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James L Jones

United States Marine Corps General
Former NATO Alliance Supreme Commander
Chairman Emeritus Atlantic Council USA
22nd United States National Security Advisor

Honorary President of SESC

USA

James Logan Jones Jr. is a retired United States Marine Corps General and a former United States National Security Advisor. During his military career, he served as the 32nd Commandant of the Marine Corps from July 1999 to January 2003, and Commander, United States European Command and Supreme Allied Commander Europe from 2003 to 2006. Jones retired from the Marine Corps on February 1, 2007, after 40 years of service.

 

Gordon England

29th United States Deputy Secretary of Defense

USA

Gordon Richard England is an American politician and businessman who was the U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense and twice as U.S. Secretary of the Navy in the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush.

 

Michael D Barbero

United States Army Lieutenant General
Former Director at Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization

USA

Michael D. Barbero is a United States Army Lieutenant General. He served as Director, Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) from March 2011 until May 2013. In this post, he was responsible for leading the Defense Department's actions to rapidly provide counter-IED capabilities in support of combatant commanders, military services and other federal agencies to enable the defeat of the IED as a weapon of strategic influence.

 

Anthony Lazarski

Former Military Senior Adviser of Senator Inhofe

USA

Anthony J. Lazarski is the Senator Inhofe staff Senior Advisor for Military and Foreign Relations. Prior to this assignment, Lazarski, a retired Air Force colonel, was a Professional Staff Member (PSM) on the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC).  From 2007 to 2012, Lazarski served as Inhofe’s military legislative assistant.

 

Rt. Hon. Lord Browne of Ladyton (Des Browne)

Member of the House of Lords
Former MP
Former Defense Minister of UK

UK

Desmond Henry Browne, Baron Browne of Ladyton, PC is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kilmarnock and Loudoun from 1997 to 2010. He was a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, until the latter moved him from both Defence and Scottish Secretary in 2008.

 

The Lord Richards of Herstmonceux

British Army General
Former Chief of Defense UK

UK

General David Julian Richards, Baron Richards of Herstmonceux, GCB, CBE, DSO, DL is a retired senior British Army officer who was formerly the Chief of the Defence Staff, the professional head of the British Armed Forces.

 

Christian Schmidt

Member of Bundestag CDU/CSU

Germany

Christian Schmidt is a German politician of the centre-right Christian Social Union (CSU).

Schmidt served as Minister of Food and Agriculture from 2014 until 2018. He was Parliamentary State Secretary in the German Federal Ministry of Defence from 2005 to 2013 and Parliamentary State Secretary in the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development from December 2013 until February 2014

 

Volkmar Klein

Member of Bundestag CDU

Germany

Volkmar Klein is a German politician (CDU). Since September 27, 2009, he has been a directly elected member of the German Bundestag for the constituency of Siegen-Wittgenstein and from 1995 to 2009 he was a member of the state parliament of Nordrhein-Westfalen.

 

Werner Fasslabend

Former Defense Minister

Austria

Werner Fasslabend was Minister of Defense from 1990 until 2000 as well as from 1987 to 1990 and from 2000 to 2007 a member of the National Council. He served as third president of the National Council.

 

Wolfgang Petritch

High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina
President of the Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation

Austria

Wolfgang Petritsch is an Austrian diplomat of Slovene ethnicity.

Between 1999 and 2002 Petritsch served as the international High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina.

 

Lukas Mandl

MEP

Austria

Lukas Mandl is an Austrian politician who has been a Member of the European Parliament since November 2017 and was re-elected in 2019. Following the 2019 elections, he moved to the Subcommittee on Security and Defence.

 

Dr. Arturo Parisi

Former Defense Minister

Italy

Arturo Parisi is an Italian politician, leader of the Ulivist faction of the Democratic Party and four-time member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies. He was also minister of defence in the cabinet of Prime Minister Romano Prodi from 2006 to 2008.

 

Vito Di Ventura

Major General of the Italian Army
Former NATO HQ Tirana Commander
Former Military Attaché in London

Italy

Vito Di Ventura is a Major General in the Italian Army, Anti Aircraft Artillery. Among numerous positions held, Major General Di Ventura was a Military Atache in London  from 2001 to 2004 and Commander of Nato HQ in Tirana in the period 2005-2006.

 

Konstantinos Loukopoulos

Hellenic Army Lieutenant General
C.E.O. at Formion SA

Greece

Konstantinos Loukopoulos is a Hellenic Army Lieutenant General. Having an extensive experience in military and security issues, he is now the CEO of Formion SA - Consultancy, Support and Technical Services.

 

George Tsereteli

President of OSCEPA (Georgia)

OSCE PA

George Tsereteli is a member and former vice-speaker of the Parliament of Georgia and the president of Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.

 

Roberto Montella

Sec General of OSCEPA (Italy)

OSCE PA

Roberto Montella is the Secretary General of OSCEPA. He previously served in the International Secretariat as Director of Presidential Administration.Montella has taken part in dozens of election observation missions in the OSCE area and the Middle East, including as Co-ordinator of Long Term Election Observers for The Carter Center. He has served as political advisor to an Italian senator and PACE Vice-President, among other advisory roles. He also holds campaign-related and corporate experience.

 

Nazif Destani

Chairman and Founder of nd group

Germany

Nazif Destani is a successful and dynamic entrepreneur, with a keen vision to identify international
market needs and make strategic business decisions. Albanian by ethnic origin and German by
citizenship, he is cosmopolitan by business sense.
He is the founder and chairman of nd group, the entrepreneurial entity
dedicated to investing in new opportunities and building on portfolio diversification.

 

Ali Vezvaei

Group Chief Executive Officer at ECOLOG International

Italy
Ali Vezvaei In 2019 Mr. Vezvaei has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer and Member of the Management Board of Ecolog International, a leading provider of integrated solutions and services in logistics, supply chain, construction, technology, facility management and environmental applications. He is also serving as a Member of the Board of nd Venture, a private Equity with global focus on Fintech and Energy. Ali has accomplished his Executive Education at Harvard Business School as well as University of Oxford - Said Business School - and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering.
 

Lucio Miranda

President and Founder of ExportUSA New York Corp

USA

After extensive experience at JP Morgan and Alitalia Airlines, in 2003 Lucio Miranda founded ExportUSA New York Corp., where he is currently the President.

 

Carlo Clini

Associate Fellow of the Institute for Environmental Security
Diplomatic Attaché, Competition, Internal Market and Infringement Procedures

Belgium

Carlo Clini is an Italian civil servant with more than 20 years of international professional experience, a PhD in
International Relations, a MS in Administrative Studies, an MA in Political Economy and a strong interest
in current developments in international affairs.

Since 2008, he has been an Associate Fellow of the Institute for Environmental Security, and has contributed
with a monthly column on environmental security, climate change and climate finance to Longitude, an
Italian magazine on world affairs.

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