Council Members
In alphabetical order of countries and of individual names within countries
(* Board Members / ** Auditor)
| ABDOOL KARIM, Quarraisha, | President, The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), IO | |
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| ABDUL HAMID, Zakri, | Chairman, Atri Advisory; former Science Advisor to the Prime Minister of Malaysia, MY | |
| ALBERTS, Bruce M., | Chancellor's Leadership Chair in Biochemistry and Biophysics for Science and Education, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF); former President, National Academy of Sciences, US | |
| * | AL-KHOWAITER, Ahmad, | Executive Vice President, Technology & Innovation, Aramco, SA |
| * | BECKER, Katja, | President, German Research Foundation (DFG), DE |
| BESS, Lane, | Chief Executive Officer, Deep Instinct, US | |
| BLANCO MENDOZA, Herminio, | President, IQOM, Inteligencia Comercial; former Minister of Trade and Industry, MX | |
| BRABECK-LETMATHE, Peter, | Chairman of the Board of Directors, Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator (GESDA); Chairman Emeritus, Nestlé S.A., CH | |
| CARROZZA, Maria Chiara, | President, National Research Council (Cnr); former Minister of Education, University and Research, IT | |
| CASAUBON, Marcelo Luis Ebrard, | former Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Government of Mexico, MX | |
| COLOMBANI, Pascal, | Chairman emeritus, Valeo; former Chairman and CEO, Atomic Energy Commission; founding Chairman, Areva; Vice-Chair, French Strategic Council for Research, FR | |
| COLWELL, Rita R., | Distinguished University Professor, Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of Maryland; Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; former Director, National Science Foundation (NSF), US | |
| COMBES, Françoise, | President, French Academy of Sciences, FR | |
| DAVIES, Mitch, | President, National Research Council Canada (NRC), CA | |
| DE-ONG, Wiparat, | Executive Director, National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT), TH | |
| DIRKS, Nicholas B., | President, The New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS), US | |
| DIERMEIER, Daniel, | Chancellor, Vanderbilt University, US | |
| DIJKGRAAF, Robbert, | President-Elect, International Science Council (ISC); former Minister, Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, IO | |
| * | FUJII, Teruo, | President, The University of Tokyo, JP |
| ** | FUJIMORI, Yoshiaki, | Chairperson of the Board of Directors, Oracle Corporation Japan; Senior Executive Advisor, CVC Japan, JP |
| * | GÁLVEZ MUÑOZ, Lina, | MEP, ITRE committee Member, STOA Panel member, European Parliament, ES |
| GONOKAMI, Makoto, | President, RIKEN; former President and Professor of Physics, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, JP | |
| GUTFREUND, Hanoch, | Executive Committee Chairperson, Israel Science Foundation; Professor Emeritus, Physics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, IL | |
| HAMAGUCHI, Michinari, | Director General, Strategic Center of Biomedical Advanced Vaccine Research and Development for Preparedness and Response:SCARDA, Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED), JP | |
| HANDOKO, Laksana Tri, | Chairman, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), ID | |
| HARA, George, | Chairman, The Alliance Forum Foundation; Special Adviser, Cabinet Office of Japan, JP | |
| HASHIMOTO, Kazuhito, | President, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST); former President, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), JP | |
| HENGARTNER, Michael O., | President, ETH-Board, CH | |
| HILTON, Doug, | Chief Executive, CSIRO, AU | |
| ** | INAGAKI, Seiji, | Director, Chair of the Board, Dai-ichi Life Holdings, JP |
| ISARABHAKDI, Supamas, | Minister, Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation, TH | |
| * | ISHIGURO, Norihiko, | Chairman and CEO, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), JP |
| ISHII, Naoko, | Executive Vice President, Director of Center for Global Commons, Professor of Institute for Future Initiatives, The University of Tokyo; former CEO, Global Environment Facility (GEF), JP | |
| ISHIMURA, Kazuhiko, | President, The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), JP | |
| JOHNSON, Ray O., | Operating Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners; former Chief Executive Officer, Technology Innovation Institute; former Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Lockheed Martin Corporation, US | |
| * | KABAT, Pavel, | Secretary-General, International Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSPO), FR |
| * | KADRI, Ilham, | Executive Committee Chair, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD); Chief Executive Officer, Syensqo, BE |
| KANDA, Masato, | President, Asian Development Bank; Special Advisor to the Cabinet, Special Adviser to the Ministry of Finance (former Vice Minister of Finance), Ministry of Finance, JP | |
| KAZAO, Yukihiko, | Director General, Science and Technology in Society forum (STS forum), JP | |
| * | KLEINER, Matthias, | Professor, Technical University of Dortmund; former President, Leibniz Association, DE |
| * | KOMIYAMA, Hiroshi, | Chairman, Science and Technology in Society forum (STS forum); Chairman of the Institute, Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc.; former President, The University of Tokyo, JP |
| KONARZEWSKI, Marek, | President, Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS), PL | |
| KOTANI, Motoko, | Executive Vice President for Research, Tohoku University; President-elect, International Science Council (ISC), JP | |
| KUDELSKI, André, | President, Innosuisse - Swiss Innovation Agency; Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Kudelski Group, CH | |
| * | KUMAR, Ashwani, | Senior Advocate Supreme Court; former Union Minister of Law & Justice; former Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha), IN |
| KUROKAWA, Kiyoshi, | Chairman, Health and Global Policy Institute; Professor Emeritus, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), JP | |
| * | LIM, Chuan Poh, | Chairman of the Board, Singapore Food Agency (SFA); former Chairman, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A＊STAR), SG |
| LIMPIJUMNONG, Sukit, | President, National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), TH | |
| * | LIU, Mark, | Founder and Chairman, J&M Copper Beech Ventures; former Executive Chairman, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. (TSMC), TW |
| LIU, Peng, | Managing Director, Sinocity Investment Limited, CN | |
| * | MARKIDES, Karin, | President and CEO, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST), SE |
| MARWALA, Tshilidzi, | Rector, United Nations University, ZA | |
| MAZUR, Eric, | Balkanski Professor of Physics and Applied Physics and Dean of Applied Physics, Harvard University; Past President, The Optical Society, US | |
| * | McKINNELL, Henry A., | Chairman Emeritus, Pfizer Inc.; Chairman Emeritus, US Business Roundtable; former Chairman, Moody’s Corporation, US |
| * | McNUTT, Marcia, | President, National Academy of Sciences, US |
| MEYERSON, Bernard S., | IBM Fellow, Chief Innovation Officer Emeritus, IBM Research, IBM Corporation, US | |
| MITAL, Amit, | CEO, Kernel Labs, US | |
| MITSUISHI, Mamoru, | President, Science Council of Japan (SCJ), JP | |
| * | NAGAI, Ryozo, | President, Jichi Medical University, JP |
| * | NEMER, Mona, | Chief Science Advisor, Government of Canada, CA |
| * | NIINAMI, Takeshi, | Chairman, KEIZAI DOYUKAI (Japan Association of Corporate Executives); Representative Director, President & CEO, Suntory Holdings Limited, JP |
| * | NURSE, Paul, | Director and Chief Executive, The Francis Crick Institute; former President, The Royal Society; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2001), UK |
| NZIMANDE, Bonginkosi Emmanuel "Blade", | Minister, Department of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, ZA | |
| OHNO, Hideo, | Special Advisor on Science and Technology to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry(METI); Special Senior Advisor to the President, Tohoku University, JP | |
| PARIKH, Sudip, | Chief Executive Officer, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), US | |
| PETIT, Antoine, | Chairman and CEO, National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), FR | |
| QUIRION, Remi, | Chief Scientist, Fonds de recherche du Québec, CA | |
| RAHIM, Rushdi Abdul, | President & Chief Executive Officer, Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT), MY | |
| ROBERTS, Richard J., | Chief Scientific Officer, New England Biolabs; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1993), UK | |
| ROCKENBACH, Bettina, | President, The German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, DE | |
| * | SERAGELDIN, Ismail, | Founding Director Emeritus, Library of Alexandria, EG |
| SILVER, Mariko, | President/CEO, Henry Luce Foundation, US | |
| SMITH, Adrian, | President, The Royal Society, UK | |
| SUGINO, Tsuyoshi, | President, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), JP | |
| THOMPSON, Herbert Hugh, | Managing Partner, Crosspoint Capital Partners; former Chief Technology Officer, Symantec Corporation, US | |
| * | TOKURA, Masakazu, | Chairman, KEIDANREN (Japan Business Federation); Chairman of the Board, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd., JP |
| * | TSUCHIYA, Sadayuki, | Executive Director, Science and Technology in Society forum (STS forum); former Ambassador of Japan to the Republic of Peru; former Vice Minister, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), JP |
| * | WALLBERG, Harriet, | Professor and former President, Karolinska Institutet, SE |
| WALPORT, Mark, | Foreign Secretary, The Royal Society; former Chief Executive, UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), UK | |
| WINCE-SMITH, Deborah L., | President & Chief Executive Officer, Council on Competitiveness, US | |
| YOO, Ook Joon, | President, The Korean Academy of Science and Technology (KAST), KR | |
| YOSHIKAWA, Hiroyuki, | President, International Professional University of Technology in Tokyo; former President, The University of Tokyo; former President, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), JP | |
| ZERHOUNI, Elias A., | former President of Global Research & Development, Sanofi SA; former Director, National Institutes of Health (NIH), US |
83 Council Members from 24 countries, regions and international organizations, 23 Board Members, 2 Auditors