by Karina Martinez | Nov 20, 2025 | Speakers
Radmila Shekerinska took office as NATO Deputy Secretary General on 2 December 2024. As a former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of North Macedonia, Ms. Shekerinska has extensive experience as a policy-maker and consensus-builder. She served two terms as...
by Karina Martinez | Nov 20, 2025 | Speakers
Born in 1975 in Lviv. Has higher education. In 1997 he graduated from Lviv Polytechnic National University with a degree in production management (mechanic engineering), engineer-economist. Ph.D. in Economics (2003). From 1995 to 2009 Denys Shmyhal served in...
by Elizabeth Oakes | Nov 20, 2025 | Speakers
Career diplomat, in the Polish foreign service since 1993. During his career he held numerous expert and managerial positions, i. a. at the Department of Planning and Analyses of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Head of Unit and Deputy Director of the European...
by Karina Martinez | Nov 20, 2025 | Speakers
Alejandro Cainzos is the Head of Unit for External Economic Policy at the Secretariat-General of the European Commission. In this role, he coordinates the work of Commission services in the areas of trade, economic security and other policies with geoeconomic...
by Elizabeth Oakes | Nov 20, 2025 | Speakers
Kersti Kaljulaid served as the President of the Republic of Estonia from 2016 to 2021. Since 2024, she has been serving as the President of the Estonian Olympic Committee. In the summer of 2021, UN Secretary-General António Guterres appointed President Kaljulaid as...
by Elizabeth Oakes | Nov 20, 2025 | Speakers
As a member of Parliament, Mr. Cherniev focuses largely on issues related to strengthening the state’s defense capabilities, increasing military support for Ukraine, maintaining and strengthening cooperation with parliaments of NATO member states, as well as...
