Carl Bildt

Carl Bildt

Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden (2006-2014); Prime Minister of Sweden (1991-1994)

Carl Bildt is Co-Chair of the European Council on Foreign Relations, member of the International Advisory Board of CFR - New York, contributing columnist to Washington Post as well as columnist for Project Syndicate. He serves as Senior Advisor to the Wallenberg Investments in Sweden and is on the Board of Trustees of the RAND Corporation in the US. He has served as both Prime Minister  (1991-1994) and Foreign Minister of Sweden (2006-2014).

In March 2021, Mr. Carl Bildt was appointed WHO Special Envoy for the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-Accelerator). Subsequently he served in international functions with the EU and UN, primarily related to the conflicts in the Balkans. He was Co-Chairman of the Dayton peace talks on Bosnia and become the first High Representative in the country. Later, he was the Special Envoy of UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to the region.

Yulia Svyrydenko
Ukrainian First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy, YES Annual Meeting 2022 “Ukraine: Defending all Our Freedom”
«Our army’s success has shown we have the right to dream. We are certain that the economy will be able to demonstrate huge growth over the next decade. All necessary steps are already being taken by the parliament to reach ambitious goals crucially important to ensure GDP annual growth at least 7%.»