Foundation council

Robert KLAPISCH, President and Founder

• Physicist, PhD in Science
• Former CERN Director of Research
• Founder and former chairman of the Euroscience-Léman Association

Spyro METAXAS, Secretary

• PhD in Law (Geneva)
• LLM Cambridge (United Kingdom)
• Legal adviser, active in property management, project leadership, and “family office”
• Former chairman of the Jean-Gabriel Eynard Association

Constantin LANARAS, Treasurer 

• Degree in International Relations, Degrees and Masters in Business Management (Webster University of Saint-Louis)
• Economist; former bank director (private bank HSBC)
• Director of financial and fund management companies

Pascal COLOMBANI, Member

• PhD in Science
• Member of the Boards of Directors of industrial companies and innovation, energy, and high technology adviser
• Former chairman and chief executive officer of the Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique (France)
• Former chairman of Areva
• Associate director of A.T. Kearney

Abdeslam HOUMMADA, Member

• PhD in Science (Grenoble)
• Professor at the Hassan II University of Casablanca
• Spokesman for Moroccan universities at CERN
• Co-director (with Robert Klapisch) of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop (Casablanca 2005, Trieste 2006)

 John ELLIS, Member

• Physicien théoricien. Conseiller du DG du CERN pour les relations avec les Etats Non Membres