The Global Council

The Women’s Forum is currently working on the composition of this body created to steer the international development and define the strategic orientation of the Forum.

The International Advisory Board

Initially developed in France and in Belgium, the Women’s Forum now brings together leaders from all five continents.

The International Advisory Board consists of influential women whose role is to contribute to the development of the programme and increase international legitimacy.

FATHIA BENNIS CEO, Maroclear, Morocco VALÉRIE BERNIS Executive VP, Communications and Sustainable Development, Suez, France MARIA LIVANOS CATTAUI Vice Chairman, International Crisis Group, Switzerland MARIE-JEANNE CHÈVREMONT-LORENZINI Managing Partner Eurofirms, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Luxembourg BÉATRICE DAUTRESME Executive Vice President, Corporate Communications& External Affairs, L’Oréal, France SANDRINE DEVILLARD Partner, McKinsey&Company, France NINA GARDNER Director, Strategy International, Italy CATHERINE GUILLOUARD Senior Vice President, Finance, Air France, France JULIA HARRISON Managing Partner and Founder, Blueprint Partners, Belgium NELLY KIWEWA Director, Central Bank of Congo, Congo

CAROLINE MILLE Senior VP Corporate Communication, France Telecom Group, France VÉRONIQUE MORALI President, Chanel SAS, France CHRISTINE OCKRENT Journalist and Author, France LIZ PADMORE Consultant, Padmore Associates, United Kingdom DANICA PURG Dean & Director, IEDC-Bled School of Management, Slovenia YU SERIZAWA President, Forma Corporation, Japan JOYCE VENTURA Film Producer, Colombia MARCIA DE WACHTER Director & Honorary Vice Governor, National Bank of Belgium, Belgium AUDE ZIESENISS DE THUIN Founder and President, Women’s Forum for the Economy and Society, France

Chairperson : ANNE-CLAIRE TAITTINGER, Member of the Supervisory Board of Carrefour and Club Med; Administrator, Dexia

As of May, 2007

The Founding Board

To make the Women’s Forum a reality, Aude Zieseniss de Thuin began forming a team of renowned French and Belgian professional women.

From different backgrounds and with diverse skills, these women make up the Founding Board, whose mission is to define the Forum’s philosophy and positioning.

MARIE-LOUISE ANTONI-LAGAYETTE Adviser to the President, Sequana Capital, France PATRICIA BARBIZET CEO, Artémis, France GILBERTE BEAUX Chairman, Basic Holding International Limited, France CONSTANCE BENQUÉ President, Lagardère Active Publicité, France MARIE-CLAIRE BIZOT-GREGGORY Legal Director, Accor, France LAURENCE DANON Former CEO, Printemps, France MERCEDES ERRA Co-Chairman, Euro RSCG Worldwide, France DOMINIQUE ESTENNE Managing Director, DOGI S.A., Belgium IRÈNE FRAIN Journalist and Author, France EVELYN GESSLER Vice President, Ogilvy Public Relations, Belgium JULIA HARRISON Managing Partner, Blueprint Partners, Belgium DOMINIQUE HERIARD DUBREUIL Chairman of the Board, Rémy Cointreau, France ALLEGRA VAN HÖVELL Principal, McKinsey & Company, Belgium CHRISTINE KERDELLANT Journalist and Vice-Editor in Chief, L’Express, France ANNE LAUVERGEON Chairman of the Executive Board, Areva, France NADINE LEMAITRE President, Suez University, Belgium

MARIA LIVANOS CATTAUI Vice Chairman, International Crisis Group, Switzerland ANNE MÉAUX President, Image 7, France VÉRONIQUE MORALI President, Chanel SAS, France VIRGINIE MORGON Partner, Lazard Frères, France CHRISTINE OCKRENT Journalist and Author, France LAURENCE PARISOT CEO, IFOP, France Head of the Medef, France VÉRONIQUE PAULUS DE CHÂTELET Governor, Bruxelles Capitale, Belgium ALIX DE POIX Consultant and Executive Coach, France EVELYNE SEVIN Partner, Egon Zehnder International, France ANTOINETTE SPAAK Minister of State, Belgium ANNE-CLAIRE TAITTINGER Member of the Supervisory Board of Carrefour, Club Mediterrannee, Member of the board of Directors, Dexia, France AGNÈS TOURAINE President, Act 3 Consultants, France MARCIA DE WACHTER Director & Honorary Vice Governor, National Bank of Belgium, Belgium AUDE ZIESENISS DE THUIN Founder and President, Women’s Forum for the Economy and Society, France

As of March 7, 2007