Global Board of Advisors
Overview
The Global Board of Advisors (GBA) consists of prominent individuals, including business leaders, noted academics, and former government officials from developed and emerging-market countries. The prestigious group provides CFR with insight about their regions and also offers a mechanism for members of the GBA to join discussions on international relations and the U.S. role in the world. The GBA has no role in CFR governance. The Global Board is chaired by David M. Rubenstein, CFR Board chairman.
Members of the Global Board of Advisors
Henadi Al Saleh, Chief Executive Officer and Board Member, Agility, Kuwait
Oliver Bäte, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Management, Allianz SE, Germany
Carl Bildt, Vice Chair, Kreab Worldwide; Co-Chair, ECFR; Former Prime Minister and Former Foreign Minister of Sweden, Sweden
Julie Bishop, Chancellor, Australian National University; Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Australia, Australia
James Brocklebank, Managing Partner, Advent International, United Kingdom
David Cameron, Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, United Kingdom
Anatoly Chubays, Visiting Professor in Practice, London School of Economics; Former Chief Executive Officer, Rusnano, Russia
Claudio Descalzi, Chief Executive Officer, Eni, Italy
Paul G. Desmarais Jr., Chairman, Power Corporation of Canada, Canada
André Esteves, Senior Partner, BTG Pactual, Brazil
José Antonio Fernández Carbajal, Executive Chairman of the Board, FEMSA, Mexico
Christoph Heusgen, Former Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations; Former Chairman, Munich Security Conference, Germany
Fred Hu, Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Primavera Capital Group, China
Mo Ibrahim, Founder and Chairman, Mo Ibrahim Foundation, Sudan
Ali Y. Koç, Vice Chairman, Koç Holdings A.Ş., Turkey
Andrónico Luksic Craig, Former Chairman, Luksic Group, Chile
Sunil Bharti Mittal, Founder and Chairman, Bharti Enterprises, India
James Mwangi, Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Equity Group Holdings, Kenya
Takeshi Niinami, Management Advisor, Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), Japan
Lubna Olayan, Chair of the Corporate Board, The Olayan Group; Chair of the Executive Committee, Olayan Financing Company, Saudi Arabia
Gbenga Oyebode, Cofounder and Of Counsel, Aluko & Oyebode, Nigeria
Victor Pinchuk, Founder, EastOne Group, Ukraine
Carlos Rodríguez-Pastor, Chairman, Intercorp, Peru
Suzan Sabancı, Chairman, Akbank, Turkey
John Sawers, Founder and Executive Chairman, Newbridge Advisory; Former Chief, Secret Intelligence Service MI6, United Kingdom
Javier Solana, President, ESADEgeo–Center for Global Economy and Geopolitics; Former Secretary-General, NATO, Spain
Mostafa Terrab, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, OCP Group, Morocco
Tidjane Thiam, President, Democratic Party of the Ivory Coast, Ivory Coast
Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Former Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Denmark, Denmark
Patrick Walujo, Cofounder and Managing Partner, Northstar Group, Indonesia