Approved by the Board of Trustees of the Elcano Royal Institute at its meeting of 15 December 2022, the Advisory Council brings together former members of the Scientific Council who maintain links with the Institute’s activity and global projection, thus preserving the great intellectual capital accumulated in recent years.
It shares with the Scientific Council the aim of strengthening and multiplying the analytical capacity and impact of the Elcano Royal Institute on the academic community, think tank networks and society, thus contributing to its mission.
Advisory Council members (in alphabetical order)
Francisco Aldecoa
Professor of International Relations. Faculty of Political Science and Sociology
Complutense University of Madrid
Belén Becerril Atienza
Professor of Public International Law and International Relations
CEU San Pablo University
José Luis Calvo Albero
Colonel of the Army, Diploma in General Staff
Director of the Division of Coordination and Studies of the General Secretariat for Defence Policy, Ministry of Defence of Spain
Enrique Fanjul
Trade Technical Expert and State Economist
Stefano Manservisi
Special Advisor to Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni, and former Director-General of Department for International Cooperation and Development (DG DEVCO)
European Commission
Ramon de Miguel
Ambassador of Spain
Ana Palacio
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs
Eduardo Posada Carbó
Director of the Latin American Centre (Oxford School of Global and Area Studies), Professor of the History and Politics of Latin America & William Golding Senior Fellow of Brasenose
University of Oxford
Belén Romana
Economist, Non-executive Director
Santander, Aviva and Chair of the Board of Digital Future Society
Felipe Sahagún
Professor and Journalist
Diego Sánchez-Ancochea
Professor of the Political Economy of Development Latin American Centre (Oxford School of Global and Area Studies)
University of Oxford
Fidel Sendagorta
Ambassador of Spain
Manuel Torres
University Professor of Political Science and Administration
Universidad Pablo de Olavide of Seville
Richard Youngs
Senior Associate. Democracy and Rule of Law Program
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace