Speakers - The Civitatis Forum

Speakers to the Civitatis Forum

The Civitatis Forum has been delighted to host over the years, a high-level spectra of distinguished speakers whose pre-eminence in their professions are internationally renowned both for their wisdom and expertise in their respective fields.

The guests of the Civitatis Forum have always appreciated the insights our speakers bring to the debate and take pleasure in the settings that the Civitatis Forum provides for mutually enjoyable intellectual interactions.

Meetings of the Civitatis Forum are private and enjoyable occasions for our guests and are held off the record with no media permitted to attend.

Daniel Ottolenghi

Head of London Office, European Investment Bank

Christopher Drennen

Managing Director and Head of Capital Markets and Advisory Solutions for BNP Paribas, Quartet Delegate.

Professor Federico Mayor Zaragoza

Former Director-General of UNESCO and Chairman the Foundation for a Culture of Peace.

The Honourable Anne Marie Lizin

Honorary President of the Royal Senate of the Kingdom of Belgium.

Professor Sir Colin Berry

Knight Principal of the Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor.

Sir Peter Marshall KCMG CVO

Former Deputy Secretary General of the Commonwealth and United Kingdom Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office in Geneva. (Chair of several Civitatis Policy Seminars).

Sir Jeremy Grenstock GCMG

Former Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations, Chairman of Lambert Energy Advisory Ltd. and Gatehouse Advisory Partners.

Professor Maurice Fraser

Vice-Chair of the Franco-British Council, Chevalier de la Legion d' honneur. Former Special Adviser to UK Foreign Secretaries: Lord Geoffrey Howe, Sir John Major and Lord Douglas Hurd of Westwell.

Baroness Pauline Neville-Jones DCMG PC

Former Minister of State for Security and Counter Terrorism and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom's Special Representative to Business on Cyber-security.

Professor Sir Roger Cashmore CMG

Chairman of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority.

Edward Mortimer CMG

Former Director of Communications in the Executive Office of the United Nations

and speech writer to the UN Secretary General.

Major General Andrew Ritchie CBE

Former Commander of the Royal Military Academy of Sandhurst.

H.E. Andrii Kuzmenko

Ambassador of Ukraine.

Professor Alan Lee-Williams OBE

Member of the Trilateral Commission.

Geoffrey Robertson KC

Founder and Joint Head of Doughty Street Chambers.

H.E. President Mikhail Gorbachev

Former President of the USSR (via a written address).

His Holiness Radhanath Swami

Monk and Author of The Journey Home.

Michele Griffin

Senior Policy Advisor to the UN Secretary General.

Professor Michael Cox

Director of LSE IDEAS and Emeritus Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics.

Professor Hall Gardner

Professor of International and Comparative Politics and former Chair of Department at the American University of Paris.

Professor Tom Spencer

Former Member of the European Parliament and President of Globe International.

Mark Dubrulle

President of the European Union Chapter of the Club of Rome.

Jan Mortier

Former Rapporteur for the Commission on Globalisation; the NGO Process of the Community of Democracies and the World Political Forum.