The Board of Trustees was established on 27 December 2001 under the honorary presidency of H.R.H the Prince of Asturias. The Chairman is Gustavo Suárez Pertierra, former Minister of Defence and of Education. Its Deputy Chairman is Antonio de Oyarzábal, Ambassador of Spain. José Manuel Romero is the Secretary, and Antonio Sanchez Montero is the Deputy Secretary.
The Board of Trustees is composed in such a way as to balance public and private interests on the one hand and the interests of government and opposition on the other. Former Prime Minister Felipe González is ex officio member, as are the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Defence, Economy and Finance, and Culture, together with the chairmen of the Institute’s leading corporate funders. The Board of Trustees has one trustee nominated by the leading opposition party.
Academics and other leading representatives of Spanish cultural and social life also participate as elected members of the Board. It should be pointed out that the composition of the Board of Trustees is by no means definitive and may well expand to include new members, either as a result of the appearance of new corporate funders, or of the wish to make the Board more widely representative.
The Board -which meets in ordinary session at least twice a year- carries the highest responsibilities within the Institute, including those of representation, governance and administration. Among other duties it approves the research programme, the budget, the accounts and the annual report. It also appoints the Executive Committee, the Secretary and the Director. It appoints new trustees and, at the proposal of the Executive Committee, members of the Scientific Council.
| Chairman of Honour: H.R.H. The Prince of Asturias |
| Gustavo Suárez Pertierra
Chairman
| Antonio de Oyarzábal
Deputy Chairman
| Felipe González
Former Prime Minister |
| Javier Solana
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Former Minister of Education and Former Minister of Culture | Eduardo Serra Rexach
Former Chairman of Elcano
Royal Institute | Marcelino Oreja
Former Minister of Foreign
Affairs and Former EU Commissioner |
| Juan José Linz
Sterling Professor of Political
and Social Sciences
Yale University | Gabriel Elorriaga
Diputado, Congreso de los Diputados | Emilio Lamo de Espinosa
Former Director of the
Elcano Royal Institute |
| MINISTRY OF ECONOMY AND FINANCE
Elena Salgado
(Minister) | MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND COOPERATION
Miguel
Ángel Moratinos
(Minister) | MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
Carme
Chacón
(Minister) |
| MINISTRY OF CULTURE
Ángeles González-Sinde
(Minister) | ATLANTIC COPPER
Javier Targhetta
(President
& COO) | BBVA
Francisco González
(Chairman &
CEO) |
| EADS-CASA
Domingo Ureña Raso
(Chairman &
CEO) | ENAGÁS
Antonio Llardón
(Chairman) | ENDESA
Borja Prado Eulate
(Chairman) |
| IBM ESPAÑA
Juan Antonio Zufiría
(President) | IBERDROLA
Ignacio S. Galán
(Chairman & CEO) | INDRA
Javier Monzón
(Chairman) |
| LA CAIXA
Isidre Fainé
(President) | RENFE
Teófilo Serrano
(Chairman) | REPSOL
Antonio Brufau
(Chairman & CEO) |
| SANTANDER
Emilio Botín
(Chairman) | SGAE
Eduardo Bautista
(Chairman) | TECNALIA
José María Echarri
(President) |
| TELEFÓNICA
César Alierta
(Excecutive
Chairman) | José Manuel Romero
(Secretary of the Board of
Trustees) |
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The members of the Board of Trustees of the Elcano Royal Institute remember with gratitude and affection for Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo and Jesus de Polanco, who through their generosity and expertise as patrons contributed decisively to create and strengthen our institution.
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