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Paulo Paranagua

Independent Scholar, Independant, Argentina.

Brazilian living in France, Paulo Paranagua got his Ph.D. in Art and Communication History from Sorbonne University.

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He is the author of several publications related to cinema and photography in Latin America. He is a Guggenheim Fellow. He has been journalist at RFI for 20 years, and at Le Monde for 15 years.

Lex Paulson

Attorney, Professor, Sciences Po Paris, France

Attorney, professor, writer and consultant in international governance, most recently for UNICEF, the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and the Corporation for International Private Enterprise.

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Trained in political theory at Yale, Cambridge, and the Sorbonne, he served as legislative counsel in the 111th U.S. Congress, organized on four U.S. presidential campaigns, and has additionally worked as a volunteer attorney for Lawyers for Children America. His work as a facilitator and trainer in the international arena include work with NGOs and governments in India, Egypt, Uganda, Burundi, Niger, Ghana, Congo-Brazzaville, Benin, Guinea, and Côte d'Ivoire, on issues related to democratic engagement and accountable government.

J. Peter Pham

United States Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region of Africa; Vice President for Research and Regional Initiatives; Director, Africa Center, Atlantic Council, USA

U.S. Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region of Africa. He is also a Vice President of the Atlantic Council and Director of its Africa Center.

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Prior to joining the Atlantic Council, he was as a professor of justice studies, political science, and Africana studies and Director of the Nelson Institute for International and Public Affairs at James Madison University. From 2008-2017, he was Vice President of the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA) and was founding Editor-in Chief of its quarterly Journal of the Middle East and Africa. In 2015, he was elected to the Board of the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, of which he is presently Vice-Chair.

Pedro Pires

Former President ; Founder of Insitut, Republic of Cape Verde- Insituto Pedro Pires, Cape Verde

Former President of Cabo Verde (2001-11) and Prime Minister (1975-91), Mo Ibrahim Laureate, Honoris Causa of the Federal University of Ceará (Brazil) and the Institute of Social and Political Sciences of the Technical University of Lisbon (Portugal).

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President of the Pedro Pires Institute for Leadership and Amilcar Cabral Foundation. Member of the Africa Forum, the West African Commission on Drugs, honorary board advisor of the Africa Foundation for Governance and Leadership.

Federico Ramón Puerta

Former President; current Ambassador in Spain, Argentina, Ecuador

Former President of Argentina, former President of the Senate, current Ambassador to Spain.

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Member of the political group Justicialismo, former Governor in Misiones Province, elected Deputy and Senator.

Jorge Fernando Quiroga Ramírez

Former President, Republic of Bolivia, Bolivia

Former President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, former Vice-President under the Presidency of Hugo Banzer, former Minister of Finance and Undersecretary of Public Investment and International Cooperation within the Ministry of Planning.

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Founding member of the political group Podemos.

El Mostafa Rezrazi

Senior Fellow, Policy Center for the New South, Morocco

Professor of Crisis Management, and Security Studies and a Senior Fellow at the Policy Center for the New South, previously known as OCP Policy Center, who focuses on Terrorism, Security and East Asia studies. His area of Expertise covers Afro-Asian Affairs, Strategic & Security Studies, Terrorism, Extremism and Deradicalization, mainly from the view of Criminal; Legal and Forensic Psychology.

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Dr. El Mostafa Rezrazi got his Ph.D. in Regional & International Affairs from the University of Tokyo in 1998, and later a Doctorate from the University of Mohammed V on the Psychological dynamisms of Suicide Bombers (2014). He is the executive director of the Moroccan Observatory on Extremism and Violence, Director of the African Center for Asian Studies, Rabat. Currently, he is Visiting Professor at the University Mohammed V Rabat. In 2017, was appointed a Co-coordinator of the OBOR China-Morocco Research Group, and a member of the Advisory Board of The Euro-African Studies Institute, Hanyang University Seoul, South Korea.

Rezrazi is the president for the second term of the Moroccan Association for Asian Studies. Dr. Rezrazi has served in the past as a distinguished professor in the school of law of Sapporo Gakuin University (Japan), a professor & Deputy Director of the Institute of International Relations in Hagoromo University in Osaka (Japan). A political Analyst at the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research in Abou Dhabi, and was also a Visiting Fellow at Princeton University, USA.

Andrés Rozental

Founding President, Mexican Council on Foreign Relations, Mexico

Former Deputy Foreign Minister of Mexico (1988-94), Ambassador to Sweden (1983-88), Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva (1982-83) and Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1995-1997).

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Independent Board member of Ocean Wilson Holdings and Wilson Sons (Brazil), non-executive Director of HSBC Bank (Mexico), President of his own consulting firm, Rozental & Avocados and Senior Policy Advisor at Chatham House in London.

Nicolò Russo Perez

Coordinator of the International Affairs program, Compagnia di San Paolo, Italy

Coordinator of the International Affairs Program at the Compagnia di San Paolo Foundation (Torino, Italy), member of the Executive Committee of the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), council member of the European Council on Foreign Relations, board member of ITHACA (operating in the field of acquisition and elaboration of geographic and cartographic data), as well as on the Scientific Board of the NATO Defense College Foundation in Rome.

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He started his career with the apex bank (CBN, in 1979) where he rendered his dedicated and meritorious services till he joined Kakawa Discount House Limited in 1995. Through a journey of determination, focus, grace and strength, he developed himself technically and professionally through formal education and hands on training. An orator, executioner and a visionary, he held many offices in the course of work. His office credentials are listless, but worthy of note are his contributions to the Money Market Association of Nigeria (now Financial Markets Dealers Association) when he was the President between 2001 and 2003. Also, he has been an active member of The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN). He is a Fellow of the Institute, where he was entrusted with many responsibilities before he became the President and Chairman of Council in 2010. He has made significant contribution to Nigeria’s services sector, notably through his work during the development of Nigeria’s Financial Systems Strategy 2020 (FSS 2020) as well as during the development of Nigeria vision 2020. Kakawa Discount House Limited leveraged on his technical, managerial and leadership competences all through his career in the Organization. He is indeed a resourceful human capital that any Organization would desire, as he climbed the ladder from a Dealer to the Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer. He is a graduate of Economics from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife and holds a master’s degree in Banking and Finance from University of Lagos. In addition to these academic qualifications he obtained an MBA from Bangor University in the United Kingdom. He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accounts of Nigeria, Associate Chartered Institute of Bankers Scotland and Member, Instituted of Directors (MIoD). An Economist, Chartered Accountant and Treasurer par excellence, he has vast experience with international perspectives in financial and economic systems. He served in the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) as the Chairman of the Central Organizing Committee for the annual summit 14 as well as the Chairman of the Technical sub-committee for the annual NES 13. He continued to serve the NESG as a Board Member until his appointment as CEO of the Group. Other Boards on which he sits include Financial Institutions Training Centre (FITC), Board of Trustees of Financial Markets Dealers Association and was a foundation Board member of FMDQ OTC Plc. He has attended conferences with world business leaders where ideas and directions were shared. He sits on the Board of different Organizations, and he is a member of reputable professional Institutes and Organizations.

Paulo Sacadura Cabral Portas

Former Vice Prime Minister of Portugal, Portugal

Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister (2011-15) of Portugal, Minister of Defense (2002-05), President of CDS, a center right party (2000-16).

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Professor of geo-economics and international relations, President of the International Strategic Council (Mota-Engil Group) since 2016, with a focus in Africa and Latin America, elected Deputy Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce in 2016, founding partner and CEO of Vinciamo Consulting (strategic analysis and business intelligence).

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