Peres Center for Peace

The Peres Center for Peace "is an independent, non-profit, non-partisan, non-governmental organization founded in 1996 by President of Israel and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Mr. Shimon Peres, with the aim of furthering his vision in which people of the Middle East region work together to build peace through socio-economic cooperation and development, and people-to-people interaction. The first Director General of the Peres Center was Ambassador Uri Savir, who, together with Shimon Peres, established the organization and currently serves as President."

• Ron Pundak Director General

Executive Board

Accessed February 2010:

• Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, Chairman of the Executive Board, The Peres Center for Peace
• Avner Azulay, Managing Director, The Rich Foundation for Education, Culture and Welfare
• Haim Ben-Shahar, Chairman and CEO, Ben-Shahar Associates (BSA)
• Ilan Chet, Professor of Microbiology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Former President, The Weizmann Institute
• Joseph Ciechanover, President, The Challenge Fund - Etgar L.P.
• Manuela Dviri Vitali Norsa, Journalist / Writer
• Rafi Edery, CEO, REGL Investments & Development
• David Kimche, President, Israel Council on Foreign Relations
• Jonathan Kolber, Chairman, Koor Industries Ltd.
• Moshe Kornick, President, KGM Group
• Dov Lautman, Chairman, Hakol Hinuch Movement and Chairman, Lautman Foundation
• Abe Neeman, Advocate & Notary, Abraham Neeman Law Offices & Notary
• Moshe Theumim, Chairman, GITAM BBDO
• Tsvia Walden, Professor of Psycholinguistics and Director, Institute for Language and Computers, Beit Berl College
• Zvi Yemini, Chairman, Polymer Logistics

International Board of Governors

Accessed February 2010:

• Zev Furst
• Andre D. Azoulay
• Daniel S. Abraham
• Lord David Alliance, CBE
• Daniel Amar President, Economic Companies Switzerland
• Alfredo Ambrosetti Chairman, Ambrosetti Group
• Prosper Amouyal Societe Medipart and Former President, Caron Perfume France
• Dwayne O. Andreas Chairman, Archer Daniels Midland Corp.
• Oscar Sanchez Arias
• Jacques Attali Chairman, A&A
• Mira Avrech Author & Journalist
• James A. Baker III Former Secretary of State of the USA United States
• Susan Weikers Balaban Former National Chairperson, Israel Bonds United States
• Guido Barilla
• Franco Bernabe Chairman, Franco Bernabe & Co.
• Pierre Besnainou
• Mitchell J.M.D. Blutt Executive Partner, JP Morgan Partners United States
• Boutros Boutros-Ghali
• Avishai Braverman MP & Former President, Ben Gurion University of the Negev
• Charles R. Bronfman Chairman of the Executive Committee, CRB Foundation United States
• Richard H. Brown Former CEO & Chairman, EDS United States
• John H. Bryan Retired Chairman & CEO, Sara Lee Corp. United States
• Carlos Bulgheroni President, Bridas Corporation Argentina
• Avraham Burg Former MP & Former Speaker of the House (Knesset) Israel
• Ingvar Carlsson Former Prime Minister of Sweden
• Jimmy Carter
• Hikmet Cetin Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey Turkey
• Manuel Chaves President, Junta de Andalucia Spain
• Warren Christopher Former Secretary of State of the USA United States
• Alain Coblence Partner, Coblence & Associates United States
• Paulo Coelho Writer
• Lester Crown President, Arie & Ida Crown Memorial United States
• F.W. de Klerk Former President of South Africa & Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 1993 South Africa
• Miguel la Madrid Former President of Mexico Mexico
• Guido de Marco President, Emeritus of Malta Malta
• Edgar de Picciotto Chairman of the Board, Union Bancaire Privee Switzerland
• Baron Eric de Rothschild Owner, Chateau Lafite Rothschild France
• Evelyn de Rothschild Chairman, E.L Rothschild Ltd. United Kingdom
• Jacques Delors President, Groupement d'Etudes et de Recherches Notre Europe France
• Paul G. Desmarais, Jr. Chairman & CEO, Power Corporation of Canada Canada
• Yoram Dinstein Former President, Tel Aviv University
• Roland M. Dumas
• Manuela Dviri Vitali Norsa Journalist and Writer
• Umberto Eco Professor of Semiotics, University of Bologne
• Larry J. Ellison Chairman, Oracle Corporation United States
• Michael Federman Chairman, Dan Hotels Corp.
• Jacob A. Frenkel Chair of the Board, Luminus & Vice Chairman of AIG International Israel
• Babette Fribourg President, Economic Companies United States
• Julia Gad Errera Former President, Galia Investments France
• Orit Gadiesh Chairman, Bain and Company Inc. United States
• Uzia Galil
• Leslie H. Gelb
• Hans-Dietrich Genscher Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany
• Dan Gillerman Ambassador of Israel to the United Nations Israel
• Valery Giscard d'Estaing Former President of France & Chairman, European Convention France
• Stanley Gold President, Shamrock Holdings Inc. United States
• Felipe Gonzalez Marquez
• Mikhail Gorbachev
• Nadine Gordimer Writer and Nobel Prize Laureate South Africa
• Vladimir Goussinsky President, Media Most Israel Israel
• Aleksander Gudzowaty President, Bartimpex S.A. Poland
• I. K. Gujral Former Prime Minister of India India
• Vaclav Havel Former President of the Czech Republic
• Aura Herzog International President, Council for a Beautiful Israel
• Jens P. Heyerdahl d.y. Former President of the Orkla Group
• Eli Hurvitz Chairman of the Board, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Israel Israel
• Lee Iacocca Chairman, Lee Iacocca & Associates United States
• Natalia Izosimova Managing Director, The Foundation for Effective Governance Ukraine
• Thorbjorn Jagland MP and Former Prime Minister of Norway & Secretary General of the Council of Europe Norway
• Lionel Jospin Former Prime Minister of France France
• Abdellatif Jouahri
• Lech Kaczynski President of the Republic of Poland
• Morris Kahn Founder, Kahn Family Foundation Israel
• Ibrahim Kamel Chairman, Kato Investmants
• Jak V. Kamhi President, Profilo Holdings Turkey
• Moshe Kaveh President, Bar-Ilan University Israel
• Paul M. Kennedy
• Neil Kinnock
• Henry A. Kissinger
• Andras Knopp Chairman and Managing Director, Global Energy Mining and Minerals Hungary
• Leon Koffler Chairman & CEO, Super-Pharm Ltd.
• Helmut Kohl Former Chancellor of Germany Germany
• Alicia Koplowitz President, Omega Capital
• Steven C. Koppel Shareholder, Heller Ehrman LLP United States
• Rafael Kravec Founder and CEO, French Fragrances Inc. United States
• Harvey Krueger Vice Chairman, Lehman Brothers United States
• Milan Kucan Former President of the Republic of Slovenia Slovenia
• Jan Kulczyk Chairman of Supervisory Board, Kulczyk Holdings
• Alexander Kwasniewski Former President of the Republic of Poland
• Yehuda Lancry Former Ambassador of Israel to the United Nations Israel
• Dov Lautman
• Richard A. Lerner President, Scripps Research Institute United States
• Bernard-Henri Levy Editions Bernard Grasset
• Maurice Levy Chairman of the Management Board & CEO of Publicis Groupe
• Michael Levy Founder, M&G Records United Kingdom
• Bernard Lewis Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University United States
• Joseph Lieberman United States Senator United States
• Doron Livnat
• Ruud F.M. Lubbers
• Menachem Magidor President, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Israel
• Josef Maiman President, Merhav Group of Companies Israel
• John Major KG, CH, Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
• Alfio Marchini President, Marchini Group Italy
• Hani Masri Chairman, Capital Investment Management Corporation United States
• Pierre Mauroy Former Prime Minister & Deputy of France & Mayor of Lille France
• Isabel Maxwell Founder & President, Maxwell-Communications Israel
• Federico Mayor President, Foundation for a Culture of Peace Spain
• Hanna Meron Actress Israel
• Roni Milo Former Minister of Regional Cooperation of Israel Israel
• David Mimran Chairman, Milestone International Partners & Former President, Eurofrique USA United States
• Antonio Moura Santos President, HFC Portugal Portugal
• Yitzhak Navon Former President of Israel
• Philippe Nordmann President, Maus Freres SA Switzerland
• Amos Oz Writer
• Jaime Paz-Zamora Former President of Bolivia
• Amir Peretz Former Minister of Defense, Israel
• Carlos Andreas Perez Former President of Venezuela Venezuela
• Ferdinand Piech Chairman of Supervisory Board, Volkswagen AG Austria Germany
• Samuel Pohoryles Former Deputy Director General of the Peres Center for Peace Israel
• Lester Pollack Senior Partner, Lazard Freres United States
• Richard Pratt Chairman, Pratt Industries
• Dan Propper President and Chairman of the Board, Osem Group Israel
• Ahmed Qurie Former Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority Palestinian Authority
• Itamar Rabinovich President, Tel Aviv University Israel
• Howard Raiffa Professor of Managerial Economics, Harvard University United States
• Navinchandra Ramgoolam Former Prime Minister of the Republic of Mauritius Mauritius
• Raj Reddy
• Sir Bernard Rix Lord Justice of Appeal, Member of the Privy Council United Kingdom
• Michel Rocard
• Terje Roed Larsen
• Harvey Rothenberg Former Deputy to Mayor John V. Lindsay, NY United States
• Haim Saban CEO, Saban Entertainment Inc. United States
• Zeyad Salah President, Zeyad Salah & Partners Contracting Jordan
• Noemi Sanin Posada
• Andre G. Sassoon Attorney At Law United States
• Richard F. Schubert Chairman Emeritus, International Youth Foundation United States
• Rudolf Schuster Former President of Slovakia Slovakia
• Klaus Schwab
• Louis Schweitzer Chairman & CEO, Renault SA France
• Meir Shamgar Former President of the Supreme Court of Israel Israel
• Shimon Shamir Former Israeli Ambassador to Jordan and Egypt Israel
• Meir Shitrit MP, Minister of Construction and Housing, Israel Israel
• Isaac Siboni President, Asamblea Universal Sefardita Spain
• Charles Sirois
• Mario Soares
• Javier Solana Secretary-General, Council of the European Union Spain
• Arlen Specter United States Senator United States
• Jay Stein Chairman of the Board & CEO, Stein Mart United States
• Thorvald Stoltenberg
• Rita Suessmuth Former President of the Bundestag & Former MP
• Han Sung-Joo
• Zeev Tadmor
• Jacques Toledano President, Filroc and Avis France Morocco
• Alejandro Toledo Former President of the Republic of Peru Peru
• Desmond M. Tutu
• Joseph Vardi Founding Investor and Former Chairman, Mirabilis
• Mario Vargas Llosa Writer United Kingdom
• Daniel Vasella Chairman & CEO, Novartis AG, Basel Switzerland
• George Vassiliou Former President of Cyprus
• Simone Veil
• Mario Villarroel Lander Former President of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), *Heinrich von Pierer
• Maulana Wahiduddin Khan President, The Islamic Centre India
• Stephen L. Weber President, San Diego State University United States
• John Whitehead Chairman, AEA Investors Inc. United States
• Christine T. Whitman President, The Whitman Strategy Group United States
• Mortimer B. Zuckerman Chairman, Boston Properties Inc. United States

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