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.
Jon Alexander
Co-Founder, New Citizenship ProjectNicolas Berggruen
Chairman, Berggruen InstituteOuided Bouchamaoui
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2015Colombe Cahen-Salvador
Co-Founder, AtlasLaura Chinchilla
Former President, Republic of Costa RicaMete Coban MBE
Chief Executive, My Life My SayAchilles Constantakopoulos
Chairman & CEO, TEMES S.A.Brunello Cucinelli
Chairman and C.E.O., Brunello Cucinelli S.p.A.Olafur Eliasson
Danish-Icelandic ArtistIbijoke Faborode
Co-founder and Executive Director, ElectHERBasil Gavalas
Head of international relations at DIKTIO Network for Reform in Greece and EuropeClover Hogan
Climate ActivistChaker Khazaal
Palestinian-Canadian author, reporter, and speakerNathan Law
Politician and ActivistBernard-Henri Lévy
French Philosopher, Filmmaker and ActivistEric X Li
Venture Capitalist and Political Scientist, ShanghaiKishore Mahbubani
Distinguished Fellow, Asia Research Institute, National University of SingaporeKabelo Mahlobogwane
Chief Ambassador, THUMA FoundationGeorge Papandreou
Former Prime Minister, Hellenic RepublicMaria Schmidt
HistorianSheikha Al-Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani
Chairperson, Qatar Museums Board of TrusteesMark Thompson
Former President & Chief Executive Officer, The New York Times CompanyGeorge Tsopelas
Managing Director, McKinsey & Company GreeceAndrea Venzon
Co-Founder, AtlasPeter Weibel
Director, Center for Art and Media (ZKM) in KarlsruheAi Weiwei
ArtistItzik Yahav
Co-founder and President, SapienshipFatima Zaman
Advocate, Kofi Annan FoundationThe Athens Democracy Forum
The Athens Democracy Forum takes place this September 28-30, 2022 in Athens (and virtually) where we will examine 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.
