Bogdan Zawadewicz is the Head of Geopolitical Risk Analysis at the Polish Development Bank (BGK). He graduated from the Institute of Political Sciences of the University of Warsaw. Prior to joining the Bank, he worked at the Center for Eastern Studies (OSW) and at the Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies (IOS) in Regensburg, where he was a member of the research group "Frozen and Unfrozen Conflicts." Additionally, he participated in scientific and research internships at institutions such as the London School of Economics IDEAS, the Higher School of Economics (HSE) in Moscow, the Center for Southeast European Studies in Graz, the Central European University (CEU) in Budapest, the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, as well as universities in Niš, Novi Sad, and Bucharest. He was also a scholarship holder of the German BAYHOST. Furthermore, he collaborated as a consultant with the Goethe Institute in Tel Aviv on the project "Negotiations Matter," which focused on the armed conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Anton Antonenko is Vice President and Co-Founder at Ukrainian think tank DiXi Group, focusing on energy policy and energy security issues. Anton graduated from the National University of Kyiv Mohyla academy, majoring in political science and European studies. He worked as analyst, expert and advisor in various projects. Anton was participant of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum, being the coordinator of Energy Security subgroup. He was also member of civic councils to the Ministry of energy and coal industry of Ukraine and to the State agency on energy efficiency and energy saving of Ukraine. Anton was also deputy coordinator of EnergyTransparency NGO coalition and member of Energy Reforms NGO coalition.

Andrew Friendly is the vice president of Government Affairs and Public Policy at Autodesk, where he leads a global team advancing policies to support Autodesk’s business. Before entering the world of technology, Friendly spent five years at the White House in a variety of positions, including personal aide to President Bill Clinton and senior advisor to the special envoy for the Americas. He holds an MBA from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University and a B.A. from Middlebury College.

Jaine Archambeau is an Trainee on the GMF North team.