes a weekly column on business life, as well as features and other articles.She has worked at the FT since 2003 and Read More …

Andrea Castagna

Member of European Digital Development Alliance Andrea Castagna is currently a member of the European Digital Development Alliance, where he focuses on digital cooperation with the European Neighbourhood and Africa. He has been working in the field of European Affairs Read More …