Dr Christian H. Kälin

Founder and Chairman
UK/Malta/Dubai
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Prof Dr Khalid Koser

Member of the Board
Switzerland
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Khalid Koser

Professor Dr Khalid Koser is founding Executive Director of the Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund, a public-private partnership dedicated to preventing violent extremism. In its first three years, GCERF has reached over one million people in communities at risk.

An academic by training, Khalid is Professor of Conflict, Peace and Security at the University of Maastricht, as well as non-resident fellow at the Brookings Institution, Chatham House, and the Lowy Institute. As a global advocate for migrants and refugees, Khalid has chaired the World Economic Forum Global Future Council on Migration, edits the Journal of Refugee Studies, and was appointed MBE for services to asylum seekers and refugees. He chairs the Board of Trustees for the sustainable development charity Raleigh International.

Michael Møller

Member of the Board
Switzerland
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Michael Møller

Michael Møller is a former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and in his last post served as Director-General of the United Nations Office in Geneva and Secretary-General of the Conference of Disarmament, and has over 40 years of experience as an international civil servant. He served as the Executive Director of the Kofi Annan Foundation from 2008 to 2011.

He is now member of the Board of the Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator Foundation, Senior Adviser to Macro Advisory Partners, Distinguished Fellow at the Geneva Graduate Institute in Geneva, Member of the Executive Board of the Kofi Annan Foundation, Member of the Board of One Young World, Honorary President of Art for the World, Honorary Chairman of Greycells and member of the Advisory Boards of a number of other Foundations.

Born in 1952 in Copenhagen, Denmark, Mr. Møller earned a Master’s degree in International Relations from Johns Hopkins University, and a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations from the University of Sussex.

Sarah Nicklin

Member of the Board
South Africa
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Sarah Nicklin

Sarah Nicklin is the Group Head of Public Relations & Communications at the international investment migration advisory firm, Henley & Partners. She has over 30 years of international media and communications experience, including as a presenter, producer, and news editor on national TV and radio channels in the UK and South Africa, as well as international news channels such as CNN and Southern Africa’s largest digital publisher, News24.

Sarah has also worked as a media strategist and communications advisor for political parties, advocacy groups, corporates, government agencies, and human rights organizations, including the Black Sash, South Africa’s oldest and longest serving NGO in the field of socio-economic rights. She spent four years working for Inyathelo: The South African Institute for Advancement and helped to establish Africa’s first capacity development and sustainability centre for civil society in Cape Town as well as several African philanthropy networks and annual awards.

Dr Peter Krummenacher

Member of the Board
Switzerland
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Peter Krummenacher

Dr Peter Krummenacher is an expert in Swiss immigration and tax law, as well as in international residence and citizenship planning. Since recently he has retired from these former professional activities to dedicate himself more to his winery business. Additionally, Peter pursues engagements in public sector institutions.

He holds a Master of Law degree from the University of Zurich and a PhD degree in law from the University of Lucerne.

Joachim Wegmann

Director of Operations and Finance
Switzerland
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Joachim Wegmann

More than 20 years of professional experience in the financial industry as senior relationship manager with Rothschild Bank, independent investment advisor and Board Member.

Holds a UBS Wealth Management Diploma and is fluent in German, French, English and Russian.


Janine Mattos

Project Manager
Switzerland
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Janine Mattos

Janine Mattos is responsible for projects and administrative operations at the Andan Foundation. She is fluent in German, English and French.


Tina Savic

Project Manager
Slovenia/Dubai
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Tina Savic

Tina Savic is a project manager and represents Andan Foundation at international events. She is also responsible for certain public relations work and the creation of its social media content.

She has a strong background in international relations and European Studies. The United Nations Association for Slovenia issued The Best Master’s Thesis Award for her master thesis.

Having worked with NGO’s and governmental institutions such as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Slovenia, Tina has attended and was greatly involved with the organization of many international conferences in the past 6 years.


Bushra Zaidan

Project Manager
Dubai
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Bushra Zaidan

Bushra Zaidan is a skilled Project Manager, serving as the representative of Andan at international events. With a background in business administration, she brings a wealth of expertise to her role. Bushra is also adept at managing public relations tasks and crafting engaging social media content for the organization. Fluent in both Arabic and English, she effectively communicates and bridges connections across diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds.

 

Dr Parag Khanna

Founder of FutureMap
Member of Advisory Committee
Singapore
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Parag Khanna

Dr Parag Khanna is a leading global strategy advisor, world traveler, and best-selling author. He is Founder and Managing Partner of FutureMap, a data- and scenario-based strategic advisory firm.

Parag has been named one of Esquire’s ‘75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century’ and has featured on WIRED magazine’s ‘Smart List.’ He holds a PhD from the London School of Economics and his newest book is called The Future is Asian: Commerce, Conflict & Culture in the 21st century (2019). Parag has traveled to more than 100 countries and is a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum.

Simon Anholt

Independent Policy Advisor
Member of Advisory Committee
UK
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Simon Anholt

Simon Anholt has advised the governments of 55 countries over the last 20 years, helping them engage more effectively with the international community. His mission is ‘to make the world work better’.

He also publishes the Good Country Index, which ranks countries by their contribution to humanity and the planet, and in 2014 launched the Global Vote, enabling anybody in the world to vote in other countries. Anholt’s TED Talk launching the Good Country Index has received over 12 million views, and he has authored five books about countries, cultures, and globalization.

Dr Ghada Alatrash

University Lecturer
Member of Advisory Committee
Canada
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Ghada Alatrash

Dr Ghada Alatrash is currently teaching in the Departments of Humanities, Women’s and Gender Studies (WGST), and in the Department of General Education (GNED) at Mount Royal University.

She is the author of Stripped to the Bone: Portraits of Syrian Women, a collection of stories that speaks to the complex lived realities of Syrian women both in a war-torn homeland and within the Syrian Diaspora, and was invited to speak on her short stories as a TEDx speaker.

Ghada was the Liberal MP Candidate for Calgary Signal Hill in the recent Canadian Federal 2019 Federal Election. She also serves on the Diversity and Equity Committee at Mount Royal Faculty Association as well as on the Research and Policy Committee with Action Dignity.

Daan Roosegaarde

Urban Design Artist
Member of Advisory Committee
The Netherlands
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Daan Roosegaarde

Daan Roosegaarde is a Dutch artist and innovator as well as a creative thinker and maker of social designs which explore the relation between people, technology and space.

He studied Fine Arts and graduated from The Berlage Institute in Rotterdam with a Master in architecture. He founded Studio Roosegaarde in 2007, where he works with his team of designers and engineers on landscapes of the future.

Daan is Young Global Leader at the World Economic Forum, visiting professor at the University of Monterrey in Mexico, advisor for Design Singapore Council, visiting professor at Tongji University Shanghai, and a member of the NASA Innovation team. Daan has been selected by Forbes, WIRED and Good 100 as a creative change maker. He has also been the recipient of numerous prestigious awards including the Shenzhen Global Design Award, Ethics Ethical Award, LIT Lighting Design Award 2019 etc.

Tom Hanan

CEO Webrepublic
Member of Advisory Committee
Switzerland
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Prof Dr Paul Robert Vogt

Prof Dr Paul Robert Vogt is currently Director of the Department of Cardiac Surgery at the University Hospital Zurich.

He is the Founder and President of the Board of "EurAsia Heart - A Swiss Medical Foundation" which is dedicated to teaching and education of cardiovascular surgery and associated specialties in developing countries.

He has extensive experience in the health care systems of many Eurasian countries, in education and training in the field, and in independent operational work in developing and emerging countries.

Mikael Ribbenvik Cassar

Chair of the Management Board, EUAA
Member of Advisory Committee
Sweden
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Mikael Ribbenvik Cassar

Mikael Ribbenvik Cassar is the Chair of the Management Board of The European Union Agency for Asylum – EUAA, an agency of the European Union mandated with supporting Member States in applying the package of EU laws that governs asylum and international protection. The European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) replaced the former agency European Asylum Support Office (EASO) in 2022. Mikael Ribbenvik Cassar has been a board member of EASO since 2013 and served as Deputy Management Board Chair 2019-2021. He has been the Management Board Chair since March 2021.

He holds a Master of Laws (LLM) from University of Lund, Sweden, and has more than 20 years of experience in the field of human rights and migration.

Mr Ribbenvik Cassar served as Director for Legal Affairs of the SMA between 2008 and 2013 responsible for internal jurisprudence. From 2013 to 2016 he was Director of Operations and Deputy Director General responsible for managing and improving standards of performance within the operation of the SMA. Between 2017 and 2023 Mr Ribbenvik Cassar served as Director General of the Swedish Migration Agency (SMA).

Mr Ribbenvik Cassar is a committed and inclusive leader with exceptional communication skills, proven capacity of successful change management and long valuable experience in the field of migration and asylum.

 

Tom Hanan

As CEO, Tom Hanan is responsible for the strategic direction of Webrepublic, the leading, fully integrated Swiss marketing agency for the digital age. He is a regular speaker at national and international professional events and is active on the board of IAB Switzerland.

In 2017, he was named EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™ and in 2020 he was included in the list of the 100 most important personalities in Swiss business by the business magazine Bilanz.

Before founding Webrepublic in 2009, Tom Hanan was the first employee of Google Switzerland, building the business for Google in Switzerland and Austria. Before that, he headed Yahoo! Switzerland for three years.

Taavi Rõivas

Former Prime Minister of Estonia
Member of Advisory Committee
Estonia
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Taavi Rõivas

Taavi Rõivas was born on 26 September 1979 in Tallinn, Estonia and he was educated at Tallinna Reaalkool (Tallinn Secondary School of Science) and the University of Tartu, School of Economics and Business Administration, where he obtained a degree in Foreign Trade and Marketing.

From 2012 to 2014 he was the Minister of Social Affairs of the Republic of Estonia. In 2014 he became Prime Minister of the Republic of Estonia and served in this role until 2016.

Prof Dr Dr hc Paul Robert Vogt

Founder EurAsia Heart Foundation
Member of Advisory Committee
Switzerland
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Prof Dr Paul Robert Vogt

Prof Dr Dr hc Paul Robert Vogt is currently Director of the Department of Cardiac Surgery at the University Hospital Zurich.

He is the Founder and President of the Board of "EurAsia Heart - A Swiss Medical Foundation" which is dedicated to teaching and education of cardiovascular surgery and associated specialties in developing countries.

He has extensive experience in the health care systems of many Eurasian countries, in education and training in the field, and in independent operational work in developing and emerging countries.

Mohamed Nasheed

Secretary-General of CVF
Member of Advisory Committee
Maldives
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Mohamed Nasheed

Mohamed Nasheed is the Secretary-General of the Climate Vulnerable Forum and Former President of Maldives.

President Nasheed was elected Speaker of the Maldivian People’s Majlis (parliament) in May 2019, a position he held until November 2023.

In January 2024, he started work as Secretary-General of the Climate Vulnerable Forum, an international partnership of 68 countries highly vulnerable to a warming planet.

President Nasheed won the 2009 Anna Lindh Prize, in recognition of his work promoting human rights, democracy and environmental protection. In September 2009, Time Magazine declared President Nasheed a ‘Hero of the Environment’. In April 2010, the United Nations presented Nasheed with its ‘Champions of the Earth’ environment award. In August 2010, Newsweek named President Nasheed in its list of ‘World’s Ten Best Leaders’. In 2012, The Island President, a documentary feature film about Nasheed, was released in theatres worldwide. In June 2012, Nasheed was presented with the James Lawson Award for the practice of non-violent action. In November 2014, President Nasheed was presented the Mission Blue Award, which Dr. Sylvia Earle honoured for his distinguished work on climate change advocacy. President Nasheed was bestowed the prestigious ‘2017 Courage Award’ in February 2017 by a coalition of 25 international human rights groups at the 9th annual Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy.

Prof Dr Paul Robert Vogt

Prof Dr Paul Robert Vogt is currently Director of the Department of Cardiac Surgery at the University Hospital Zurich.

He is the Founder and President of the Board of "EurAsia Heart - A Swiss Medical Foundation" which is dedicated to teaching and education of cardiovascular surgery and associated specialties in developing countries.

He has extensive experience in the health care systems of many Eurasian countries, in education and training in the field, and in independent operational work in developing and emerging countries.

Dr Titus Gebel

Dr Titus Gebel is founder and president of the Free Cities Foundation. He is a German entrepreneur with a PhD in international law and an extensive worldwide network.

Amongst others, he founded Frankfurt-listed mining company Deutsche Rohstoff AG.
With his concept of Free Private Cities, he wants to create an entirely new product in the "market of living together". If successful, it will fast-track knowledge and progress for humanity.

Titus has written the book "Free Private Cities - Making Governments Compete For You", where he is stating the theoretical and practical groundwork. At the same time he is working as CEO of TIPOLIS to make the worldwide first Free Private City a reality.

Prof Dr Paul Robert Vogt

Prof Dr Paul Robert Vogt is currently Director of the Department of Cardiac Surgery at the University Hospital Zurich.

He is the Founder and President of the Board of "EurAsia Heart - A Swiss Medical Foundation" which is dedicated to teaching and education of cardiovascular surgery and associated specialties in developing countries.

He has extensive experience in the health care systems of many Eurasian countries, in education and training in the field, and in independent operational work in developing and emerging countries.

Dr Titus Gebel

Dr Titus Gebel is founder and president of the Free Cities Foundation. He is a German entrepreneur with a PhD in international law and an extensive worldwide network.

Amongst others, he founded Frankfurt-listed mining company Deutsche Rohstoff AG.
With his concept of Free Private Cities, he wants to create an entirely new product in the "market of living together". If successful, it will fast-track knowledge and progress for humanity.

Titus has written the book "Free Private Cities - Making Governments Compete For You", where he is stating the theoretical and practical groundwork. At the same time he is working as CEO of TIPOLIS to make the worldwide first Free Private City a reality.

Prof Dr Paul Robert Vogt

Prof Dr Paul Robert Vogt is currently Director of the Department of Cardiac Surgery at the University Hospital Zurich.

He is the Founder and President of the Board of "EurAsia Heart - A Swiss Medical Foundation" which is dedicated to teaching and education of cardiovascular surgery and associated specialties in developing countries.

He has extensive experience in the health care systems of many Eurasian countries, in education and training in the field, and in independent operational work in developing and emerging countries.

Dr Titus Gebel

Dr Titus Gebel is founder and president of the Free Cities Foundation. He is a German entrepreneur with a PhD in international law and an extensive worldwide network.

Amongst others, he founded Frankfurt-listed mining company Deutsche Rohstoff AG.
With his concept of Free Private Cities, he wants to create an entirely new product in the "market of living together". If successful, it will fast-track knowledge and progress for humanity.

Titus has written the book "Free Private Cities - Making Governments Compete For You", where he is stating the theoretical and practical groundwork. At the same time he is working as CEO of TIPOLIS to make the worldwide first Free Private City a reality.

Stephen J. Klimczuk-Massion

Corporate and Foundation Strategist
Member of Advisory Committee
Canada
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Stephen J. Klimczuk-Massion

Stephen J. Klimczuk-Massion is a corporate and foundation strategist, board member, author and sometime Oxford fellow. He currently serves as Senior Adviser to Kearney, the global management consultancy, where he was formerly a Principal and head of its Washington, DC, based applied think tank for CEOs and prime ministers.

He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and earned a BA magna cum laude in Economics from UCLA. Stephen has been head of strategy for late, legendary billionaire investor Sir John Templeton's main private philanthropy. He started his career with stints at Bain & Company and Goldman Sachs, and then in the 1990s served as a director and board member of the World Economic Forum in Geneva as well as a member of the Davos programme committee.

Dr Titus Gebel

Founder Free Cities Foundation
Member of Advisory Committee
Germany
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Dr Titus Gebel

Dr Titus Gebel is founder and president of the Free Cities Foundation. He is a German entrepreneur with a PhD in international law and an extensive worldwide network.

Amongst others, he founded Frankfurt-listed mining company Deutsche Rohstoff AG.
With his concept of Free Private Cities, he wants to create an entirely new product in the "market of living together". If successful, it will fast-track knowledge and progress for humanity.

Titus has written the book "Free Private Cities - Making Governments Compete For You", where he is stating the theoretical and practical groundwork. At the same time he is working as CEO of TIPOLIS to make the worldwide first Free Private City a reality.

Max J H Weiland

Founder beaconsmind AG
Member of Advisory Committee
Switzerland/Dubai
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Max J H Weiland

Max J H Weiland, a German entrepreneur specializing in tech and consultancy, is based in both Switzerland and the United Arab Emirates.

He is the founder of beaconsmind AG, a SaaS tech company listed on both the Frankfurt and EURONEXT Paris stock exchanges.

With a broad network in the Middle East, Max has played a key role in implementing smart city technology projects, showcasing his expertise and leadership in this field.

Prof Dr Paul Robert Vogt

Prof Dr Paul Robert Vogt is currently Director of the Department of Cardiac Surgery at the University Hospital Zurich.

He is the Founder and President of the Board of "EurAsia Heart - A Swiss Medical Foundation" which is dedicated to teaching and education of cardiovascular surgery and associated specialties in developing countries.

He has extensive experience in the health care systems of many Eurasian countries, in education and training in the field, and in independent operational work in developing and emerging countries.

Dr Titus Gebel

Dr Titus Gebel is founder and president of the Free Cities Foundation. He is a German entrepreneur with a PhD in international law and an extensive worldwide network.

Amongst others, he founded Frankfurt-listed mining company Deutsche Rohstoff AG.
With his concept of Free Private Cities, he wants to create an entirely new product in the "market of living together". If successful, it will fast-track knowledge and progress for humanity.

Titus has written the book "Free Private Cities - Making Governments Compete For You", where he is stating the theoretical and practical groundwork. At the same time he is working as CEO of TIPOLIS to make the worldwide first Free Private City a reality.