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20 April 1999
Edmond Israel Foundation Announces New Board Members
The Edmond Israel Foundation today announced that Dr Horst Günter Krenzler and Dr Albert Bressand have been nominated as directors of the Edmond Israel Foundation.
Dr Krenzler has had a long and distinguished career and is currently Of Counsel with Freshfields Deringer, Brussels and Governor on the Board of the Asia/EU Foundation (ASEF). He has held a number of positions within the European Commission, including Deputy Secretary General and Political Director of the European Commission, Director General for External Relations and Special Advisor to the European Commission. He is a German national, married with two daughters.
Dr Bressand is Managing Director of Promethée, the Paris based think-tank ranked in the world’s top twenty by The Economist, a member of the Board of Economists of Time magazine and a fellow of the World Economic Forum in Davos. Previously, Dr Bressand served as economic advisor to the French Foreign Minister as deputy director of the French Council on Foreign Relations and as member of the World Bank’s policy planning staff in Washington D.C. He is a French national, married with two sons and two daughters.
Members of the Board of the Foundation include its Chairman, Mr André Lussi and other directors, John Gilchrist, Dr Helmut Haussmann, Oscar Lewisohn, Robert Massol and Dr Thomas Rabe.
André Lussi, Chairman Edmond Israel Foundation commented:
‘I am delighted that Horst Krenzler and Albert Bressand have accepted to become members of the Board of the Foundation. Their wealth of experience, extensive interests and international network of professional contacts add significant weight to the Foundation and its goals; they will make a substantial contribution.’
For further information, please contact:
David Cowan or Yolande Theis
Cedel International, Luxembourg
Tel: +352 45 11 03 20
Fax: +352 45 11 08 226
Email: yolande.theis@cedelinternational.com
David Hardy or Paul Vann
Binns & Co Public Relations Limited, London
Tel: +44 171 786 9600
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Note to Editors
The Edmond Israel Foundation was created by Cedel International on 19 September 1990 in honour of Edmond Israel, upon his retirement after twenty years as Chairman of Cedel International’s Board of Directors.
The Foundation is a non-profit making organisation dedicated to the research and promotion of ideas of cultural, scientific, political and economic importance in the context of Europe. Its aim is to work both within the framework of a changing Europe and to advance European thinking elsewhere in the world, thereby making a high quality contribution to the ongoing debates of our times and exploring themes of freedom, social responsibility and cultural identity. It aims to support and promote research and study and provide financial assistance and scholarship to promising individuals. Apart from commissioning studies, such as The Proposed Directive on Harmonisation of Taxation of Interest Payments published in January 1999, the Foundation presents the 'Vision for Europe' award annually in recognition of outstanding achievement and contribution to Europe. The 1998 recipient was HE Mr Jean-Claude Juncker, Prime Minister of Luxembourg and previous recipients were HE Mr Helmut Kohl, the former Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, HE Mr Jean-Luc Dehaene, the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Belgium and HE Mr Jacques Santer, President of the European Commission, the first recipient of the award.