Brussels Forum Session: The Odesa Debate Part I: The World’s Largest Construction Project: Private-Sector Stakes and Perspectives

Andy Hunder is president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine, representing more than 600 US and international investors and corporate members. Hunder serves on the Supervisory Board of Ukraine’s Business Ombudsman Council, and is a member of the National Reform, National Investment, and Anti-Corruption Councils. 

Hunder served previously as treasurer of AmChams in Europe, the umbrella organization for American Chambers of Commerce in 43 countries throughout Europe, accounting for more than $1.1 trillion in investment on both sides of the Atlantic. He headed the public relations department at Ukrainian Mobile Communications (now Vodafone Ukraine) and subsequently was external affairs and communications director at GlaxoSmithKline with responsibility for Ukraine, Central Asia, and the Caucasus. 

From 2010 to 2015, Hunder served as director of the Ukrainian Institute in London, regularly providing analysis and commentary on Ukrainian current affairs on BBC, CNN, SKY, Bloomberg TV, ITV, Al Jazeera, and others. He has spoken on Ukrainian affairs at the UK Houses of Parliament, the House of Lords, Oxford University, the London School of Economics, and University College London. He has been a presenter on a leading Ukrainian television channel. He is also a fundraiser for the Ukrainian Catholic University. 

Brussels Forum Session: The Odesa Debate Part II: The World’s Largest Construction Project—Laying the Foundation at the London Donor Conference

Ali Velshi is an award-winning journalist, host of "Velshi" and Chief Correspondent for MSNBC, and a weekly economics contributor to NPR's "Here and Now". He has covered multiple US presidential elections and significant news stories around the globe, including reporting extensively from Ukraine and across Central and Eastern Europe during the Russian invasion, the Syrian refugee crisis from Turkey and Jordan, the Iran Nuclear Deal in Tehran, the Greek debt crisis in Athens, and the funeral of Nelson Mandela in South Africa. He previously worked as an anchor and correspondent for Al Jazeera America and CNN. 

Brussels Forum Session: The Odesa Debate Part II: The World’s Largest Construction Project: Laying the Foundation at the London Conference

Pierre Heilbronn is inspecteur general des finances. On 6 March 2023, President of the French Republic Emmanuel Macron appointed him France’s Special Envoy for Ukraine’s Relief and Reconstruction. 

Heilbronn joined the General Secretariat for European Affairs (SGAE) in 2007. In this capacity, he coordinated the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2008. He also played a decisive role in providing technical assistance to Greece in response to its public debt crisis. 

A committed European, he was first deputy head and then head of cabinet of the European Commissioner for External Relations and Trade (2009–10), rapporteur for the Commission for the Liberation of French Growth chaired by Jacques Attali (2010), deputy secretary general of the Secretariat General for European Affairs (2010–14), and advisor for European affairs in the Prime Minister’s office (2010–11), deputy director of the Cabinet of the Minister for the Economy and Finance (2014–16), and vice-president in charge of policies and partnerships at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (2016–21). Since 2021, he has been a visiting professor in practice at the London School of Economics and Political Science.  

Heilbronn is a graduate of SciencesPo and a former student of the École nationale d'administration (Copernicus class). He holds an MPhil in Economics from the University of Cambridge and an master’s degree in European Affairs from the College of Europe in Bruges.