Marton Gellert is a Brussels-based program coordinator for GMF’s Strategic Convening team. His role involves overseeing and coordinating the organization of GMF’s flagship event, Brussels Forum, and events held in the organization’s Brussels office.

Prior to joining GMF, Gellert held various roles related to European public affairs, political communications, advocacy, and event coordination. He first worked as the in-house public affairs manager of a Brussels-based European food industry association before becoming the advocacy coordinator of an NGO that aims to raise awareness of gender bias in medical research. He was also a trainee at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations (DG NEAR).

Gellert holds a bachelor’s degree in international relations from the University of Sussex, and a master’s degree in international development management from The University of Manchester.

Maurizio Geri is a visiting fellow with GMF South. He is also an Italian navy lieutenant reservist, working as a foreign policy adviser for the Italian defense ministry’s general staff, and an EU Marie Curie postdoctoral fellow at George Mason University in the United States and Ca’ Foscari in Italy, where he researches EU-NATO cooperation against Russian and Chinese hybrid warfare, especially that targeting the energy and technology sectors.

Geri is a former analyst for different NATO bodies in the United States (Allied Command Transformation), Italy (Centre for Maritime Research and Exploration and Joint Force Command Naples), and Brussels (alliance headquarters). He has worked at US and Italian think tanks including the Carter Center, the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, the Global Policy Institute, the Center for Media and Peace Initiatives, and the Center for the Innovation of Defense and Euro Gulf Information Center. Prior to that, he worked as a field officer in the “Global South” with NGOs including Peace Brigades International and Nonviolent Peace Force.

Geri holds a PhD in international security from Old Dominion University in Virginia, a master’s degree in cultural studies, and a bachelor’s degree in international relations from the University of Florence.