Governance
& Team

Board of Directors

Peter Brabeck-Letmathe

Chairman of the Board of Directors

Susana Malcorra

President of GWL Voices. Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship (2015–2017), Argentina. Former Chief of Staff to the United Nations Secretary-General

Patrick Aebischer

Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors

Stéphane Decoutère

Member and Secretary General of the Board of Directors

Henrietta H. Fore

Chairman/CEO at Holsman International, Chair of GESDA’s Citizen Forum

Urs Gasser

Dean TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology

Michael Hengartner

President of ETH Board; Chair of GESDA’s Academic Forum

Sami Kanaan

Former Mayor of Geneva, chairman of the Federal Commission for Childhood and Youth

Enrico Letta

Dean to IE School of Politics, Economics and Global Affairs; Chair of GESDA’s Diplomacy Forum

Lindiwe Majele Sibanda

Director and Chairwoman, African Research Universities Alliance Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Food Systems (ARUA-SFS)

John-Arne Røttingen

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Wellcome Trust

Anton Rupert

Non-executiveDirector at Richemont

Magdalena Skipper

Editor-in-Chief of Nature

Eng Chye Tan

Professor and President of the National University of Singapore (NUS)

The Chairs of the Fora

The Team

Annabell Cox

Business Development Lead

Kirsi Beaumond

Event and Communication Manager

Elena Torres

Internal Communications & Knowledge Manager

Marilyne Andersen

Director General

Shabon Jones

Stakeholder Engagement Manager

Esther Cappelli

Communications and Digital Content Manager

Federica Du Pasquier

Senior Advisor, Governance and Conflict Prevention

Gérard Escher

Claudia Freymond

Neurotechnology Anticipation Manager

Sophie Gilbert

Science Anticipation & Radar Lead

Sandro Giuliani

Senior Advisor to the Board

Marga Gual Soler

Executive Director, Capacity & Leadership

Manuel Gustavo Isaac

Science Anticipation Philosophy & Sense-Making Lead

Greta Keenan

Catherine Lefebvre

Senior Advisor, Open Quantum Institute

Laurent Mentek

Head of AI & Data

Marion Mercier

Science Anticipation Integration Manager

Martin Müller

Executive Director, Science Anticipation

Maricela Muñoz

Director, External Affairs

Niniane Paeffgen

Citizen Engagement & Swiss Public Affairs Lead

Daria Robinson

Executive Director, Solution Accelerator

Miquel Sanagustin Llousas

Board Manager and Executive Assistant

Marianne T. Schörling

Product and Anticipation Experience Lead

Agota Seguin

Director of Operations

Mira Wolf-Bauwens

Head of Initiatives Development

Joanna Wiśniewska

Head of Global Engagement