The Leadership Council acts as the body of last appeal, takes a lead in the funding for the Foundation, gives strategic advice and safeguards ethical standards.
Nicolas Berggruen
Chairman, Berggruen Institute
Ouided Bouchamaoui
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2015
Colombe Cahen-Salvador
Co-Founder, Atlas
Laura Chinchilla
Former President, Republic of Costa Rica
Mete Coban MBE
Chief Executive, My Life My Say
Achilles Constantakopoulos
Chairman & CEO, TEMES S.A.
Brunello Cucinelli
Chairman and C.E.O., Brunello Cucinelli S.p.A.
Olafur Eliasson
Danish-Icelandic Artist
Ibijoke Faborode
Co-founder and Executive Director, ElectHER
Clover Hogan
Climate Activist
Chaker Khazaal
Palestinian-Canadian author, reporter, and speaker
Nathan Law
Politician and Activist
Bernard-Henri Lévy
French Philosopher, Filmmaker and Activist
Eric X Li
Venture Capitalist and Political Scientist, Shanghai
Kishore Mahbubani
Distinguished Fellow, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore
Kabelo Mahlobogwane
Chief Ambassador, THUMA Foundation
George Papandreou
Former Prime Minister, Hellenic Republic
Maria Schmidt
Historian
Sheikha Al-Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani
Chairperson, Qatar Museums Board of Trustees
Mark Thompson
Former President & Chief Executive Officer, The New York Times Company
George Tsopelas
Managing Director, McKinsey & Company Greece
Andrea Venzon
Co-Founder, Atlas
Peter Weibel
Director, Center for Art and Media (ZKM) in Karlsruhe
Ai Weiwei
Artist
Itzik Yahav
Co-founder and President, Sapienship
Fatima Zaman
Advocate, Kofi Annan FoundationThe Athens Democracy Forum
The Athens Democracy Forum took place from September 29 to October 1 in Athens (and virtually) where we examined the lessons learned from the pandemic and the rise in populism and participated in the debate on how we should confront the economic and social fallout.
