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– LEADERS AND PROMINENT FIGURES

The most authoritative names in recent history in the process of European integration

The committee provides guidelines for all eastwest activities, helping to develop an authoritative partnership that bridges strategic vision and the business world. It is composed of leaders and prominent figures from international politics, economics, and culture, who meet every two months in major Italian cities.

Romano Prodi

Former Prime Minister of Italy and President of the European Commission

Enrico Giovannini

Former Minister of Infrastructure and Sustainable Mobility

Boris Tadić

Former President of Serbia

Giuseppe Scognamiglio

CEO of eastwest

Giuliano Amato

Former Prime Minister of Italy

Joschka Fischer

Former Vice Chancellor of Germany

Aleksander Kwaśniewski

Former President of Poland

Paolo Gentiloni

Former Prime Minister and European Commissioner for the Economy

Javier Solana

Former EU High Representative for Foreign Policy

Enrico Letta

Former Prime Minister of Italy

Imen Ben Mohamed

Accredited journalist at the United Nations in Geneva and Switzerland.

Emma Bonino

Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Italy

Luigi Di Maio

EU Special Representative for the Gulf

Renato Mosca De Souza

Brazilian Ambassador to Italy

Angelino Alfano

Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Italy

John Bolton

Former National Security Advisor to President Trump

Igor' Sergeevič Ivanov

Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia

Paola Severino

Former Minister of Justice of Italy

Paola Pisano

Former Minister for Technological Innovation and Digital Transition

Piero Fassino

Member of Parliament and former Minister of Justice of Italy

Pier Carlo Padoan

Former Minister of Economy and Finance of Italy

Vincenzo Scotti

Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Italy

Matteo Zuppi

President of the Italian Episcopal Conference

Sylvie Goulard

Deputy Governor of the Bank of France

Valentino Valentini

Deputy Minister of Enterprises and Made in Italy

Stefania Craxi

President of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Senate

Federico Heichberg
Federico Heichberg

Chief of Staff to the Minister of Enterprises and Made in Italy

Fabio Massimo Castaldo

Former Vice President of the European Parliament

Brando Benifei

Member of the European Parliament

Jan Bielecki

Former President of Poland

Mario Nava

Director General DG EMPL - Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion of the European Commission

Giovanni Russo

Former Head of the DAP, Department of Penitentiary Administration

Lapo Pistelli

Director of Public Affairs at ENI, former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs

Giuseppe Cucchi

Former General and former Military Advisor to the Prime Minister

Alessia Mosca

Former Member of the European Parliament

Virginia Raggi

City Councilor and former Mayor of Rome

Christian Dargnat

Fundraiser for President Macron’s electoral campaigns

Ali Koç

Board Member of Koç Holding (Turkey)

Begümhan Doğan Faralyalı

President of Doğan Holding (Turkey)

Eric X. Li

Venture capitalist and political scientist (China)

Salvatore Carrubba

Former Editor of Il Sole 24 Ore

Myrta Merlino

TV journalist (Mediaset)

Seyda Canepa

TV journalist (NTV and CNBC, Turkey)

Gerardo Pelosi

Journalist, former Head of Foreign Affairs at Il Sole 24 Ore

Reuben Abraham

CEO of Artha Global (India)

Danilo Taino

Journalist, columnist at Corriere della Sera

Donato Di Santo

Former Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs
Expert on Latin America

Pasquale Terracciano

Former Ambassador to Spain, the United Kingdom and Russia

Vincenzo Nigro

Journalist, Spokesperson for Minister Tajani

Giovanni Moro

Professor of Sociology of Political Phenomena

The activity of the Scientific Committee members for eastwest is limited to intellectual contributions, without any involvement in business consultancy activities.

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