The ICBSS is overseen by an international Board of Directors (BoD), consisting of senior representatives from the diplomatic and academic communities of 12 BSEC Member States. The Board also includes the BSEC PERMIS Secretary General, the ICBSS Director General and Alternate Director General, and personalities of international standing.
Chairperson:
Mr. Nairi Petrossian, Republic of Armenia, Permanent Representative of Armenia to BSEC Organization
National Directors:
Republic of Albania [position vacant]
Mr. Davit Knyazyan, Republic of Armenia, Head of Dept. of Multilateral Policy and Development Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Mr. Orkhan Zeynalov, Republic of Azerbaijan, Head of Dept. of Economic Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Mr. Momtchil Raychevski, Republic of Bulgaria, Director, Southeast Europe Directorate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ms. Veka Modebadze, Georgia, Head of the International Organizations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Amb. Spyridon Xanthopoulos, Hellenic Republic, Director of B4 Directorate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Prof. Alexandru Stratan, Republic of Moldova, Rector, Academy of Economic Studies
Mr. Gheorghe-Vlad Nistor, Romania, Director General, The Romanian Diplomatic Institute
Dr. Sergei Goncharenko, Russian Federation, Chief Researcher, Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Science
Amb. Sanja Milinkovic, Republic of Serbia, Coordinator, Department for Multilateral Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Mr. Rauf Alp Denktaş, Republic of Turkey, Deputy Directorate General for Multilateral Economic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Dr. Viktor Komorin, Ukraine, Deputy Director for Science, Ukrainian Scientific Center of Ecology of the Sea (UkrSCES)
Members:
Mr. Georgios Mitrakos, Director General, ICBSS
Amb. Lazăr Comănescu, Secretary General, BSEC PERMIS
Mr. Marco Ricceri, Secretary General, EURISPES Institute, Italy
