Dr. Hubertus
Hoffmann
President and Founder Dr. Hubertus Hoffmann is a German entrepreneur and geostrategist based in London. His three main focuses as a philanthropist are: - 'Networking a Safer World', with the largest global elite network in foreign affairs, the independent World Security Network Foundation (www.worldsecuritynetwork.com). - The Human Codes of Tolerance and Respect - promoting understanding and concrete actions for tolerance towards other religions, races and minorities (www.codesoftolerance.com). - The promotion of a responsible elite which takes over special obligations and duties in societies around the world (www.worldsecuritynetwork.com/fritzkraemer). Dr. Hoffmann worked as an advisor in the European Parliament (Office of Prof. Hans-Gert Poettering, former President of the European Parliament), the German Bundestag (State Secretary of Defense Peter Kurt Wuerzbach, MP) and the U.S. Senate (Sam Nunn, Gary Hart) in defense and foreign affairs for many years. He was Research Fellow at the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS), Georgetown University. Dr. Hoffmann holds a Ph.D. in Political Science with "summa cum laude" (Prof. Karl Dietrich Bracher, University of Bonn, Germany) and is a lawyer as well. He is a reserve officer in the German Army (Field Artillery). For 13 years he has worked as a successful entrepreneur and investor in different funds. Co-founder of GCG which invested from 2005-2007 Euro 3,3 bn in companies like Volkswagen, BASF, ThyssenKrupp, Lanxess and Siemens. From 1996-2000 he was founder and CEO of InternetMediaHouse AG and a large investor and member of the Executive Board at Loewe TV company, increasing the value of both companies by 24 times in two years to a peak of €600m. Before he worked as a journalist in the White House Press Corps, as an editor for ZDF, the largest TV station in Europe, and as managing director of large German media companies. Dr. Hoffmann supported NATO's Two Track Decision from 1979 to 1983 to deploy medium-range nuclear weapons in Europe combined with mutual arms reductions on the Russian side, putting him on the target list of the RAF, the German terrorist organization. In 1978 he founded a popular German appeal (Dattelner Appell) to dismantle the new Russian SS-20 missiles and to combine it with the non-deployment of NATO Pershing II and Cruise Missiles, which was signed by more than 100 members of the German Bundestag, U.S. Senators like Edward Kennedy, and others, and on December 12, 1979 was successfully integrated into NATO's Two Track Decision and later into the INF Treaty. In 1980 he initiated a CDU/CSU resolution and Federal Law of the Bundestag for an Annual Report on Arms Control and Disarmament, which since then has been published by the German Government. For ten years Dr. Hoffmann was Chairman of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Committee for Foreign, Defense, European and Inner-German Affairs in his home state of Lower Saxony in Germany and active in promoting German re-unification and a strong NATO. Elected CDU-Member of the City Council in his home town Goslar (Harz). In 1984 Dr. Hoffmann organized the exchange program for young reserve officers from the U.S.A. and Germany with the support of then-State Secretary of Defense Peter Kurt Wuerzbach with more than 1000 reserve officers involved from both sides of the Atlantic. He was a German member of the Executive Committee of the NATO Reserve Officers Association CIOR. He supported the Mujaheddin from 1985-1990 against the Russian invasion of Afghanistan, visiting them in the mountains in 1985 and writing the Afghanistan Report for the European Parliament. In 1989 - during the visit of German Chancellor Helmut Kohl - he initiated and helped to finance the first "Farmers Association of Silesia" - former German homeland of his expelled parents in Poland - which now has more than 3,000 Polish and German members and its own dairy. In 1992 he was Chairman of the Eesti Committee Report (requested by Estonian President Tunne Kelam) about the Future of the "Baltic Hanseatic Region" (Oblast Kaliningrad; Lithuania; Latvia, and Estonia), which helped to create stable democratic states in the Baltic and the fundament to join the EU and NATO. In 1981 his home town of Goslar/Harz awarded him its "Förderpreis" for journalistic merits (Laudatio: General (Ret.) Johannes Steinhoff, former Chairman of NATOs Military Committee). Schitag Ernst & Young, SAP and Manager magazine honored Dr. Hoffmann as "Finalist German Entrepreneur of the Year 1998" for growth and innovation as member of the Board and co-owner of Loewe Opta Holding TV company. In October 2000 he was awarded the "Federal Cross of Merit" for "innovative business ideas" by German President Johannes Rau in Schloss Bellevue (Berlin). In 2002 at Friedrichsruh Palace near Hamburg, Prince Ferdinand von Bismarck bestowed upon Dr. Hubertus Hoffmann the "Bismarck Medal in Silver with Golden Oak Leaves" for his "patriotic faithfulness and proven Prussian national consciousness". Dr. Hoffmann is the author of two standard books about nuclear weapons ("Atomkrieg, Atomfrieden: Technik, Strategie, Abrüstung" 1980; "Die Atompartner: Washington - Bonn und die Modernisierung der taktischen Kernwaffen", 1986). In 2004 he published a book about his mentor of 25 years "Fritz Kraemer On Excellence. Missionary, Mentor and Pentagon Strategist " (with Contributions from Alexander M. Haig Jr., Henry A. Kissinger, Madeleine Kraemer Bryant; Sven Kraemer, Wilhelm-Karl von Preussen, Edward L. Rowny and Donald Rumsfeld). One of his main activities in WSN is The Human Codes of Tolerance and Respect Project, promoting universal rules for parents, educators, journalists, religious leaders and politicians on how to promote respect for other religions, races and ethnic minorities, as important soft factors of peacemaking including best practices from all over the world and the roots of respect and tolerance in the life of the Prophet and Islam (see www.codesoftolerance.com). Member of YPO (Rhine Chapter) and IISS (London) Scholar Konrad Adenauer and Thyssen Foundation Young Atlantic Leader 1992 (Atlantik-Brücke) More can be found at www.worldsecuritynetwork.com and www.codesoftolerance.com |
Jochen
Ketterer
Vice President WSN Codes of Tolerance and Research Director After graduating from the Munich School of Political Science, Jochen Ketterer worked as an intern for the German-Saudi Arabian Liaison Office for Economic Affairs (Gesalo) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Currently he is Director Research for the Codes of Tolerance Project of WSN. |
Monsignore
Ortwin
Gebauer
Monsignor of the Catholic Church in Lindau at the Lake of Constance in Germany is Chairman of the Comittee for Christian Peace, Tolerance and Reconciliation Policies of the World Security Network Foundation. He is coordinating the dialogue between the Church and the annual meetings of Nobel Price winners at the Lake of Constance. |
Arif Ali Shah
Bukhari
Chairman of KASB Foundation in Karatchi which is a not-for-profit-charitable organization, that offers social services inclusive of education, health, provision of assistance, relief, and grants aid for the betterment of the deprived section of the Pakistan community Member of the Karachi Cotton Exchange and Chairman of Trade and Investment Committee of International Chamber of Commerce Pakistan. Chairmanship of Board of Governors and Chancellor of KASBIT, which is a well reputed Institute, chartered by the Government of Sindh, Pakistan and recognized by the Higher Education Commission Chairmanship of 24/7 Media Network, that operates a TV channel and is involved in Media development in Pakistan, as well as of KASB Developers, which is a leading Real Estate Development company having its main emphasis in Construction, and BL Properties in the UAE, which is committed to providing its customers with luxurious lifestyles. Arif is the Health and Development Chairman and Incoming Communication Chairman of Young President Organization (YPO) Middle East and North African Regional Board. He is also the Founder of YPO Indus chapter and Mentor of WPO Pakistan Chapter. YPO’s main mission is to develop “Better Leaders through Education and Idea Exchange”. |
Frauke
John
Vice President Codes of Tolerance Project German-born Frauke John lived in New York for 2 years. She represented WSN as a Vice-president and was responsible for The Human Codes of Tolerance and Respect Project, Fundraising, and WSN TV. Now she lives in London to finish her Bachelors degree in "International Business and Management" on the European Business School London. WSN supports her with a scholarship. She has worked as a freelance journalist and writer and hosted events like the "Porsche Gala". Furthermore she worked in the United Nations where she interviewed ambassadors for an Internet-based TV Chanel to current political topics. She was honored "Best Female Student" and is concentrating now on the Codes of Tolerance project. |
Sameh
El-Shahat
Sameh El-Shahat is an entrepreneur, communications expert, writer and designer living in London. His international brand Tavola Rasa, which he set up in 1999, has broken new ground in design theory.He is also a commentator with the Daily Telegraph, aswell as contributor to various publications. He is also founder of the media, communication and branding consultancy, China-i, acting as a consultant to governmental and corporate clients in China. He has offices in Beijing, where he is also Visiting Professor at the Beijing Foreign Studies University, China’s leading foreign languages university, in the field of communications and public speaking. Through his interests in Sibling Eye Films Ltd, he has written and produced various films and produced the Holy Cows series for the Daily Telegraph. From 1991 to 2000 Sameh worked in finance, spending most of that period at the Union Bank of Switzerland running their Middle East fixed-income operations. He has written extensively about the Middle East. His Masters thesis, entitled "Saudi Arabia: Can Oil Power Become Regional Power?" Sameh is a passionate advocate for action and realism in international relations.He speaks French, English, Spanish, Italian and Arabic fluently, has a working knowledge of German. Sameh studied at Jesus College, Cambridge. He holds a Masters in Engineering (Double-First), as well as a Masters in International Relations from Cambridge University. |