The Board of Advisors

It is composed by relevant personalities from the world of politics, business and international institutions who played an important role in the application of cluster initiatives. Nominated by the Board of Directors, they are honorary members of TCI. Their role is to assist the Board of Directors in defining the guidelines of TCI activities.

• Prof. Antoni Subirà. Former Minister of Industry, Tourism and Trade, Government of Catalonia, now Professor at IESE Business School Barcelona

• Hon. Ms. Tea Petrin. University of Ljubljana, former Ambassador of Slovenia in the Netherlands, former Minister of Economy Slovenia - Ljubljana, Slovenia

• Mr. Sergio Arzeni. Head of LEED Program, OECD - Paris, France
• Prof. Michael Best. University of Massachusetts - USA
• Dr. Bob Breault. Breault Research Org. - Tucson, Arizona
• Mr. Emiliano Duch. President Competitiveness - Barcelona, Spain
• Prof. Michael J. Enright. Professor Hong Kong University - Hong Kong
• Prof. Per Eriksson. Director General VINNOVA - Stockholm, Sweden
• Mr. Ifor Ffowcs-Williams. President Clusternavigators - Wellington, New Zealand
• Prof. Piero Formica. Professor, University of Jonkoping, Sweden
• Mr. Yves Guyon. Lyon Chamber of Commerce - Lyon, France
• Mr. Alec Hansen. Economic Competitiveness Group - USA
• Mr. Eric Hansen. Economic Transformations Group - USA
• Mr. Kenneth Lanza. Bearing Point - USA
• Mr. Andy McDonald. Director Cluster Programme Scottish Enterprise - Glasgow, Scottland
• Prof. Michael Porter. Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, Harvard Business School - USA
• Frederic Richard. WSA Deputy Chair, former Director at UNIDO - Austria
• Prof. Hubert Schmitz. Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex - United Kingdom
• Prof. Örjan Sölvell. Professor, Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, Stockholm Business School- Sweden
• Dr. Bernd M. Thomas. Ex Secretary General, ACEM (European Motorcycle Association), Madrid, Spain