Advisory Council
The MSC Advisory Council, led by its Co-Chairs Chrystia Freeland and Paul Achleitner, helps to maintain and advance the high quality of the MSC's work. It advises the MSC's leadership on strategic decisions, thematic focus and partnership development. The Council consists of distinguished individuals elected by the MSC's Foundation Council on the suggestion of the MSC Foundation's President.
Chairs
Paul Achleitner
Chair of the Global Advisory Board of the Deutsche Bank AG
Chrystia Freeland
Special Representative for the Reconstruction of Ukraine; former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Canada, Ottawa
Members
Oliver Bäte
Chief Executive Officer, Allianz SE, Munich
Carl Bildt
Co-Chair European Council on Foreign Relations; former Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Sweden, Stockholm
Christopher G. Cavoli
General; former Supreme Allied Commander Europe of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Mons
Thomas Enders
President, German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), Berlin; Chairman of the Supervisory Board, KNDS
Fu Ying
Founding Chair, Center for International Security and Strategy, Tsinghua University; former Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China, Beijing
Arancha González Laya
Dean, Paris School of International Affairs, Sciences Po; former Minister for Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation of the Kingdom of Spain, Paris
Jane Harman
Distinguished Fellow and President Emerita, Wilson Center; former Chair of the Commission on the National Defense Strategy of the United States of America, Washington, DC
Joe Kaeser
Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Siemens Energy AG, Munich
Kaja Kallas
Vice-President and High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, European Commission; former Prime Minister of the Republic of Estonia, Brussels
John F. Kerry
Nonresident Scholar, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; former Special Presidential Envoy for Climate of the Department of State of the United States of America, Washington, DC
Manfred Knof
Chairman of the Board, Valour Fintech; former CEO, Commerzbank AG, Munich
Gabrielius Landsbergis
Bernard and Susan Liautaud Visiting Fellow at Stanford University; former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Lithuania, Vilnius
David Miliband
President and Chief Executive Officer, International Rescue Committee; former Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the United Kingdom, New York
Louise Mushikiwabo
Secretary General, International Organisation of la Francophonie; former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and East African Community of the Republic of Rwanda, Paris
Kajsa Ollongren
European Union Special Representative for Human Rights, European External Action Service; former Minister of Defence of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Brussels
Raychelle Omamo
Former Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kenya, Nairobi
Nancy Pelosi
Speaker Emerita of the House of Representatives, United States of America, Washington, DC
Boris Pistorius
Federal Minister of Defence, Federal Republic of Germany, Berlin
Maximilian Schöberl
Executive Vice President Corporate Affairs, BMW Group, Munich
Radosław Sikorski
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Poland, Warsaw
Ine Eriksen Søreide
Chairwoman of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence, Parliament of the Kingdom of Norway; former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Norway, Oslo
