Leadership as service.

Pamplona, Spain, 1972. Carlos Andreu holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA) from IESE – University of Navarra. He previously earned a degree in Law from the University of Zaragoza.

He is a regular lecturer at several Spanish universities, including the University of Navarra, CEU, and Antonio de Nebrija University, as well as at business schools such as IESE-IRCO, Instituto Internacional San Telmo, and Ibercaja’s training center. He has also served as a visiting professor at other universities, including the University of the Andes in Chile and Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico.

At the beginning of his professional career, he held senior commercial management positions in companies specializing in the distribution of industrial supplies and in a leading company in the vending sector. After seven years at Iter Consultores, he now runs his own consulting, training, and development company.

He is the author of the bestselling book Del Ataúd a la Cometa (Ed. Planeta), which has already gone through nine editions.

Dr. Ramsi Jazmati Akili is a Non-Resident Research Fellow at the Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government and a researcher at the Institute for Culture and Society. He holds a PhD focused on Emirati Women’s Leadership from the Department of Business and Humanism at the University of Navarra.

He holds a Master’s degree in Bioethics and an MBDU from ESADE Business School, as well as a Diploma in Senior Management from IESE Business School. In addition, he has completed a specialization program in Governance and Cultural Diplomacy at the Academy for Cultural Diplomacy in Berlin, Germany.

He serves as Deputy Director of the Choiseul Institute Spain, a think tank with a particular focus on geoeconomics and the impact of international relations on the Spanish economy. He is also a member of the Women’s Equity Observatory at Fundación Promoción Social in Madrid and has previously served as a Trustee on the Foundation’s Board.

He was Project Director for the Catalan Regional Government’s business competitiveness agency in the Gulf Region, where he was responsible for expanding the presence of Catalan companies in the Gulf, attracting investment, and establishing institutional relations between the Government of Catalonia and institutional entities across the Gulf region.

He is a speaker at international forums on Arab women’s leadership, a visiting professor at various universities in Spain, and has published several articles with the Center for Strategic Studies in Madrid. He is also a regular columnist on relations between Spain and the Arab world.

He speaks Arabic, English, and Spanish, and his areas of expertise include Women’s Leadership, Cultural Diplomacy, and Geoeconomics.

Cartagena, Spain, 1964. He is a Senior Analyst at the Spanish Institute for Strategic Studies (IEEE), a professor at the Spanish National Defence Studies Centre (CESEDEN), and a Commander in the Spanish Navy.

He holds a degree in Political Science and Public Administration from UNED and a PhD in Political Science and Public Administration from Complutense University of Madrid (UCM). He specializes in religion, Islamic culture and civilization, and Spain’s relations with North Africa. He is a graduate of the Staff College and the NATO Defense College, and is also a specialist in submarines and communications.

He is the author of more than 150 academic articles, mainly on topics related to the theory of war, strategic leadership, terrorism, polemology, and sociology. He also teaches in various master’s programs and other academic courses covering these areas.

He has authored several books, among which Rethinking Strategic Leadership (2018) and War: A Theory for the Conflicts of the 21st Century (2024) stand out.

He holds a degree in Law from the University of Granada and an MBA from Boston University and the Free University of Brussels. He is currently co-founder of VESP (Vías para la Evolución y Superación Personal), a training firm specializing in personal development, communication, human relations, teamwork, leadership, and sales.

He is a guest lecturer at some of the most prestigious business schools and universities. A highly sought-after national and international speaker represented by BCC Speakers, he is regarded as one of the leading experts in the field of self-motivation. He has delivered more than one thousand seminars, workshops, and conferences for companies and institutions.

Before founding VESP, he built a highly successful corporate career, becoming the youngest executive worldwide at one of the American corporations where he worked. He has extensive international experience and a strong background in the management, motivation, and development of teams.

He is the author of dozens of articles and has published four books.

Alejandro A. Chafuen is a Senior Executive Fellow at the Acton Institute. He served as President and CEO of Atlas Network from 1991 to 2018 and is currently Chairman of the Board of the Chase Foundation of Virginia.

A graduate of Grove City College and the Catholic University of Argentina in Buenos Aires, he also holds a PhD in Economics, completed under the supervision of Dr. Hans Sennholz, a student of Ludwig von Mises.

He is a frequent commentator on economics, security, and strategic threats in Latin America, as well as on the relationship between economics and ethics. Chafuen is a contributor to Forbes.com and the author of Faith and Liberty, a work published in several languages and in multiple editions, including Spanish, Slovenian, Chinese, Czech, Italian, and Portuguese.

He is one of the world’s leading specialists on the economic thought of Thomist and late Scholastic authors. He served as President of the Philadelphia Society from 2017 to 2018 and has been a member of the Mont Pèlerin Society since 1980.

Carlos Casares (Uruguay) has spent decades advising entrepreneurs, business families, and boards of directors through complex processes involving strategy, governance, and human relationships across multiple countries and cultural contexts.

A disciple of Juan Antonio Pérez López, he combines an anthropological perspective with a Socratic approach, based on the conviction that understanding people is just as important as technical analysis.

He has been involved in processes of company growth, professionalization, and business sales, while serving on boards and advisory councils across four continents. He has also developed an extensive academic career in Ibero-America and Europe, where he holds the title of Professor Emeritus.

He believes that true learning takes place through working with people, making mistakes, and facing crises—and that we all remain “under construction” until the very end.

He divides his time between Europe, the United States, and the Río de la Plata region.

Alvino Mario Fantini is editor-in-chief of The European Conservative and executive director of the European Documentation and Information Centre, a Vienna-based think tank. He previously worked for Bridge News in South America, the Far Eastern Economic Review in Hong Kong, and The Wall Street Journal in Brussels. He has also worked as an editor and speechwriter for various multilateral organisations.

He studied philosophy at Dartmouth College and subsequently earned qualifications in international development, journalism, and public policy in Europe, Latin America, and the United States. He serves on the board of the Amsterdam-based Center for European Renewal and is a member of the Philadelphia Society, the Mont Pelerin Society, the Samuel Johnson Society, and the Institut d’Études Politiques in Liechtenstein.

He is currently a fellow of the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal in Mecosta, Michigan, and the Abigail Adams Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts.