Founded by the late General Brent Scowcroft, the Atlantic Council’s International Advisory Board includes the chief executives of several globally significant companies and former prime ministers and presidents from Australia, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Pakistan, Poland, Spain, and Sweden. Together, they form one of the most influential and lasting groups that support constructive US leadership in the world alongside our friends and allies—the Atlantic Council’s founding purpose.

Leadership

Board director

Stephen J. Hadley

Chairman, International Advisory Board

Staff

Frederick Kempe

President and CEO

Europe & Eurasia German

Members

  • Mr. Philippe Amon, Chairman and CEO, SICPA Holding SA
  • Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, Former Prime Minister of Pakistan
  • President José María Aznar, Former President of the Government of Spain
  • Prime Minister Carl Bildt, Former Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden
  • Dr. Fatih Birol, Executive Director, International Energy Agency
  • Mr. Linden P. Blue, Co-Owner and Vice Chairman, General Atomics
  • Dr. Albert Bourla, Chairman and CEO, Pfizer
  • Secretary Dan Brouillette, Former US Secretary of Energy
  • Mr. Rafał Brzoska, CEO, InPost S.A.
  • Mr. Victor L.L. Chu, Chairman and CEO, First Eastern Investment Group
  • Lieutenant General James Clapper, Former US Director of National Intelligence
  • Sir. Nicholas Clegg, Former Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
  • Ms. Beata Daszyńska-Muzyczka, Special Representative of the President of the Republic of Poland for the Three Seas Initiative
  • Mr. Claudio Descalzi, CEO, Eni
  • General Joseph F. Dunford, Former US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • Mr. Richard Edelman, CEO, Edelman
  • Mr. Guillaume Faury, CEO, Airbus
  • President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, Former President of Croatia
  • Mr. Mario Greco, CEO, Zurich Insurance Group Ltd.
  • Mr. Mehmet N. Günal, Founder, Chairman, Mapa Group
  • Secretary Charles T. Hagel, Former US Secretary of Defense
  • Mr. Bahaa R. Hariri
  • Mr. Frank Haun, CEO, KMW+NEXTER Defense Systems
  • Mr. Gregory J. Hayes, Executive Chairman, RTX
  • Mr. Yongsoo Huh, President and CEO, GS Energy
  • Mr. Hunter Hunt, President and CEO, Hunt Energy, LLC
  • Mr. Josu Jon Imaz, CEO, Repsol
  • Mr. Majid H. Jafar, CEO, Crescent Petroleum
  • Mr. Micael Johansson, President and CEO, Saab Group
  • President Kersti Kaljulaid, Former President of Estonia
  • President Aleksander Kwaśniewski, Former President of Poland
  • Mr. Jean Lemierre, Chairman, BNP Paribas
  • Mr. Enrique Lores, President & CEO, HP
  • Ambassador Giampiero Massolo, Chairman, Mundys
  • Secretary Ernest Moniz, Former US Secretary of Energy
  • Mr. Luis Alberto Moreno, Former President of the Inter-American Development Bank
  • Mr. Robert E. Moritz, Chairman, PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited
  • Ms. Ebru Özdemir, Chairwoman, Limak Investments
  • Mr. Dimitri Papalexopoulos, Chairman and CEO, Titan Group
  • Mr. Ross Perot Jr., Chairman, The Perot Companies
  • Mr. Victor Pinchuk, Founder, East One Ltd.
  • Mr. Daniel B. Poneman, Former US Deputy Secretary of Energy
  • Mr. Mustafa Rawji, CEO, Rawbank
  • The Rt. Hon. Lord Robertson of Port Ellen, Former Secretary General of NATO
  • H.E. Kevin M. Rudd, Australian Ambassador to the United States; Former Prime Minister of Australia
  • Mr. Stephen A. Schwarzman, Chairman, CEO, and Co-Founder, The Blackstone Group
  • Mr. Michal Solowow, Founder, Orlen Synthos Green Energy S.A.
  • Mr. Charif Souki, Member of the Board of Directors, Tellurian
  • Secretary Lawrence H. Summers, Former US Secretary of the Treasury
  • Mr. James C. Temerty, Chairman, Temerty Foundation
  • Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Former Prime Minister of Denmark
  • Mr. Divyank Turakhia, Founder and CIO, Div Capital
  • Mr. Pavao Vujnovac, Owner and President of the Board, Prvo Plinarsko Društvo (PPD)
  • Mr. Jacob Wallenberg, Chairman, Investor AB
  • Ambassador Robert B. Zoellick, Former President of the World Bank
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