Executive Board
Yasuhide Nakayama

Yasuhide Nakayama

Yasuhide Nakayama was first elected as a member of the House of Representatives in 2003, and since then has been reelected to the Diet on five occasions as a representative for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).

Ramu Damodaran

Ramu Damodaran

Chief of the United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI), Co-Chair of the United Nations Centennial – BGF and UNAI Initiative in Honor of the United Nations 2045 Centenary Ramu Damodaran joined the United Nations Department of Global Communications in 1996; his...

Paul Nemitz

Paul Nemitz

Paul F. Nemitz is the Principal Advisor in the Directorate General for Justice and Consumer. He was appointed by the European Commission on 12. April 2017, following a 6-year appointment as Director for Fundamental Rights and Citizen’s Rights in the same Directorate General.

Beatriz Merino

Beatriz Merino

Beatriz Merino was the first female Prime Minister of Peru. She held office between June 23, 2003 and December 12, 2003. Before serving as Prime Minister, she graduated from Harvard with a Master’s degree in law and had a successful career at Procter & Gamble. After her time at Procter & Gamble, she was elected as Senator from 1990-1992 and Congresswoman from 1995- 2000. During that time she served as President of the Environmental Committee and the Women’s Rights Committee.

Elisabeth Moreno

Elisabeth Moreno

Elisabeth Moreno is a French-Cape Verdean, born in Cape Verde in 1970 and moved to France in 1976. She has successively been an entrepreneur, senior executive, consular judge, minister, and businesswoman. Holding a Master’s degree in Business Law in France and a dual...

Mats Karlsson

Mats Karlsson

Visiting Professor of International and Public Affairs at the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) at Columbia University. Before joining Columbia University, Karlsson was the Director of the Swedish Institute of International Affairs, and previously...