The Board of Advisors

It is composed by relevant personalities from the world of politics, business and international institutions who played an important role in the application of cluster initiatives. Nominated by the Board of Directors, they are honorary members of TCI. Their role is to assist the Board of Directors in defining the guidelines of TCI activities.

Chairman

• Prof. Antoni Subirá, Former Minister of Industry, Tourism and Trade, Government of Catalonia, now Professor at IESE Business School Barcelona

Vice Chairman

• Hon. Ms. Tea Petrin, University of Ljubljana, former Ambassador of Slovenia in the Netherlands, former Minister of Economy Slovenia - Ljubljana, Slovenia

Members

• Mr. Sergio Arzeni, Head of LEED Program, OECD - Paris, France
• Prof. Michael Best, University of Massachusetts - USA
• Dr. Bob Breault, Breault Research Org. - Tucson, Arizona
• Mr. Emiliano Duch, President Competitiveness - Barcelona, Spain
• Prof. Michael J. Enright, Professor Hong Kong University - Hong Kong
• Mr. Ifor Ffowcs-Williams, CEO Cluster Navigators Ltd - Nelson, New Zealand
• Prof. Piero Formica, International Entrepreneurship Academy, Sweden
• Mr. Yves Guyon, Lyon Aeroports, Lyon - France
• Mr. Alec Hansen, Development Alternatives, Inc. - USA
• Mr. Eric Hansen, Economic Transformations Group - USA
• Mr. Kenneth Lanza, Acting Chief Operating Officer of USAID - USA
• Mr. Andy McDonald, Director Cluster Programme Scottish Enterprise - Glasgow, Scottland
• Prof. Michael Porter, Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, Harvard Business School - USA
• Frederic Richard, WSA Deputy Chair, former Director at UNIDO - Austria
• Prof. Hubert Schmitz, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex - United Kingdom
• Prof. Örjan Sölvell, Professor, Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, Stockholm Business School- Sweden