Michael Gaebel joined the EUA in 2006, and has been since in charge of its international strategy and cooperation. Prior to this, he has been working for more than a decade in higher education cooperation and development in various parts of Asia. Michael graduated with a Masters in Middle Eastern Studies and German Literature and Linguistics from the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.

Lewis Purser is director for academic affairs at the Irish Universities Association. From 1998-2005 he was programme manager at the EUA. A graduate of Trinity College Dublin and of the Graduate Institute of Development Studies at the University of Geneva, he worked from 1989-1998 with various higher education institutions in Hungary, Romania and Bosnia-Herzegovina, and with several United Nations agencies in educational, health and social fields.

Bernd Wächter is the Director of the Academic Cooperation Association (ACA). ACA promotes innovation and internationalisation in European higher education. He held leading positions in the German Academic Exchange Service, in the British Council, and in a number of German higher education institutions. Bernd Wächter has published and lectured widely on international higher education, and he is the editor of the ACA Papers on International Cooperation in Education.

Lesley Wilson joined the EUA at its creation in 2001 and took over as Secretary General in 2002. Previous to this she held a number of senior positions in higher education and research management at European level, in particular as Director of UNESCO’s European Centre for Higher Education in Bucharest (UNESCO-CEPES, 1995–1999), Head of the newly established Science Policy Unit at the European Science Foundation in Strasbourg (1994/1995) and Director of the EC TEMPUS Office in Brussels (1990–1994).

Howard Davies is a London-based independent consultant in higher education policy. For EUA, he has collaborated on the Trends and Master projects and covers developments in the field of professional qualifications. He is a regular participant in EUA’s Institutional Evaluation Programme. He has also undertaken a range of assignments for the European Commission (DGs Education and Culture, Enlargement, Enterprise and Industry, Health and Consumer Affairs). Previously Head of European and Latin American Development at London Metropolitan University, he was responsible for its Brussels office from 2002 until 2007. During this period he was also a UK Bologna Promoter. He has a PhD from University College London.

Gisela Schurings is an independent communications consultant based in France. In autumn 2009 she will join the editorial teams of the EUA Bologna and the EUA/ACA Internationalisation of European Higher Education Handbooks. She has wide experience in communications, particularly in the planning, editing and printing of multilingual publications. She has worked in European organizations such as EURYDICE, the EC Tempus Office and the ETF (European Training Foundation), all of which deal with general education, higher education and training at European level. She has a Master from University Bonn.

Michael Cooper: European Association for International Education (EAIE), former Director of the International Office Karlstad University, Sweden

Eva Egron-Polak: International Association of Universities (IAU), Secretary General

Pierre de Maret: European University Association (EUA) Board member, former Rector of Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

Sir Peter Scott: Academic Cooperation Association (ACA) President, Vice-Chancellor of Kingston University, UK

Hanneke Teekens: Netherlands organization for international cooperation in higher education (NUFFIC), Director of Communication

Barbara Weitgruber: Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, responsible for strategic projects in international relations