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Core Group and Members

Members of the Executive Committee (ExCom)

Co-Chairs:

Lord Carey of Clifton, Former Archbishop of Canterbury; Member of the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum, United Kingdom

H.R.H. Princess Lolwah Al Faisal, Vice-Chair of the Board of Trustees and General Supervisor, Effat College, Saudi Arabia

 

Business Leaders:

Khalid A. Alireza, Chairman, Xenel/Saudi Cable Company, Saudi Arabia

H.R.H. Prince Hussam bin Saud bin Abdulaziz al Saud, C.E.O. Saudi Plastic Factory, Saudi Arabia

 

Public Figures:

H.R.H. Prince Turki Al Faisal, Chairman, King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies, Saudi Arabia

Jan Petersen, Member of Parliament of Norway

 

Religious Leaders:

Diarmuid Martin, Archbishop of Dublin, Archdiocese of Dublin, Ireland

Abdullah O. Nasseef, President, World Muslim Congress, Saudi Arabia

David Rosen, President, The International Jewish Committee for Interreligious Relations, USA

 

Academic Leaders:

John L. Esposito, University Professor of Religion and International Affairs; Founding Director, Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University, USA

Farhan A. Nizami, Prince of Wales Fellow in the Study of the Islamic World, Director, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, United Kingdom, United Kingdom

Thomas Pickering, Chairman of the Board, Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, Georgetown University, USA

 

Media Leader:

Jihad B. Khazen, Director, Al Hayat Newspaper Ltd, United Kingdom

 

Civil Society:

Susan Collin Marks, Executive Vice-President, Search for Common Ground, USA

Katherine Marshall, Senior Adviser, Development Dialogue on Values and Ethics, The World Bank, USA

Muna Abu Sulayman, Executive Manager, Kingdom Foundation, Saudi Arabia

 

From the World Economic Forum:

Saman Ahsan, Senior Project Manager, C-100 Initiative

Sherif El Diwany, Director Middle East & North Africa

Alistair Macdonald-Radcliff, Senior Advisor, C-100 Initiative

Richard Samans, Managing Director, Center for Public Private Partnership

 

 

List of Members – as of June 2007

 

 

#

Name

Position and Organization

Country

1.

Feisal Abdul Rauf

Imam of Masjid al-Farah; Founder and Chief Executive Officer, ASMA Society

USA

2.

Khalid Abdulla-Janahi

Chairman of the Executive Committee, Shamil Bank of Bahrain

Switzerland

3.

Ahmed K. Aboulmagd

Professor of Law, Cairo University

Egypt

4.

S. Daniel Abraham

Chairman, Center for Middle East Peace and Economic Cooperation

USA

5.

Khalid A. Alireza

Chairman, Xenel/Saudi Cable Company

Saudi Arabia

6.

H.R.H Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Kingdom Holding Co.

Saudi Arabia

7.

Mouneer H. Anis

Bishop of the Episcopal Church, Egypt and North Africa

Egypt

8.

André Azoulay

Counsellor to H.M. the King of Morocco

Morocco

9.

Hany El Banna

President, Islamic Relief

United Kingdom

10.

H.R.H Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

Chief Executive Officer, Saudi Plastic Factory

Saudi Arabia

11.

Nick J. Butler

Director, Cambridge Centre for Energy Studies, Cambridge Judge Business School

United Kingdom

12.

Lord Carey of Clifton
(Co-Chair)

Archbishop of Canterbury (1991-2002); Member of the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum

United Kingdom

13.

Hasan Cemal

Senior Columnist, Milliyet Gazetesi

Turkey

14.

Mustafa Ceric

Grand Mufti of Bosnia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

15.

Mazen S. Darwazeh

Chairman, Hikma Pharmaceuticals

Jordan

16.

John J. DeGioia

President, Georgetown University

USA

17.

Raghida Dergham

Senior Diplomatic Correspondent and Columnist, Al Hayat

USA

18.

John L. Esposito

Professor of Religion and International Affairs; Founding Director, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University

USA

19.

H.R.H. Princess Lolwah Al Faisal (Co-Chair)

Vice-Chair of the Board of Trustees and General Supervisor, Effat College

Saudi Arabia

20.

David F. Ford

Regius Professor of Divinity, University of Cambridge

United Kingdom

21.

M. Shafik Gabr

Chairman and Managing Director, Artoc Group for Investment & Development

Egypt

22.

C. Welton Gaddy

President, The Interfaith Alliance

USA

23.

Shafeeq Ghabra

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Jusoor Arabiya Leadership & Consultancy Center

Kuwait

24.

Marc Gopin

Director, Center for World Religions, Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution, Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution

USA

25.

Anthony C. Grayling

Professor of Philosophy, Birkbeck College, University of London

United Kingdom

26.

Julien Hawary

Chief Executive Officer, Arabies Trends

France

27.

Azizah H. Al Hibri

Professor, T.C. Williams School of Law, University of Richmond

USA

28.

Josiah A. Idowu-Fearon

Archbishop of Kaduna

Nigeria

29.

Shamil Idriss

Deputy Director, Secretariat of the Alliance of Civilizations, United Nations, New York

USA

30.

Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu

Secretary-General, Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), Jeddah

Saudi Arabia

31.

Abdul M. Al Jaber

Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Paltel Group

Palestinian Territories

32.

Irene Khan

Secretary-General, Amnesty International

United Kingdom

33.

Jihad B. Khazen

Director, Al Hayat Newspaper

United Kingdom

34.

Hamza B. Al Kholi

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Hamza Alkholi Group

Saudi Arabia

35.

Samer S. Khoury

Executive Vice-President, Operations, Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC)

Greece

36.

Hans Küng

President, Global Ethic Foundation

Germany

37.

Daniel Lubetzky

President, PeaceWorks Foundation

USA

38.

Khaled Al Maeena

Editor-in-Chief, Arab News

Saudi Arabia

39.

Susan Collin Marks

Senior Vice-President, Search for Common Ground

USA

40.

Katherine Marshall

Senior Adviser, Development Dialogue on Values and Ethics, The World Bank

USA

41.

Diarmuid Martin

Archbishop of Dublin

Ireland

42.

Aaron D. Miller

Scholar, Public Policy, The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

USA

43.

Pat Mitchell

President and Chief Executive Officer, The Museum of Television & Radio (MT&R)

USA

44.

Sir Mark Moody-Stuart

Chairman, Anglo American Plc

United Kingdom

45.

Abdullah O. Nasseef

President, World Muslim Congress

Saudi Arabia

46.

Farhan A. Nizami

Director, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies

United Kingdom

47.

John T. Pawlikowski

Professor of Social Ethics, Catholic Theological Union

USA

48.

Jan Petersen

Member of Parliament of Norway

Norway

49.

Thomas R. Pickering

Chairman of the Board, Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, Georgetown University

USA

50.

Mary Robinson

President, Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative

USA

51.

David Rosen

President, The International Jewish Committee for Interreligious Relations (IJCIC)

USA

52.

Mowaffak Al Rubaie

National Security Adviser, National Security Council

Iraq

53.

Lamin Sanneh

D. Willis James Professor of Missions and World Christianity Professor of History, Yale University

USA

54.

Mahmood Sariolghalam

Professor of International Relations, National University of Iran

Islamic Republic of Iran

55.

H.R.H. Prince Turki Al Faisal Al Saud

Chairman, King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies

Saudi Arabia

56.

Ikram ul-Majeed Sehgal

Chairman and Managing Director, Pathfinder Group

Pakistan

57.

Ismail Serageldin

Director, Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Egypt

58.

Faouzi Skali

President, Une âme pour la mondialisation

France

59.

Awraham S. Soetendorp

Rabbi, Jewish Institute for Human Values

Netherlands

60.

Gunnar Stalsett

Executive Member, World Conference of Religions for Peace

Norway

61.

Sir Sigmund Sternberg

Co-Founder, Three Faiths Forum

United Kingdom

62.

Muna Abu Sulayman

Executive Manager, Kingdom Foundation

Saudi Arabia

63.

John M. Templeton Jr

President, John Templeton Foundation

USA

64.

Gijs M. de Vries

Counter-terrorism Coordinator, Council of the European Union, Brussels

Belgium

65.

Sundeep V. Waslekar

President, Strategic Foresight Group

India

66.

Andrew P. White

President, Foundation for Reconciliation in the Middle East

United Kingdom

67.

Hamza Yusuf Hanson

Chairman, Zaytuna Institute

USA

    

 
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