The Energy Security Leadership Council – Europe (ESLC-Europe) brings together European business leaders and former senior officials to support EIES’s mission through their counsel, advocacy, and engagement. ESLC-Europe is modelled on its American counterpart, the Energy Security Leadership Council. The ESLC was co-founded by General P.X. Kelley (Ret.), 28th Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, and Frederick W. Smith, Chairman and CEO of FedEx Corporation.

ESLC-Europe is growing; its current members are:

  • H.E. Jaak Aaviksoo

    former Estonian Minister of Defence; and former Estonian Minister of Culture and Education

  • Ambassador Claude-France Arnould

    former Chief Executive of the European Defence Agency

  • Ambassador Joachim Bitterlich

    former European, Diplomatic and Security Advisor to Chancellor Helmut Kohl

  • Admiral Giampaolo DiPaola, (Ret.)

    former Chairman, NATO Military Committee; and former Italian Minister of Defence

  • H.E. Jeppe Kofod

    former Foreign Minister of Denmark; and former Member of the European Parliament

  • Carlo Lazzarini

    CEO of PWO AG

  • Joan MacNaughton, CB

    former Executive Chair of the World Energy Trilemma, World Energy Council; and former Chair of the Governing Board, International Energy Agency

  • General Tom Middendorp (Ret.)

    Chair, International Military Council on Climate and Security; and former Chief of Defence of the Armed Forces of the Netherlands

  • Jannicke Nilsson

    Executive Vice President, Safety, Security & Sustainability at Equinor

  • Ambassador Andris Piebalgs

    former EU Commissioner for Energy; and former EU Commissioner for Development

  • General Sir Alexander Richard David Shirreff, (Ret.) KCB, CBE

    former NATO Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe

  • Ambassador Réka Szemerkényi, PhD

    former Hungarian Ambassador to the United States

  • Julian Treger

    President, CEO and Director, COTEC Holdings, and former CEO, Anglo Pacific Group Plc