Members
Patron Royal
HRH Prince Michael of Kent
Patron royal
HRH Prince Michael of Kent
Patron royal
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
Director
Kishore K. Sakhrani
Trustee
Prof. François Tron
Trustee
Olivier Armand
Trustee
Jean-Yves Ollivier
Founding Chairman
Philippe Jonnart
Trustee, Treasurer
Martine Chayriguès
Director
Kishore K. Sakhrani
Trustee
Prof. François Tron
Trustee
Olivier Armand
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 ANC member
Pär Stenbäck
Former Finnish Minister of Education and Foreign Affairs
Amara Essy
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Côte d'Ivoire
Prof. Moustafa Mijiyawa
Former Minister of Health of Togo
Jan Kohout
Former Foreign Minister of the Czech Republic
Alessandra Morelli
Former delegate of the United Nations Refugee Agency
Jean-Louis Bruguière
Former French judge specialised in the fight against terrorism
Ilmas Futehally
Co-founder and Managing Director, Strategic Foresight Group
Prince Philipp von und zu Liechtenstein
Honorary Chairman, LGT Group Foundation
Dr Sundeep Waslekar
Chairman, Strategic Foresight Group
Najib Gouiaa
Chief Executive Officer at MediaCity Mauritius
Dr Zinhle Mandela-Dlamini
Director of Newshelf 1186 and 1198
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 ANC member
Pär Stenbäck
Former Finnish Minister of Education and Foreign Affairs
Amara Essy
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Côte d'Ivoire
Prof. Moustafa Mijiyawa
Former Minister of Health of Togo
Jan Kohout
Former Foreign Minister of the Czech Republic
Alessandra Morelli
Former delegate of the United Nations Refugee Agency
Jean-Louis Bruguière
Former French judge specialised in the fight against terrorism
Ilmas Futehally
Co-founder and Managing Director, Strategic Foresight Group
Prince Philipp von und zu Liechtenstein
Honorary Chairman, LGT Group Foundation
Dr Sundeep Waslekar
Chairman, Strategic Foresight Group
Najib Gouiaa
Chief Executive Officer at MediaCity Mauritius
Dr Zinhle Mandela-Dlamini
Director of Newshelf 1186 and 1198
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.
Foulo Basse
Chief Executive
Jemima Casimir
Operations and Finance Manager
Yohan Switalski
Project Manager
Ibrahima Diawadoh N'jim
Advisor to the Founding Chairman of the Brazzaville Foundation
Foulo Basse
Chief Executive
Jemima Casimir
Operations and Finance Manager
Yohan Switalski
Project Manager
Ibrahima Diawadoh N'jim
Advisor to the Founding Chairman of the Brazzaville Foundation
Friends of the Foundation
Friends of the Brazzaville Foundation provide technical, logistical, financial and relational support for the Foundation's activities. They can also get involved in current 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 Centre de Recherches et d'Etudes Géostratégiques "Atlantis" and President of the African think-tank association "The Casablanca Club".
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, Ministry of Health, Niger
Dr Hawa Diakite
President of the Guinean Order of Pharmacists
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
Renée 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-Chairman 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 ofOrganisation World Scout Movement; President of the Cordoba Forum, World Convivance Forum (2019)
Paul-Marie Nicoli
Jean-Paul Pigasse
Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Dépêches de Congo
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
Chairman, 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, Marck Group
Pascale Vanneaux
Honorary Consul of Guinea
Nigel by N. Winser
Environmental consultant and co-organizer of the annual Oman Natural Heritage Conference
