Advisory Board

Advisory Board Chairman

Michael Schaefer

35 years in the German Foreign Service, including postings at the UN in New York and Geneva, and in Singapore, and five years as Political Director in Berlin. Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China (2007−2013), Chairman, BMWFoundation (2014–2020). Honorary professor at the China University of Political Science and Law; member of the Commission on Global Security, Justice & Governance. Member advisory board, Alliance4Europe, steering group, Club of Three.

Advisory Board Members

Edmond Alphandéry

A former Minister of Economy of France (1993−1995). President, Task Force on Carbon Pricing in Europe. Advisory Committee Member of Quadrille Capital. Founder of the Euro50 Group. Former Board member, GDF Suez, and President of its Strategic Committee. Also one-time Senior Advisor, Nomura Securities and member of the Consultative Committee of A.T. Kearney, France. Chairman of CNP Assurances 1998–2012. Previously Chairman, Eléctricité de France (EDF) and President of the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS).

James Arbuthnot, Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom

Chairman, Electricity Resilience Ltd, Chairman, UK Advisory Panel, Thales. Member of the Post Office Horizon Compensation Advisory Board, that of the Electric Infrastructure Security Council and of the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies. Conservative MP for 28 years, Defence Procurement Minister 1995–97, and Chairman, House of Commons Select Committee on Defence, 2005–14. He is also a director of Gusbourne Estates, Ltd. 

Michael Bottenheim

Trustee, Airey Neave Trust. Formerly Director, UPM-Kymmene; Managing Director, Lazard Brothers; former Senior Adviser, Lincoln International. Onetime Executive Director of Citicorp, and member of the Supervisory Board of Abemy BV. Non-Executive Director, Montrose Associates.

Dame Vivienne Cox

Chair, Victrex; Independent Non-Executive Director, Haleon; Non-Executive Director, Venterra. Chair of the Rosalind Franklin Institute and Vice-Chair, Saïd Business School, Oxford. Former Chair, Vallourec and Senior Independent Director, Pearson. Former Director, Rio Tinto, BG. Worked for BP plc for 28 years, latterly as Executive Vice President and Chief Executive of BP’s Gas, Power & Renewables businesses.

Casper von Koskull

Chairman, Oy Karl Fazer Ab, European Business Leaders’ Convention (EBLC), Board Member Citigroup Inc, Stena AB and Ahlstrom Capital Oy. Formerly President and CEO, Nordea Bank. Held key positions at Goldman Sachs International, BS London, Citibank Frankfurt and Citibank New York.

Klaus-Dieter Maubach

Non-executive director, TAQA Group, Senior Adviser, Energy Impact Partners, Advisory Board Chairman, DAH-Gruppe. Former Chairman and CEO of Uniper, former CEO, E.On Energie AG and member Management Board member, E.ON SE. Also former Supervisory Board member, ABB Deutschland.

Advisory Board Chairman Emeritus

David Simon, Lord Simon of Highbury

Former CEO and Chairman of BP. Governor, Institute for Government. Formerly Senior Advisor to MWM, Deputy Chairman of Unilever, Deputy Chairman Cambridge University Council and British Government Minister for Trade and Competitiveness (1997−1999). Chair of Montrose Associates Advisory Board from 2014 to 2023.