Board Members
Ellen Wasylina
Président , founder
Founder of the Trocadéro Forum, former president and founder of the International Geostrategic Marititme Observatory (IGMO), former Director of Environment & Sustainable Development of a French city.
Possessing a B.A. in International Relations and two Masters degrees in Strategy and Défense policies and another in Conflict Resolution, she is the author of numerous publications and books in English and French, a long-time TV commentator, a public speaker and lecturer in Parisian business schools.
Jean-Paul Pancracio
Founding Member, Dean of Diplomacy
Professor emeritus of International law and French administrative Law. Expertise : International law, Law of the Sea and Seaside (international law/ Administrative law), Diplomatic law, Protocol and ceremonial, Diplomatic Institutions, Diplomatic History, Lecturer.
Member of the Society of Diplomatic History (France). Civil Reserve of French Air Force (as Colonel) : Group of Advisers of the Air Force Chief-of-Staff.
François Mabille
Founding Member , Dean of Prospective Studies
Secretary General of the International Federation of Catholic Universities (IFCU), Researcher at the Groupe Sociétés, Religions, Laïcités (Societies, Religions, and Secularisms Group) (GSRL-CNRS), Director of the Observatoire géopolitique du religieux – IRIS (Geopolitical Religion Monitoring Center). Associate Researcher with the Raoul Dandurand Chair, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada and the Laboratoire interdisciplinaire d’étude du politique Hannah Arendt (Hannah Arendt Interdisciplinary Research Group for Political Studies), Université Paris-Est (LIPHA Paris-Est).
Dr.Professor Zoubeir Lafhaj
Founding Member , Academic Advisor
President et Fondateur du Institut de Lean Construction, Lille, France. Since 2008, he is a Full Professor at Centrale Lille in Civil Engineering. Head of the unique Educational pathway ACE (Planning, Construction and Environment) since 2004, he is strongly involved in the sustainable development of EC-Lille (Local Agenda 21). Since January 2017, he is the Chairholder in ” Construction 4.0″, a research and industrial chair dealing with the challenges of the construction industry.
Dr.Professor Nursin Atesoğlu Güney
Founding Member, International Relations Advisor
She ıs a professor of international relations.
She is president of CEMES, the Center of Mediterranean Security.
Dr. Rebel Hanna
Founding Member, Financial Advisor
Chairman of Mantra Tourus Group (OOO, Holding), Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Dexter Capital Risk Management Services L.L.C., BoD member of JHT SARL, entrepreneur with 35+ years of professional experience in the International Business Development, Commercial, Investment, Corporate and Private Banking industry. Dr. Rebel Hanna served as well as Deputy General Manager at a reputable Bank in the UAE, Managing Director of the unique Investment Bank in Lebanon specialized in Securitization; he was managing the First SPVs in the MENA region and the First ABCP Conduit. Prior to that, he occupied different Senior Managerial Positions in the banking industry. In addition to his professional profile, Dr. Rebel Hanna is Lecturer at different reputable universities and speaker in International Conferences. He is as well researcher in Management Sciences, Geopolitics and Geoeconomics.