RAND Europe Council of Advisors

Members of the RAND Europe senior leadership with Council of Advisors at the London reception, January 2023
Photo by Jo Anthony Photography for RAND Europe
List updated October 2023
Jason Matheny (Chairman)
President and Chief Executive Officer
RAND Corporation
United States
Paul Adamson OBE
Founder and Editor
Encompass
Chairman
Forum Europe
Belgium
László Andor
Secretary General
Foundation for European Progressive Studies
Belgium
Carl Bildt
Former Prime Minister
Former Minister for Foreign Affairs
Sweden
Professor Dame Carol Black DBE, FRCP, FMedSci
Chair
British Library
Chair
Centre for Ageing Better
United Kingdom
Jessica Cecil
Trustee
University of Bristol
Former Chief of Staff, Director-General
Former Director, Trusted News Initiative
BBC
United Kingdom
Professor Malik R. Dahlan LLD FCIArb FRSE
Emeritus Professor of Law and Public Policy
Queen Mary University
United Kingdom
Dr. Vishal Gulati
Board Member
Healthtech VC
Founder
Recode Health Ventures
United Kingdom
Florian von Heintze
Media Consultant
Former Deputy Editor-in-Chief
BILD
Germany
Michael Hoffman
Chairman
Hoffman Ventures Limited
United Kingdom
Dr. Alexander Italianer
Senior International Policy Adviser
Arnold & Porter
Former Secretary-General
European Commission
Belgium
Bridget Kendall MBE
Former Diplomatic Correspondent
BBC
United Kingdom
Gunvor Kronman
Chief Executive Officer
Hanaholmen, the Swedish-Finnish Cultural Centre
Finland
The Lord McDonald of Salford GCMG KCVO
Master, Christ’s College Cambridge
Former UK Diplomat
United Kingdom
Ana Palacio
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs
Spain
Peter Watkins CB CBE
Non-Executive Member of the Board
UK Space Agency
United Kingdom