INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY - Key Persons

Derek Osborn

Former President, Sustainable Development Observatory, European Economic and Social Committee / Former Director General, Environmental Protection, UK Department of the Environment / Former Co-Chair, 1997 UN General Assembly 5 year review of UNCED

Gottfried Leibbrandt

Former Treasurer, IES / Former Chairman, Stichting EuroCampus Institute / Former Director General for Higher Education and Research in The Netherlands Ministry of Education / Former (Founding) President of the Open University of The Netherlands

J. Steven Lovink - Founder, Treasurer

Job Titles:
  • Co - Founder
  • Member of the Management Board
  • Secretary
  • Treasurer

Marc Baltes

Job Titles:
  • Chief of the Cabinet of the Grand Duke
Chief of the Cabinet of the Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Former Economic Advisor to the Prime Minister of Luxembourg / Former Deputy Co-ordinator OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities / Co-initiator of the Environment and Security Initiative (ENVSEC) / New York (UN) and Brussels (NATO, WEU) postings Luxembourg Ministry of Foreign Affairs / Former Co-ordinator UNCTAD TrainForTrade Project Asia/Pacific.

Marcel Leroy

Former Head, Multilateral and Regional Affairs, NATO Secretariat, Brussels / Former Special Advisor for Multilateral Issues in Addis Ababa, European Commission, / Former Coordinator of the EU liaison office to African Union.

Margaret Brusasco-Mackenzie

Chief of the Cabinet of the Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Former Economic Advisor to the Prime Minister of Luxembourg / Former Deputy Co-ordinator OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities / Co-initiator of the Environment and Security Initiative (ENVSEC) / New York (UN) and Brussels (NATO, WEU) postings Luxembourg Ministry of Foreign Affairs / Former Co-ordinator UNCTAD TrainForTrade Project Asia/Pacific.

Matt Luna

Job Titles:
  • Information Officer / Creator - Organiser, the Hague Roundtable on Climate & Security

Nina Schimmel

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate / Fellows

Robert Triffin - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Ronald A. Kingham

Job Titles:
  • Co - Founder and Former Director
Co-founder and Former Director, IES / Executive Director, Stichting Environment & Development Resource Centre / Former European Co-ordinator, Transatlantic Environment Dialogue / Former Executive Director, International Coalition for Development Action

Shirleen Chin

Job Titles:
  • Senior Legal Advisor

Tom Spencer

Former Vice-Chairman, IES / Former Executive Director, European Centre for Public Affairs / Former President, GLOBE International / Former President of the EP Committee on Foreign Affairs, Security and Defence Policy (1997-1999)

Wouter J. Veening - President

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Board
  • President
  • Chairman / Co - Founder, IES / Former Policy Director, Netherlands Committee for the IUCN / Co - Founder and Head, Guiana Shield Initiative
J. Steven Lovink, Secretary / Treasurer Co-founder, IES / Founder and President of TransGlobal Ventures, Inc. / Senior advisor to the Guiana Shield Initiative / Author and managing partner of the Eco-Insurance Initiative / Co-founder Planet 2025 Network