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Composition of the Scientific Board

The Scientific Board is composed of 13 respected individuals - researchers, international experts in their field and AXA representatives. It is under the direction of Ezra Suleiman.

President of the Scientific Board:

Ezra Suleiman

IBM Professor of International Studies and Professor of Politics at Princeton University (USA).

Member of the Supervisory Board of AXA Group, member of the Board of Directors of Suez Environment, and member of the Board of Directors of AXA Equitable U.S.A.

Academics:

José A. Scheinkman

Theodore A Wells'29 Professor of Economics, Princeton University (USA)

Hélène Rey

Chaired Professor of Economics, London Business School (UK)

Pascale Cossart

Head of the Bacteria-cell interactions Unit, Director of the Cell Biology and Infection Department, INSERM, Pasteur Institute (France)

James Vaupel

Founding Director of the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (Germany); Professor, Director of the Center on the Demography of Aging, Duke University (USA); Professor, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark

Daniel Laurent

Professor of Computer Science -Université Marne-La-Vallée ; Scientific Counselor of the Chairman of the Supervisory Board, AXA;

Brian Hoskins

Director of the Grantham Institute for Climate Change, Imperial College;, Professor of Meteorology, Reading University. (UK)

AXA representatives:

Eric Chaney

Chief Economist AXA Group, AXA Investment Managers SA

Shu Khoo

Group Executive Vice President Human Resources

Nick Lane

Head of Group Strategic Planning; Head of Business Support Development for AXA Equitable, AXA IM, and AllianceBernstein.

Jean-Christophe Ménioux

Chief Risk Officer, AXA Group

Gaëlle Olivier

AXA Group EVP Communication and Corporate Responsibility.

Véronique Weill

Chief Operating Officer of the AXA Group and member of the Group Executive Committee. Supervision of Group Information System, Operational Excellence Divisions, Group Marketing & Distribution Divisions, Group Procurement and Central Administration (GIE AXA).

Professionnal:

Nicolas Chanut

Chief Executive Officer of the EXANE company