Members
Royal Patron

HRH Prince Michael of Kent
Royal Patron
Board of Trustees
Each member has been chosen for his or her commitment to African progress and expertise in a field relevant to the Foundation’s work. All board posts are voluntary.

Jean-Yves Ollivier
Founding Chairman

Philippe Jonnart
Trustee, Treasurer

Martine Chayriguès
Administrator

Kishore K. Sakhrani
Trustee
Advisory Board
The Advisory Board comprises a panel of leading personalities committed to mediation and negotiation, and international experts working in the Foundation’s fields of action. Their role, which is voluntary, is incompatible with political mandates.

Olusegun Obasanjo
Former President of Nigeria

Kgalema Motlanthe
Former President of South Africa

Dr. Joyce Banda
Former President of Malawi

Kabiné Komara
Former Prime Minister of Guinea

Amama Mbabazi
Former Prime Minister of Uganda

Dr. Nakedi Mathews Phosa
Former member of the ANC

Pär Stenbäck
Former Minister of Education and Foreign Affairs of Finland

Amara Essy
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Ivory Coast

Jan Kohout
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic

Cécilia Attias
Founding President of the Cecilia Attias Foundation for Women

Jean-Louis Bruguière
Former French judge specialised in the fight against terrorism

Ilmas Futehally
Co-founder and Managing Director of Strategic Foresight Group

Prince Philipp von und zu Liechtenstein
Honorary Chairman of the LGT Group Foundation

Dr. Sundeep Waslekar
President of the Strategic Foresight Group
Executive team
Based at the Foundation's headquarters in London, the executive team provides technical support to partners and assists the Advisory Board and the Board of Trustees.

Richard Amalvy
Chief Executive

Ariane Allin
Chief Operating Officer

Cédric Otse-Mawandza
Head of Mission, Lomé Initiative

Mikaël Oliveira
Communication Manager

Charles Cozette
Public Affairs Consultant

Ibrahima Diawadoh N'jim
Advisor to the Founding Chairman of the Brazzaville Foundation
Friends of the Foundation
The Friends of the Brazzaville Foundation provide technical, logistical, financial or relational support to the Foundation's activities. They can also get involved in ongoing projects.
Sam Amsterdam
Chief Executive and Founder of Amsterdam Group
Richard Attias
Founder of Richard Attias & Associates
Jean-Christophe Bas
Founder and Chief Executive of The Global Compass
Younes Benakki
Secretary General of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council of Morocco
Dr. Farid Bennis
President Chief Executive of Laprophan
Fatima Bennis
Driss Benomar
President of the Center for Research and Geostrategic Studies "Atlantis" and President of the African think-tank association "The Casablanca Club
Charles Carr
Founder partner of C&F Partners and former director and treasurer of the Brazzaville Foundation
Vincent Chabant
President of Arsenale Novissimo
Dr. Jaromír Císař
Member of the Board of Trustees of the Bohemian Heritage Fund
Alexandra Cook
Neville Cook
Dr. Barira Dan Nouhou
Director of Pharmacy and Traditional Medicine at the Ministry of Health of Niger
Dr. Hawa Diakite
President of the Order of Pharmacists of Guinea
Donald Duke
Former Governor of Cross River State, Nigeria
Major General Marc Foucaud
Former commander of Operation Serval in Mali
Dr. Aristide Afèignindou Gnassingbé
Minister Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Togo to the United Nations in Geneva
Renee Harper
Founder and Chief Executive of the Kai Kai Group
H.E. Mr. Omar Hilale
Permanent Representative of Morocco to the United Nations in New York and Vice-President of the Executive Board of UNICEF
Ivor Ichikowitz
President of the Ichikowitz Family Foundation
Barbara James
Founder and Managing Director of Henshaw Capital Partners
Dr. Michael Ledeen
American academic and political scientist
Rula Lenska
English-Polish actress
Jacques Moreillon
Former Chief Executive and member of the ICRC; former Secretary General of the World Scout MovementOrganisation ; President of the Cordoba Forum, World Convivance Forum (2019)
Ibrahima Diawadoh N'jim
Policy Advisor
Paul-Marie Nicoli
Jean-Paul Pigasse
Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Congo Dispatches
Sir David Richmond
Former British diplomat and former Chief Executive of the Brazzaville Foundation
Dowager Viscountess Rothermere
Philanthropist and patron of the arts
Michel Roussin
Prefect (H) and former French Minister for Cooperation
Oliver Scutt
Senior partner at Bates Wells and former Trustee of the Brazzaville Foundation
Herbert Simon
Pavel Smutný
President of the Bohemian Heritage Fund
Selena Souah
Founder and President of Revolution Air
Aude de Thuin
Founder and Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Women in Africa Initiative
General (2S) Dominique Trinquand
Director of External Relations of the Marck Group
Pr François Tron
Former Medical Director of the Institut Pasteur Production
Pascale Vanneaux
Honorary Consul of Guinea
Nigel by N. Winser
Environmental Consultant and Co-organizer of the Annual Omani Natural Heritage Conference