Leadership & Members

A Board of Directors and Honorary Members' Committee drawn from governments, business, academia, and civil society across Southeast Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean.

Board of Directors

The Board of Directors sets the foundation's strategic direction and
oversees its governance.

Dan Stratan
Founder & President
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Silvia Dulgheru
Vice President
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Agatha Peptea
Secretary General
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Honorary Members' Committee

The Honorary Members' Committee brings together senior international figures from politics, business, academia, and journalism whose standing anchors the foundation's credibility.

Nectaria Passarivakis
High Level Regional Advisor, DDD Foundation; President & CEO, Economist Impact Events for Greece, Cyprus, Malta & Southeast Europe (Hazlis & Rivas)
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Sasha Bezuhanova
Founder & Board Chair, MOVE.BG
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Corneliu Bodea
CEO, Adrem; President, Romanian Energy Center
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Konstantina E. Botsiou
Professor of Political History and International Relations, University of Piraeus; General Director, Council for International Relations–Greece
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Ramona Chiriac
Vice President, Global Impact, Therme Group; former Head of the European Commission Representation in Romania
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Alexandru Chiriță
CEO (Director General), Electrica Group
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Marcel Cobuz
CEO and Chairman of the Group Executive Committee, TITAN Group
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Ahmet Davutoğlu
Former Prime Minister of Türkiye
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Robert Hanea
Founder, Chairman & CEO, Therme Group
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Joan Hoey
Europe Consultant, Economist Intelligence Unit; former Editor, Democracy Index
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Oana Ijdelea
Managing Partner, Ijdelea & Asociații
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Věra Jourová
Member of the Ethics Committee, European Central Bank; former Vice-President of the European Commission
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Bruno Leroy
Founding Partner, Leroy și Asociații
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Enrico Letta
Former Prime Minister of Italy
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Sergiu Manea
CEO & Chairman of the Management Board, BCR
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Alessio Menegazzo
CEO & Country Manager, PPC Romania; President, Foreign Investors Council (2026–2027)
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Amre Moussa
Former Secretary-General of the League of Arab States; former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt
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Franck Neel
Member of the Executive Board for Gas & Power, OMV Petrom
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Ion Nestor
Co-Managing Partner, NNDKP
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Ehud Olmert
Former Prime Minister of Israel
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Dan Pascariu
President, Supervisory Board, UniCredit Țiriac Bank; former CEO
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Severina Pascu
Senior Vice-President Commercial & Operations, Liberty Global
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Lilyana Pavlova
Senior Advisor, ARC Fund; former Vice-President of the European Investment Bank
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Stefan Popescu
Director for Regulatory & Public Affairs, Romgaz Black Sea; former State Secretary, Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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Geoffrey Pyatt
Senior Managing Director, Energy & Critical Minerals, McLarty Associates; Chairman, DTEK Advisory Council; former US Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources
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Dorin Recean
Former Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova
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Armen Sarkissian
Former President of Armenia
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Sergey Stanishev
Former Prime Minister of Bulgaria
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Ion Sturza
President, Fribourg Investments; former Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova
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Boris Tadić
President, Social Democratic Party of Serbia; Independent Non-Executive Director, USPACE Technology Group; former President of Serbia
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Frans Timmermans
Former Vice-President of the European Commission
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Milen Veltchev
Managing Partner, Delta Capital International; former Minister of Finance of Bulgaria
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Adela Wiener
Founder & CEO, Aurachain
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