Founding Board
The EU-Russia Centre Founding Board is made up of four highly experienced European political figures: President: Lord Ashdown (Paddy Ashdown), former leader of the UK’s Liberal Democrat party, and most recently the EU’s special representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina Dr Günter Burghardt, former EU ambassador to the United States following a 30-year career at senior levels of the European Commission, latterly as director general for external relations from 1993 to 2000 Pat Cox, President of the European Movement and former president of the European Parliament. Heidi Hautala, a Finnish MP (Green Party) and former MEP until 2003 with a particular interest in EU and Russian affairs.
As founding members of the EU-Russia Centre, they provide strategic advice and insights into EU-Russia relations, speak on behalf of the Centre and represent its priorities to the EU institutions, European and Russian governments, the media and other policy makers.
Centre Director, Dr Fraser Cameron, a former EU diplomat and adviser, leads the Centre’s day-to-day activities, supported by Secretary General, Maria Ordzhonikidze.
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