FOUNDER, DIRECTOR

Ben Iorio leads the GIE Foundation, overseeing its strategic direction, advocacy and partnerships in conjunction with the Board of Directors. His focus is on ensuring that GIEF’s work is impactful and positioned to inform decision-makers on critical global challenges.

OPERATIONS LEAD, DIRECTOR

Francesca Sturiale oversees all operations, compliance, and internal systems at the GIE Foundation and support the coordination of its programs. She is responsible for building the infrastructure that supports the Foundation’s research, partnerships, and growth.

CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, DIRECTOR

Tom Walsh serves as Chairman of the Board at the GIE Foundation, bringing deep experience on public health, international development, and strategic advocacy.

BOARD SECRETARY, DIRECTOR

Erik Reisenfeld serves as Board Secretary of the GIE Foundation, supporting governance, compliance, and legal assistance.

BOARD TREASURER, DIRECTOR

Cortney Busch serves as Treasurer of the GIE Foundation, providing strategic oversight on financial management, compliance, governance, and operations.

RESEARCH ADVISOR

Sandro Sousa advises on the GIE Foundation's research direction, providing guidance on topic selection, methodology, and project feasibility.

RESEARCH ADVISOR & PROGRAM LEAD

Florian Ulrich Jehn is a senior researcher in environmental science specializing in food security, climate impacts, and civilizational resilience.

RESEARCH ADVISOR & PROGRAM LEAD

Davide E. Iannace is a strategic policy advisor to the European Commission, the Italian government and various public entities in Italy. He leads the European Resilience program at GIE Foundation.

RESEARCH ADVISOR & PROGRAM LEAD

Kareem Mathias is a GRC and AI governance consultant specializing in non-human identity governance, agentic AI trust architecture, and compliance program design.

COMMUNICATIONS ADVISOR

Nick Rowcliffe advises on communications for the GIE Foundation, providing guidance on narrative development, editorial strategy, and external engagement.

PARTNER & EDITOR OF FINANCIAL GEOPOLITICS

Matei Rosca is an investigative researcher specialized in international finance, with over a decade of experience at the highest levels of investigative journalism with the ICIJ and POLITICO. He runs reporter.london and the Financial Geopolitics newsletter.

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Ambassador Shota Gvineria is a subject matter expert in national security strategy, NATO integration, hybrid threats, cyber defense policy, and democratic resilience.

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Sam Illingworth is a Full Professor of Creative Pedagogies at Edinburgh Napier University and the founder of Slow AI, a critical AI literacy Substack.

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Brent van der Heiden is the Co-Founder and CEO of MapMetrics and MapAtlas, where he is building the infrastructure layer for the next generation of location intelligence.

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Parvina Huseynova is a London-based geopolitical strategist and public affairs consultant of Azerbaijani origin, specialising in South Caucasus dynamics, Azerbaijan-UK relations, energy security, and regional stability.

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Maia Sacchetto is a dedicated Analyst at Intellera (Part of Accenture), specializing in strategic consulting for European institutions and Italian ministries.

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Francesco Coghi is a Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow working at the University of Leicester on the mathematics of rare events of processes that exhibit long memory.

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Cristina Patrick is an Equal Employment Opportunity Specialist (EEO) with the U.S. Department of the Interior and founder of the Responsible AI Brief.

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Rudolf Berkes is a researcher at Eötvös Loránd University, based in Budapest. His research focuses on how geopolitical competition around AI impacts politics and security policy in the United States.

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Tanya Perchyk is an epidemiologist and researcher specialising in data-driven analysis of public systems, including AI governance, infrastructure resilience, and demographic dynamics.

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Sara Pane holds a PhD in the Joint International Doctorate in Social Representations, Culture and Communication at Sapienza University of Rome.

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Dinesh Natesan is an engineer-turned-biologist with expertise in neuroscience, data science, and computational modeling. He is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

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Emma Lieker is a neuroscientist with expertise in mobile brain/body imaging, brain-computer interfaces, human-machine interaction and computational modeling.

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Lukas Lyrestam is the CEO & Co-Founder of Transparent Audio, a company building audio transparency tools for AI provenance, transparency & IP traceability.

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Kristina Bilimenko is a geopolitical risk and sustainability professional with a background in international relations and security studies, with a focus on energy, geopolitics, and the post-Soviet space.

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Ana Emdin is a film producer with a background in strategic communication and narrative development.

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Alejandro is the co-founder of Circularity Centre Denmark. He develops educational programmes regarding the circular transition, and strengthening local partnerships that nurture future resilient communities.

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Ellen is a service systems designer based in Copenhagen. Founder of Circularity Centre Denmark, focusing on making circularity actionable and accessible to everyone.