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María Jesús Montero
First vice President and Minister of Finance
government of Spaina
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María Jesús Montero born in 1966 in Seville to teachers, María Jesús Montero graduated in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Seville and completed a master's degree in Hospital Management. She worked as the Deputy Medical Director at the Virgen de Valme University Hospital in Seville from 1995 to 1998, later becoming Deputy Medical Director and then Managing Director at the Virgen del Rocío University Hospital in Seville....
Second Vice President and Minister of Labor and Social Economy
Vicepresidenta segunda y ministra de
Trabajo y Economía Social
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Yolanda Díaz holds a degree in Law. Her first public position was as a councilor in the Ferrol City Council, where she eventually became deputy mayor. In 2012, she was elected as a member of the Galician Parliament, serving as deputy spokesperson until 2016...
Joseph Oughourlian
President of Grupo PRISA
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Joseph Oughourlian is the founder of Amber Capital, a firm he established in New York in November 2005. Oughourlian began his career at Société Générale in Paris in 1994 and moved to New York in 1996. In 1997, he started managing direct investments for Société Générale in New York, which led him to create the Amber Fund in October 2001 with initial capital from that bank...
Matteo Renzi
Former Prime Minister of Italy
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Matteo Renzi was born in Florence on January 11, 1975. He served as the 27th Prime Minister of the Italian Republic from 2014 to 2016, becoming the youngest Prime Minister in the history of Italy since its national unification in 1861. Before his tenure as Prime Minister, Renzi was the Mayor of Florence from 2009 to 2014...
Julissa Reynoso
Former U.S. Ambassador to Spain
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Julissa Reynoso, destacada abogada y diplomática, actualmente socia del bufete
internacional Winston & Strawn en Nueva York. Nacida en República Dominicana, ha sido una
figura clave en la diplomacia de Estados Unidos, sirviendo como Embajadora en España y Andorra
hasta 2024...
Arancha González Laya,
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Spain
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Arancha González Laya is the third Dean of the Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA) at Sciences Po and the first woman to lead this institution, recognized as the third-best school in the world for politics and international studies...
Shlomo Ben Ami
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israel
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Appointed to the Israeli cabinet by Labor Party Prime Minister Ehud Barak, Shlomo Ben-Ami rose to prominence in Israeli politics by defending a social policy in which democracy and tradition coexist. With the Labor party in Israel often seen as the party of the elite, his social message and Sephardi origins were unique and drew vital support to the party. Following a distinguished academic career, Ben-Ami waged a determined and successful campaign for election to the Knesset in 1996...
José Manuel García-Margallo
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and
Cooperation of Spain
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José Manuel García-Margallo a State Treasury Inspector by profession, he has been active in Spanish politics since the Transition. He was a deputy in the Constituent Cortes with UCD, a deputy in the Spanish Parliament for thirteen years, and later a Member of the European Parliament for seventeen years, where he became Vice-President of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, before joining Mariano Rajoy's government as Minister of Foreign Affairs...
Luz Gómez García
Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at UAM
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Luz Gómez García is a renowned Arabist and professor in the Department of Arab and Islamic Studies at the Autonomous University of Madrid. Her academic and professional career focuses on the study of contemporary Arab thought, political Islam, and the social and cultural dynamics within the Arab world. Born in Madrid in 1967, Gómez García has conducted notable research, ...
Jaume Duch Guillot
Advisor for the European Union and External Action of
the Generalitat of Catalonia
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Jaume Duch Guillot, (born in 1962 in Barcelona) is a prominent Spanish politician and communicator. He holds a law degree from the University of Barcelona and has dedicated his career to European institutions. He began as a European Union official in 1990 and has held several key positions, most recently serving as the Minister of European Union and Foreign Action of the Generalitat de Catalunya since August 2024...
Xavier Bertrand
President of the Regional Council of Hauts-de-France and
Former French Minister
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Xavier Bertrand, current president of the Regional Council of Hauts-de-France and former French minister, was born in Chalons-sur-Marne. Professional insurance agent, he began his political career at the early age of 16. His dedication led him to be elected as a deputy for the second district of Aisne in 2002, a position he held for three consecutive terms...
Ernesto Zedillo
Former President of Mexico
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Ernesto Zedillo is a Mexican economist and politician who was president of Mexico from 1994 to 2000. He is the director of the Center for the Study of Globalization and professor in the field of international economics and politics at the University of Yale. He is also the chairman of the Board of Governors of the Global Development Network, an international research and politics network that offers new perspectives on the challenges we face in our times...
Edmundo González Urrutia
Candidate-Elect of Venezuela
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Edmundo González Urrutia is a distinguished Venezuelan diplomat and politician with a long-standing career in diplomacy, public administration, and politics. He began his career at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela, quickly standing out for his commitment and management skills. In 1978, he took on the role of First Secretary at the Venezuelan Embassy in the United States in Washington, and from 1981 to 1983, ...
Juan Manuel Santos
Former President of Colombia
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Juan Manuel Santos President of the Republic of Colombia from 2010 to 2018. In 2016, he received the Nobel Peace Prize “for his resolute and courageous efforts to end the country's more than 50-year-long civil war”. Before becoming president, he was Minister of Foreign Trade, Finance and Public Credit, and National Defense. Santos graduated from the Naval Cadet School in Cartagena...
Sergio Díaz-Granados
Executive President of CAF - Development Bank of
Latin America and the Caribbean
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Sergio Díaz-Granados is the current Executive President of CAF (Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean). He is a lawyer from the Externado University of Colombia, with advanced studies in Public Management and Constitutional Law, and has an extensive background in both the public and private sectors, focusing on regional development and economic integration...
Daniel Ziblatt
Professor at Harvard University
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Daniel Ziblatt is the Eaton Professor of the Science of Government and the director of the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES) at Harvard University. Ziblatt is widely recognized for his expertise in the study of European politics, democracy, state-building, and historical political economy. He has authored four influential books, including How Democracies Die (Crown Publishing Group, 2018), co-authored with Steve Levitsky...
Anne Applebaum
Columnist for The Washington Post and Pulitzer Prize
Winner
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Anne Applebaum, historian, journalist, and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, is internationally recognized for her in-depth analysis of the complex challenges and significant opportunities that arise from global political and economic transformations. Through her extensive body of work, Applebaum meticulously examines these critical issues from the perspective of world history and the contemporary political landscape, drawing on her vast experience in European affairs ...
Aidan Gomez
Co-founder and CEO of Cohere
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Aidan Gomez, Cofounder and CEO at Cohere, a provider of cutting-edge NLP models that’s solving all kinds of language problems, including text summarization, composition, classification, and more. Prior to Cohere, Aidan co-authored the paper “Attention is All You Need,” ...
Carme Artigas
Former Secretary of State for Digitalization and AI
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Carme Artigas is currently the Co-Chair on the AI Advisory Board of the Office of the Secretary-General's Envoy on Technology at the United Nations. In this role, she is providing key recommendations to the United Nations on the direction for artificial intelligence, highlighting her influence and leadership in the international technology and AI domain..
Marco Sansavini
CEO and President of Iberia
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Marco Sansavini is the CEO and Chairman of Iberia, having assumed these roles in April 2024. He brings over 25 years of experience in the airline industry, having worked across Europe in various key positions. Before taking on the leadership of Iberia, Sansavini served as the CEO of Vueling, where he focused on strengthening the airline's operations and resilience...
Marc Murtra
President of Indra
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Marc Murtra is the President and CEO of Indra, a position he has held since June 2021. Born in 1972 in Blackburn, UK, he graduated in Industrial Engineering from the School of Industrial Engineers in Barcelona and holds an MBA from the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University...
Josep Sánchez Llibre
President of Foment del Treball
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Josep Sánchez Llibre is the current president of Foment del Treball, Catalonia's leading business association, a position he has held since 2018. Born in Vilasar de Mar in 1949, Sánchez Llibre has an extensive political and business career. Before taking on the presidency of Foment, ...
Joaquin Almunia
Former Minister and Former European
Commissioner
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Joaquin Almunia is one of the most internationally experienced Spanish politicians and a strong advocate of the European Union project, an institution for which he worked for fourteen years. He served as Vice President and European Commissioner for Competition from 2010 to 2014, after having been European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs from 2004 to 2010...
Jordi Gual
President of VidaCaixa and Professor at IESE
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Joardi Gual has been Non-Executive Chairman of VidaCaixa since April 2021. He also serves on the Board of Directors of Telefônica Brasil and the Advisory Board of Telefónica España. Gual holds a PhD in Economics from the University of California-Berkeley (1987) and is a Research Fellow at the Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) in London...
Enrico Letta
Former Italian Prime Mnister and EU Rapporteur on
the future of the Single Market
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Enrico Letta italian politician and leader of the Democratic Party (PD) from March 2021 to March 2023, Enrico Letta was dean of the Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA) at Sciences Po in Paris from 2015 to 2021 and he is the founder of the Scuola di Politiche in Italy.
He served as Prime Minister of Italy from April 2013 to February 2014, leading a grand coalition of centre-left and centre-right parties.
Daniel Innerarity
Spanish Philosopher Specialized in AI
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Daniel Innerarity is a Professor of Political Philosophy and holds the Chair of Artificial Intelligence and Democracy at the European University Institute in Florence. Among his recent books is A Theory of Complex Democracy. He has received the National Essay Award, the Prince of Viana Award for Culture, and the National Research Award in Humanities 2022...
Enrique Goñi
President of Instituto Hermes
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Enrique Goñi is the Founder and Chairman of the Board of Trustees at the Instituto Hermes, as well as Assistant to the President of CriteriaCaixa. Previously, he served as Chairman and CEO of Banca Cívica. He is also a member of the Advisory Council of the Georgetown GCL and the Spanish Chapter of the Club of Rome, where he coordinates the group in Navarra...
Miguel Angel Panduro
CEO of Hispasat
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Miguel Ángel Panduro has developed his professional career in the Space, Defense, and Telecommunications industries, where he has led the transformation of companies such as Isdefe (2004-2012), Hisdesat (2012-2019), and Hispasat (since 2019) as CEO. A Telecommunications Engineer from the Polytechnic University of Madrid, ...
Ezequiel Sánchez
President of PLD Space
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Ezequiel Sánchez Ezequiel Sánchez holds a degree in Marketing from ESIC and a Master's in Business Administration from ESCP (Oxford-Madrid-Paris). Currently, he serves as the Executive Chairman of PLD Space, a pioneering and leading company in Europe for the development of reusable rockets, known for its prestigious standing in the aerospace sector and its MIURA family of launch vehicles...
Juan José López Burniol
Vice President of the la Caixa
Foundation
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Juan José López Burniol is a lawyer and vice president of the "la Caixa" Foundation, one of Spain's leading philanthropic and cultural institutions. Born in Tortosa in 1945, López Burniol has had a long career in law, specializing in civil and urban law...
Grammenos Mastrojeni
Diplomat and Deputy Secretary for
Climate in the Mediterranean
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Grammenos Mastrojeni, diplomat, professor, and writer, Grammenos Mastrojeni has pioneered research and action on the societal, geo-strategic, and economic impacts of environmental degradation. Until August 2019, he served as Coordinator for the Environment and Head of the Science-Policy Interface with Italian Development Cooperation, where he was the MFA head negotiator on water, lands, and oceans...
Gonzalo Delacámara
Director of the Water and Climate Change
Adaptation Center at IE University
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Gonzalo Delacámara is an economist specialized in the economic management of natural resources: water, climate, energy, air pollution, oceans, biological diversity and ecosystem services, etc., with emphasis on their complex links with economic and social development.
Sergery Paltsev
Deputy Director of MIT's Global Change Science
and Policy Program
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Sergey Paltsev, is the Deputy Director of the MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy and a Senior Research Scientist at the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) in Cambridge, USA. He leads the MIT Economic Projection and Policy Analysis (EPPA) model, which is used to study global economic and environmental policies. His research covers a broad range of topics, ...
Mariana Mazzucato
Professor at University College London and
Author of Mission Economy
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Mariana Mazzucato , Founding Director of the UCL Institute for Innovation & Public Purpose. Professor, University College London. Author, "Mission Economy". Dr. Mariana Mazzucato is Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value at University College London, where she is Founding Director of the UCL Institute for Innovation & Public Purpose (IIPP)...
Francisco Reynés
Executive President of Naturgy
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Francisco Reynés Industrial Engineer by profession, specialized in mechanical engineering from the University of Barcelona. He holds an MBA (Master in Business Administration) from IESE and has attended senior management programs in the USA and Germany. He speaks fluent English, French and German...
Xavier Vilalta
Architect Expert in Sustainability and Innovation
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Xavier Vilalta , is a Spanish architect globally recognized for his focus on sustainability and innovation. Born in Mollerussa, Lleida, Vilalta has developed projects in different parts of the world, from Europe to Africa,...
Marta Mahmud
Architect at Rafael de la Hoz Studio, a Reference
in Sustainable Architecture
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Marta Mahmud is an Architect and Corporate BIM Manager at Rafael de la Hoz's architectural firm.
With over a decade of professional experience between Madrid and Paris, she has built a career focused on the digitalization of architectural work methodologies, the humanization of technological change, and promoting knowledge in architecture and sustainability. ..
Pablo de Carvajal
General Secretary of Telefónica
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Pablo de Carvajal ehas a degree in Law from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and a Master’s Degree in European Law from the Free University of Brussels.
He worked as Legal Counsel for “La Unión y el Fénix Español, Compañía de Seguros y Reaseguros, SA” (1988-1989)...
Steven Arthur Pinker
Experimental Psychologist and Cognitive
Scientist, Expert in Evolutionary Psychology, Harvard Professor
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Steven Arthur Pinker, is a renowned cognitive scientist, psychologist, and author. He is a professor at Harvard University, where he has gained recognition for his research on language, the human mind, and the nature of thought. Pinker is particularly noted for his theory of universal grammar, which posits that the fundamental principles of language are innate and shared across humanity...
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