Notre Europe: Board of Directors

Board of Directors

The Board oversees the work programme of Notre Europe. It may also make observations, as a group, on European issues.

Members of the Board of Directors

	Erik Belfrage Advisor to the Chairman of SEB Marcus Wallenberg and the Board of the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (SIIA).
	Joachim Bitterlich Bitterlich was the Foreign and Security Policy Advisor to Federal Chancellor Helmut Kohl (1993 - 98), then the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Federal Republic of Germany to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation in Brussels, and in the years 1999 - 2002 the Ambassador to Spain. In 2003, he joined Veolia Environnement in Paris as Executive Vice President International Affairs". He is Vice-President of Notre Europe.
	Jean-Louis Bourlanges Former Member of the European Parliament (1989-2004) (UDF - EPP), he was the President of the Committee for Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, he was a member of the Commitees for International Trade and for Constitutional Affairs.
	Jerzy Buzek President of the European Parliament (PPE-PE) since 2009, former Prime Minister of Poland and Member of the Polish Parliament (Sejm) in the years 1997-2001. He guided Poland into the NATO structures in 1999. He initiated accession negotiations with the European Union in 1997.
	Laurent Cohen-Tanugi An international lawyer (rungs of Paris and New York) , Laurent Cohen-Tanugi's practice focuses on cross-border mergers and acquisitions as well as international arbitration. He has written several books dealing with European affairs and transatlantic relations. He Chaired the “Europe in the Global Economy” taskforce appointed by the French Government (2007-2008) (www.euromonde2015.eu). Former associate and partner of international law firms Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. (2005-2007) and Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton (1991-2003) ; Senior Vice-President, General Counsel, et member of the Executive Committee of the pharmaceutical concern Sanofi-Synthélabo (2004). He is member of Notre Europe's Board of Directors.
	Sophie-Caroline De Margerie Following a career in the Diplomatic Service, including as European advisor to President Mitterrand during the Maastricht treaty negotiations, Sophie-Caroline de Margerie joined the Conseil d'Etat, both the highest administrative court in France and the Government's legal advisor.
	Philippe De Schoutheete Baron Philippe de Schoutheete, a former Belgian diplomat, was ambassador in Madrid, political director at the Belgian Foreign Ministry and Belgium's permanent representative to the European Union from 1987 to 1997. He was special adviser to Commissioner Michel BaHe has been Guest Professor at the University of Louvain and at the College of Europe Natolin (Poland) and is now Director of the European Department of IRRI, the Royal Institute for International Relations.
	Renaud Dehousse Renaud Dehousse is a Jean Monnet professor at the Paris Political Studies Institute ("Sciences Po"), where he runs the European Center. Activities: Academic sector and research.
	Jonathan Faull Director General for Justice, Freedom and Security at the EU Commission. Since 1989, he is Professor of Law at the Free University of Brussels. He is furthermore Visiting Fellow at the Centre for European Legal Studies at the University of Cambridge.
	Jean François-Poncet Jean François-Poncet was appointed General Secretary of the French presidency in 1976. He was then Foreign Minister for France (1978 - 81). After having been president of the General Council of Lot-et-Garonne (1978 - 94), he is senator of this department since 1983, where he acts as President of the Commission for town and country planning. He teaches at Sciences Po in Paris, and is a regular contributor to French newspaper Le Figaro since 1984.
	Nicole Gnesotto A former deputy chief of the French Foreign Affairs Ministry's think tank, the Centre d'Analyse et de Prévision (1987 - 90), Ms. Gnesotto directed the WEU's Institute for Security Studies (1999-2001) before becoming the first director of the European Union Institute for Security Studies (EU-ISS) until 2007. She has recently been appointed to the chair of European Union studies at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers. She is vice-president of Notre Europe.
	Elisabeth Guigou Elisabeth Guigou began her career as adviser to President François Mitterrand. She was Minister of European Affairs from 1990 to 1993. In 1992 she was elected to the Council of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, and to the European Parliament in 1994. She was Minister of Justice from 1997 to 2000, and Minister of Employment from 2000 to 2002. In 2002 she was elected Member of Parliament representing the 9th District of the Seine-Saint-Denis department. She founded the association Europartenaires in 1994, which she currently chairs.
	Eneko Landaburu Eneko Landaburu joined the European Commission in 1986, where he was Director General for Regional Policy and Cohesion until 2000. After having acted as Director General for Enlargement (2000-03), he is currently Director General for External Relations.
	Pierre Lepetit Vice-President de Notre Europe. Executive Director of IFRI from 2002 to 2005, Pierre Lepetit directed the agricultural policy programme and the climate change programme at the Centre français sur les États-unis. Areas of research: Regulation of markets, competition, and international trade.
	Yves Mény French specialist of the European institutions, he is the President of the Robert Schuman Centre in Fiesole, a department of the European University Institute in Florence.
	Jean Nestor A graduate from the Institut National d'Agronomie in Paris, Jean Nestor has been Secretary General of the European Movement France and then Secretary General and Vice President of Notre Europe. .
	Riccardo Perissich Former Director General for Industry in the European Commission, Riccardo Perissich was from 1994 to 2001 Director for Public and Economic Affairs at Pirelli. He is Director for Public and Economic Affaires at Telecom Italia since 2001.
	Jean Pisani-Ferry Jean Pisani-Ferry is director of BRUEGEL, a Brussels-based economic think tank, and professor at the Université Paris-Dauphine. He is a member of the European Commission's Group of Economic Policy Analysis (GEPA). He was previously Director of CEPII, the main French research institute in international economics (1992 - 97), and Executive President of the French Prime Minister's Council of Economic Analysis (2001 - 02). His policy experience includes positions with the European Commission (1989 - 92) and as the economic advisor to the French Minister of Finance (1997 - 2000).
	Julian Priestley Secretary-General of the European Parliament from 1997 to 2007, he was MEP since 1973.
	Gaëtane Ricard-Nihoul Gaëtane Ricard-Nihoul holds a degree in political science and public administration from the University of Liège and an MPhil and a DPhil in European politics and society from Oxford University. Research areas: institutions, democracy, civil society, education and culture.
	Maria João Rodrigues Maria João Rodrigues is a professor of economics at ISCTE, University Institute, Lisbon. She is economic and social policy advisor to the European Commission. She was Portugal's Minister of Employment and special advisor to the Prime Minister in charge of preparing the follow-up to the 2000 Lisbon European Council.
	Christian Stoffaës After having had several positions in the Ministry of Industry (1972 -1998), Christian Stoffäes was director of the company Elecricité de France. He is Professor Associate at the University Paris IX-Dauphine and Chairman of the Board of the CEPII.
	Christine Verger Christine Verger was adviser to then President of the European Commission Jacques Delors. She directed the Representation of the European Commission in France (1994 - 96), before acting as General Secretary of Notre Europe (1996 - 99) and General Secretary of the Party of European Socialists (1999 - 2004). She is currently Directorate for Presidency Services of European Parliament.

Recent appearances

	The Contribution of 14 European Think Tanks to the Spanish, Belgian and Hungarian Trio Presidency of the European Union by Elvire Fabry, Gaëtane Ricard-Nihoul 04/03/2010 With the establishment of the permanent European Council presidency and the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, the role of rotating presidencies has changed. This will have an impact on the role of the Trio Presidency in future. Does the rotating presidency still matter? In this new edition of Think Global – Act European (TGAE), launched by Notre Europe, 14 Europeans think tanks answer that question by scrutinizing the 18-month agenda of the Spanish, Belgian and Hungarian Trio Presidency. For each specific issue (structural reform, economic governance, energy, climate change, migration, internal security, global governance, foreign policy defence, enlargement, neighbourhood, EU institutions, European political space and budget) they analyse the global context, existing challenges and put forward concrete proposals concerning key initiatives that can be taken by the Trio Presidency during this period. In the sensitive context of the Lisbon Treaty implementation and complex management of the economic crisis, specific attention is given to the decisive coordination role that can be played by the Trio Presidency in defining more efficient – more integrated – European strategies.
	Beyond the Wall: Opening address by Joachim Bitterlich by Joachim Bitterlich 14/12/2009 This speech clarifies the reasons which led Notre Europe to convene a high level conference on the territory of the former-Yugoslavia, a few short weeks after the celebrations of the 20th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall.
	"Van Rompuy avait exactement le profil voulu" by Gaëtane Ricard-Nihoul 21/11/2009 Interview of Gaëtane Ricard-Nihoul in "La Libre Belgique" on November 21, 2009