The Leadership Council acts as the body of last appeal, takes a lead in the funding for the Foundation, gives strategic advice and safeguards ethical standards.
Jon Alexander
Co-Founder, New Citizenship Project
Nicolas Berggruen
Chairman, Berggruen Institute
Ouided Bouchamaoui
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2015
Laura Chinchilla
Former President, Republic of Costa Rica
Achilles Constantakopoulos
Chairman & CEO, TEMES S.A.
Brunello Cucinelli
Chairman and C.E.O., Brunello Cucinelli S.p.A.
Kristen Davis
CEO and Founder, CinqC
Ibijoke Faborode
Co-founder and Executive Director, ElectHER
Nathan Gardels
Co-Founder and Senior Advisor, Berggruen Institute
Basil Gavalas
Head of international relations at DIKTIO Network for Reform in Greece and Europe
Yannis Harizopoulos
Partner, McKinsey & Company Greece
Chaker Khazaal
Palestinian-Canadian author, reporter, and speaker
Nathan Law
Politician and Activist
Bernard-Henri Lévy
French Philosopher, Filmmaker and Activist
Eric X Li
Venture Capitalist and Political Scientist, Shanghai
Maria Logotheti
Co-founder, Climate Change Hub and Senior Policy Advisor, ELIAMEP
Kishore Mahbubani
Distinguished Fellow, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore
Kabelo Mahlobogwane
Chief Ambassador, THUMA Foundation
Alexia Papageorgiou
Co-Founder, Teens for Democracy
George Papandreou
Former Prime Minister, Hellenic Republic
Ines Saltiel
Co-founder, Teens for Democracy
Maria Schmidt
Historian
Sheikha Al-Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani
Chairperson, Qatar Museums Board of Trustees
Mark Thompson
Former President & Chief Executive Officer, The New York Times Company
Andrea Venzon
Co-Founder, Atlas
Ai Weiwei
Artist
Itzik Yahav
Co-founder and President, Sapienship
Fatima Zaman
Advocate, Kofi Annan FoundationThe Athens Democracy Forum
The Athens Democracy Forum took place September 28-30, 2022 in Athens where we examined the lessons learned from the pandemic and the rise in populism and participated in the debate on how we should confront the economic and social fallout.
