Goranka Horjan, Croatia (Chair)

President, Council for International Cooperation at the Ministry of Culture, Republic of Croatia;
Chairperson of ICOM's International Committee for Regional Museums (ICOM - ICR);
Member of the European Organisation for Strategic Planning;
2006-2009 - General Director of the Museums of Hrvatsko Zagorje;
2004-2005 - Assistant Minister of Culture of Croatia;
2000-2003 - Director of the Museums Hrvatsko Zagorje;
Awarded the highest national recognition for the work in the field of culture - Orden of Danice lilom Marka Marulica.

Dr David Fleming OBE, United Kingdom (Treasurer)

Director, National Museums Liverpool;
President of INTERCOM since 2004;
Member of ICOM Advisory Council and of ICOM's Finance and Resources Committee (Interim Chair 2008);
Worked extensively on the ICOM Strategic Plan 2007-2010;
Has widely published and lectured in more than 20 countries;
Previously, has been President of the UK Museums Association, Member of the Board of ICOM UK, Visiting Lecturer
at the Reinwardt Academy in Amsterdam, Lecturer at the Baltic Museology School.

Director General, International Council of Museums (ICOM);
President of the International Committee of the Blue Shield (ICBS);
Associated Professor since 2002 at the Institute of Political Sciences in Paris, where he teaches Cultural Economy;
2002-2005 in charge of Economic and Financial Affairs at the French Ministry of Culture and Communication;
2005-2008 Director of Administration, Financial and Legal Affairs at the Louvre Museum;
Has occupied several diplomatic posts at the United Nations in New York, Finland and Estonia.

Lila de Chaves, Greece

Secretary General, World Federation of Friends of Museums;
An ethnologist specialising in historical and ethnic textiles, jewellery and costumes;
Vice President of International Committee for Measures to promote Folk Culture of the International Organisation of Folk Art (IOV),
a non-governmental UNESCO organisation;
President of the Hellenic Federation of Friends of Museums (HFFM);
Vice President, Executive Global Public Relations and Cultural Chair of Euro-American Women's Council (EAWC);
President of Heritage & Museums, an NGO under the supervision of the Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Sir Neil Cossons OBE, United Kingdom

Pro-Provost and Chairman, Council of the Royal College of Art;
Former President and Chair of EMF;
2000-2007 Chairman of English Heritage, the United Kingdom's Government's principal adviser on the historic environment of England;
1986-2000 Director of the Science Museum, London ;
Knighted in 1994 for services to museums and heritage;
1971-1983 Director of National Maritime Museum and Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust and winner of the first European Museum of the Year Award 1977.

Frans Ellenbroek, The Netherlands

Director, Natuurmuseum Brabant;
Advisor at Mondriaan Foundation; Board Member of Brabants Landschap;
1995–2007 European Museum Forum National Correspondent;
2004–2007 Chairman of the European Invertebrate Survey;
Widely published: most recently 2009 Comeback Cities: Urban Man and Rural Man;
Facilitator at a number of Council of Europe EMF workshops;
Visual Artist.

Mikhail Gnedovsky, Russia

Director, Cultural Policy Institute;
Member of EMF Judging panel since 2001;
Expert in several programmes of the Council of Europe, including the Intercultural Cities and the Cultural Policies and Trends;
1998-2002 - Director of Arts and Culture Programme, Open Society Institute (Soros Foundation) - Russia;
1999-2002 - Member, Arts and Culture Network Programme, Open Society Institute - Budapest;
Member and Chair, Expert Committee, the Krasnoyarsk Museum Biennale (from 1995 to 2009);
Awarded the Golden Cross of Merit (Republic of Poland) in 2005.

Hartmut Prasch, Austria

Director, Museum für Volkskultur Spittal;
Previously, EMF National Correspondent from 1999;
Board member of Austrian Museum Association since 1994;
Vice Chairman of Carinthian Museum Association since 2005;
Member of the Advisory Board, European Heritage, since 2007;
Member of Executive Council, ICOM, since 2007;
Board member of ICOM-Austria in 1998-2004.

Chris Torch, Sweden

Senior Associate, Intercult, Stockholm;
Apart from large scale project design, contributes to developing intercultural politics, lectures regularly and guides workshops in strategy;
Former vice president for Culture Action Europe (2006-2010) Torch is currently a Board member of River//Cities, a member of the Steering Group for the Platform for Intercultural Europe and an Advisor to the CAE campaign we are more.