Hrant Bagratan is a former Prime Minister of Armenia and current Professor of Economics at the Russian-Armenian University in Yerevan.

He served as the First Deputy Head of Government and Minister for the Economy in Armenia between 1990-1993 after which he became Armenia's 4th Prime Minister.

Whist in office, he led a series of market economic reforms which have been qualified by the by the World Bank as the best in the post-soviet area (between Baltic countries).

During Mr. Bagratyan...

Mirko Cvetković is a Serbian politician and former Prime Minister of Serbia, he was the first Prime Minister elected under a multi-party system.

He graduated from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Economics where he also received his MComm and PhD.

Before entering politics, Mr. Cvetković worked at the Mining Institute for ten years and later at the Economics Institute for another six years, followed by seven years at the advisory and research firm CES Mecon where he worked as a consu...

Cyril Svoboda started his political career as an advisor to the Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia on issues of human rights, restitution and relations between church and state.

He then became a Member of the European Commission for Democracy through Law (Council of Europe) before becoming Vice-President of the Legislative Council of the Czech Government.

In Government he held the positions of Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Justice, Minister for Regional Deve...

Ms. Erna Hennicot-Schoepges is a former Luxembourg Member of Parliament, Minister of Culture and Religious Affairs and member of the European Parliament. She was the rapporteur to the European Parliament for the “European Year of Intercultural Dialogue, 2008."

She was elected as Member of the European Parliament in 2004. During her five-year mandate, she established herself as an active member of environment and research. Ms. Hennicot-Schoepges completed her education in Music Studies, Phil...

James Clad is a senior adviser at the Center for Naval Analyses (CNA) in Arlington, and also advises IHS Jane’s and Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA). During 2002-10, he was US deputy assistant secretary of defense for Asia, senior counselor & director for Middle Eastern affairs at the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, and a senior counselor for the US Agency for International Development. From 1995-2002 he was a faculty professor of Asian Studies at Georgetown University and...