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, Chairman, Agility, Kuwait
Oliver Bäte, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Management, Allianz SE, Germany
Julie Bishop, Chancellor, The Australian National University, 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
Aliko Dangote, President and Chief Executive, Dangote Group, Nigeria
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, Chairman, Munich Security Conference, Germany
Fred Hu, Founder and Chairman, Primavera Capital Group, China
Mo Ibrahim, Founder and Chairman, Mo Ibrahim Foundation, Sudan
Ali Y. Koç, Vice Chairman, Koç Holdings A.Ş., Turkey
Frank Lowy, Chairman of the Board, Lowy Institute, Australia
Andrónico Luksic Craig, Chairman, Quiñenco S.A., 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, President and Chief Executive Officer, Suntory Holdings Limited, Japan
Lubna Olayan, Chair of the Executive Committee and Deputy Chair, Olayan Financing Company, Saudi Arabia
Gbenga Oyebode, Cofounder and Of Counsel, Aluko & Oyebode, Nigeria
Victor Pinchuk, Founder, EastOne Group, Ukraine
Carlos Rodríguez-Pastor, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Interbank, Peru
Suzan Sabancı, Chairman, Akbank, Turkey
John Sawers, Former Chief, Secret Intelligence Service MI6; Founder and Executive Chairman, Newbridge Advisory, United Kingdom
Javier Solana, Former Secretary-General, NATO; President, ESADEgeo–Center for Global Economy and Geopolitics, Spain
Mostafa Terrab, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, OCP Group, Morocco
Tidjane Thiam, Executive Chairman, Freedom Acquisition I Corporation, France and Ivory Coast
Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Former Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Denmark, Denmark
Patrick Walujo, Cofounder and Managing Partner, Northstar Group, Indonesia