THE CRANS MONTANA FORUM’S
ORGANISATION

PRESIDENCY

HRH Prince Jean de Luxembourg

Co-founder & Co-chair 
of the
WDA World Diplomatic Academy

Amb. Jean-Paul Carteron

Chairman & Founder

Mr. Borut Pahor

President of Slovenia (2012-2022)
Co-chair of the
WDA World Diplomatic Academy

MANAGEMENT

Mr. Rayan Mellah

Secretary General
Head of Staff

STRATEGIC VISION

CULTURAL AFFAIRS

Mrs. Irina Bokova
President
Director General of UNESCO 
(2009-2017)

SCIENTIFIC BOARD

Pfr. Daniel Warner
President

AFRICAN & ATLANTIC AFFAIRS

Mr. Luis Filipe Tavares
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Cape Verde (2016-2021)

AFRICAN WOMEN’S FORUM

Mrs. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim
President of Mauritius
(2015-2018)
Ambassador of the
WDA World Diplomatic Academy

NORTH-SOUTH COOPERATION

Mr. Jean-Marie Bockel
Former MP, Senator & Vice-Minister for Trade, International Cooperation, Francophonie, Defence then Veterans (France)

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Mr. Alain Le Roy
Ambassadeur de France
Secretary General, Service européen pour l’action extérieure (2015-2016)
Dep.Secretary General of United Nations (2008-2011)

MARITIME AFFAIRS

Mr. Hervé Deiss
Chief Editor
Ports & Corridors

GOODWILL AMBASSADOR

Mr. Fayçal Doukkali
Goodwill Ambassador
to the Kingdom of Morocco

FINANCIAL AFFAIRS

Mr. Christoph Hoffmeister
Partner
Marigny Capital

WORKING TOGETHER

Mr. Claude Medori 

TICs, Corporate Communication
Social networks

Ms Carol Le Clech

Events staff management

Mr. Nicolas Laurent

Events technical management

Mr. Yanis Makhlouf

Strategic Research