As of February 2006, Mr. Neykov is the first Director of the Energy Community Secretariat in Vienna, Austria. He has close to 20 years non-interrupted experience in the energy sector, including as Secretary General of the Bulgarian energy ministry, regulator, expert at the Energy Charter Secretariat in Brussels. Prior to this he has worked as a state prosecutor and a lawyer.In addition to a law degree

Immediately before graduation, Vladimir KAVARIC was working as business consultant and manager of the investment sector in the Center for Entrepreneurship and Economic Development (1999- 2001).Afterwards, he held the position as the Program Director of the Center for Applicative Researches and Analysis (2001- 2004). The Government of RoM elected him as the Secretary of the Ministry of Finance of RoM in April 2004. 

Giles Chichester has been President of the European Energy Forum since 2004 and was Vice-President of European Parliament from July 2011 to January 2012.He started his professional career working in the family publishing business; Francis Chichester Ltd, founded by his father Sir Francis Chichester KBE, from 1969-1994.He has been a Member of the European Parliament since 1994, 

Since 2010 he chairs WIRE (World Institute for Renewable Energies), a joint-venture between Centuria Capital and the Principality of Monaco aiming at promoting clean energies in the Mediterranean and African regions.After a Master in Petroleum Economics 1984, he started working in investment banking for 25 years collecting experience with the French Trade Commission in Los Angeles, then Credit Agricole (1992),

In September 2009, Mauro Hoyer took over the position of Director of Information at the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) in Vienna, Austria.Throughout his professional career, Mr. Hoyer has worked extensively in the oil and gas sector, in the areas of government and external relations, strategic planning, e-business and downstream. Before joining OFID, he was employed by the Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) as a Strategic Planning Consultant.

Anatoly Karpov is a Russian chess grandmaster and World Champion from 1975 to 1985. He held the title FIDE World Champion until 1999, when he resigned his title in protest against FIDE ‘s new world championship rules. For his decades-long standing among the world’s elite, Karpov is considered one of the greatest chess players of all time. Mr. Karpov was a member of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR in 1989 to 1991. 

Dafydd is the EU correspondent for Argus Media Group, covering energy and climate news from Brussels. Dafydd has a long career in journalism having also reported on economic affairs and tourism as well as being a news reader for Radio Flanders International.In 1999, Dafydd set up and edited Trends International, a Belgian business monthly formerly published by Roularta Media Group. 

Between 1989 and 1992 Goudriaan worked for the Dutch trade union AbvaKabo which organizes workers in local, regional, national administration, water, energy, waste, post and telecommunication, health and social services. He was responsible for European affairs, including European works councils and social dialogue. Since 1992 Goudriaan works for the European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) the largest federation of ETUC.

Alberto Pototschnig was appointed the first director of the Agency for Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER). His term of office is five years.Pototschnig is an economist with extensive experience in energy policy, regulation and market design issues, with a focus on European markets.After seven years in the consultancy business with London Economics, Pototschnig joined the Italian Energy Regulatory Authority.

Peter Vadasz, a member of the ÖVP (Österreichische Volkspartei – Austrian People’s Party) and teacher, has been Mayor of Güssing, Austria, since 1992. He has been serving in the local Town Council since 1982 and was elected Mayor in 1992.He represented the ÖVP as an MP in the State Parliament of Burgenland from 1996 until 2005. In 2007 the French-German Television Channel ARTE chose Vadasz its “European of the Week” for his commitment to self-sufficient and sustainable energy generation from renewable resources in Güssing.

Elena Rybak holds a degree in Business Administration, has been a Country Manager for Swedish Ukrainian Business Club and Programme Coordinator of Swedish governmental business development programme since 2006, where energy efficiency has been a priority sector for cooperation development. Integration of Swedish technology and know-how to Ukrainian market, modernization of district heating systems, waste water treatment plants, energy conservation in buildings, are among projects in Elena’s portfolio.

Hans Demmel started his career as a journalist in the print media Oberbayrisches Volksblatt in 1976.He switched to TV as Editorial Journalist to the Bayrischen Fernsehen in 1979 and worked there for 11 years. In 1990 he became Executive Journalist of Sat. 1 “News” in the private TV sector.In 1992 he worked as USA Correspondent in Washington and became Substitute on Leading Editor of Sat 1. “News” in 1993.

Ilir Meta is a Member of the Albanian Parliament and Chairman of the Socialist Movement for Integration.A strong proponent of regional thinking and a European future for all Balkan countries, his historic visit to Serbia in 2010 ended a decade long lapse of high-level contact between the neighboring countries,

Ingrid Deltenre took up the position of EBU Director General on 1st January 2010. Prior to joining the EBU, Ingrid Deltenre was CEO of Schweizer Fernsehen (SF), the leading public TV broadcaster in the German-speaking part of Switzerland

After earning her MBA degree at Stanford University in 2004, she took charge of the business development initiatives of Dogan Yayin Holding (DYH ) in international arena as an Executive Committee Member and Vice President for Overseas 

Claus J. Raidl is President of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank since September 2008. He was Member of the Executive Board of VOEST – AL PINE AG (2007 – 2010), ÖIAG (Österreichische Industrieverwaltung AG , 1982 – 1986), Wiener Holding Ges.m.b.H.(1981-1982) and Austrian Industries AG (1993-1994).

A prominent human rights lawyer and defender, Duma Gideon Boko was elected President of Botswana’s main opposition political party, the Botswana National Front in July 2010. He has, since his return to Botswana after graduating with an LLM from Harvard Law School in 1995,

Gail Romero is the CEO for MBA Women International, Senior Advisor for MacKenzie-Romero Consulting, Executive Producer for Rainmakers TV and carried the title of Ambassador – Global Health for the American Cancer Society until August of 2011. Gail has spent the last two decades creating and directing the development and integration of innovative ideas and campaigns 

Ali Aslan is the host of the international talk-show ”Quadriga” on Deutsche Welle TV .Aslan has worked as a journalist for leading television networks around the world. His work at NBC News, CNN , ABC News and Channel News Asia took him to Washington, New York, Istanbul, Barcelona and Berlin.Aslan holds a Master of International Affairs from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, and a Master of Science in Journalism

Petar Stoyanov was President of Bulgaria from 1997 till 2002.From 1992 to 1993 Stoyanov was Deputy Minister of Justice in the first non-communist (UD F) government of Bulgaria since 1944.In 1994, as the holder of a doctorate in law, he was elected as a member of the 37th National Assembly in Bulgaria and in 1995 he was elected Deputy Chairman of the UDF. 

On the 11th of February 2009, Morgan Richard Tsvangirai, was sworn in as Prime Minister of the Republic of Zimbabwe.He was elected founding Chairman of the National Constitutional Assembly (NCA), a broad-based movement established by church, civil society and human rights’ groups to demand a new, people-driven constitution in 1997. Under his chairmanship, the NCA led the successful “No Vote” campaign against the 2000 constitution referendum which was a historic victory for Zimbabwe’s pro-democracy movement.

Mimoza Kusari-Lila returned to politics in the elections of 2009, running for the major of Gjakova Municipality. After a long legal battle in regard to contested elections, in December 2009, she became the Vice-President of the New Kosovo Alliance.Before being exposed to politics, Kusari-Lila served as executive director of the American Chamber of Commerce in Kosovo (AmCham), since 2006 to 2009. 

Professor Abdul Latif Al Meer is the Chairman of ICQ and Vice Chairman of Sidra Takaful (Insurance company).During 2005 and 2006, Professor Al Meer served as the Chief Executive Officer, from 2007 to March 2012. He served as the Managing Director at QInvest.In addition, Professor Al Meer also served as a Board Member for a number of banking and Takaful institutions, which included Asian Finance House (Malaysia) and Gulf Finance House (Bahrain).

Wesley Kanne Clark is the former U.S. Army general who ran as a Democratic candidate for the presidency in the 2004 election. Clark grew up in Little Rock, Arkansas and, at the age of 16, started at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, where he graduated first in his class. He also earned a graduate degree as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford and commanded fighting troops in Vietnam, where he was injured three times.