Advisory Council

The MSC Advisory Council, led by its Chairman Joe Kaeser, helps to maintain and advance the high quality of the annual Munich Security Conference and the MSC's other events, including the annual Core Group Meetings and the Munich Security Report. It advises the MSC Chairman on strategic decisions, thematic focus, and partnership development. The Council consists of distinguished individuals appointed by the MSC Chairman.

Chair

Joe Kaeser
Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Siemens Energy AG, Munich

Members

Paul Achleitner
Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt a.M.

Oliver Bäte
Chief Executive Officer, Allianz SE, Munich

Carl Bildt
Former Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Sweden, Stockholm

Josep Borrell Fontelles
Vice President of the Commission and High Representative for Foreign Policy and Security Policy, European Union, Brussels

Thomas Enders
President, German Council on Foreign Relations, Berlin

Fu Ying
Chairperson, Center for International Strategy and Security, 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, Washington, D.C.

Kersti Kaljulaid
Global Advocate of the United Nations Secretary-General, Every Woman Every Child; former President of the Republic of Estonia; Member of the Security Innovation Board, Munich Security Conference, Tallinn

John F. Kerry
Former Secretary of State; Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, United States of America, Washington, D.C.

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

Federica Mogherini
Former Vice President of the European Commission and High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, European Union, Brussels

Louise Mushikiwabo
Secretary General, Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie; former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and East African Community, Republic of Rwanda, Kigali

Raychelle Omamo
Former Cabinet Secretary for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Kenya, Nairobi

Nancy Pelosi
Speaker Emerita of the House of Representatives of the United States of America, Washington, D.C.

Boris Pistorius
Federal Minister of Defense, Federal Republic of Germany, Berlin

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

James G. Stavridis
Admiral (ret.); former Supreme Allied Commander Europe of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; Operating Executive, Carlyle Group, Washington D.C.

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