Gold Mercury grants the prestigious Gold Mercury Awards to actors across the international system for outstanding achievements in eight different Global Governance challenge areas. Winners are among the most recognised and respected figures, institutions, and organisations in the world. In addition to our awards, Gold Mercury unites world leaders from business, politics, academia and civil society through our annual Global Governance Forum. The forum provides a cooperative and friendly framework in which to discuss key economic, political, and social issues that affect us all, whilst inspiring all participants towards improving Global Governance and Ethical Leadership.

Gold Mercury International is made up of an Executive Board, an International Advisory Board, and an Award Nomination Committee. Our activities are organised and controlled by the Executive Board, supervised by the International Advisory Board and supported by the Award Nomination Committee.

The following chart depicts our organisational structure and how our organisational units relate to our two key activities: the Gold Mercury Awards and the Global Governance Forum.

The Gold Mercury Awards

The Gold Mercury Awards are bestowed upon actors within the international system for outstanding achievements in eight key Global Governance challenge areas: Peace & Security, Corporate Governance, Cooperation & Development, Social & Economic Policy, Health & Science, the Environment, Humanitarian work, and Information & Media. Previous winners included highly distinguished individuals such as Ronald Reagan, Dr. Boutros Ghali, H.M. King Juan Carlos I of Spain, and Soichiro Honda, founder of Honda Motor Co.

The Global Governance Forum

The Global Governance Forum is our annual international event encompassing the Gold Mercury Award ceremony and banquet, and an international conference focusing on key Global Governance issues. The Global Governance Forum is attended by leading figures in government, business, and society.

The Executive Board

The Executive Board, with the help of its administrative and support teams, develops the policy and organisational aspects of Gold Mercury International. It also manages day-to-day operations and maintains relationships with governments, corporations, and civil society organisations. The Board and its support teams also review and evaluate award nominations.

Executive Board members include:

Eduardo De Santis		Chairman & President
Nicolas De Santis		Secretary General
Anthony Bailey		Vice President and Deputy Secretary General
Philippe Cothier		Vice President
Patrizia Cafiero		Vice President
Juan Crespo		Vice President
Chechung Chang		Vice President
Kardam Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Prince of Tirnovo		Vice President
Rosendo Alvarez III		Vice President
Miguel Vergara		Vice President

The International Advisory Board

The International Advisory Board supervises the governance and development of Gold Mercury International. The Board also participates and nominates candidates for the Gold Mercury Awards in each category.

Over the years the Gold Mercury International Advisory Board has included some of the most important people in government, business, academia and society, including: Soichiro Honda, President of Honda Motor Co.; Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo, Former Prime Minister of Spain, Ramon Areces Rodriguez, President of El Corte Ingles; Lord William Rees-Mogg, Editor of The Times, London; Gunnar Engellau, President of A. B. VOLVO; Masaru Ibuka, Founder and President of the Sony Corporation; Hans Suessenguth, Chairman of Lufthansa A.G.; The Hon. Pietro Campilli, Former Finance and Treasury Minister of Italy; Cav. Lavoro Angelo Rizzoli, Founder of Rizzoli Editrice; Luis Garcia Berlanga, Film Director and Academy Award Nominee.; Dr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Former Secretary General of the United Nations; Uolevi Raade, Chairman of Neste Finland; and Alfonso Escamez, President of Banco Central.

Our current Advisory Board members include:

His Royal Highness Prince El Hasan Bin Talal		Prince of the Hasemite Kingdom of Jordan
Federico Mayor Zaragoza		Former Director-General of UNESCO and President Foundation for a Culture of Peace.
Kerry Kennedy		Founder of The Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights
Count Sabino Fernandez Campo		Former Chief of the Spanish Royal House
H.E. Manuel Fraga Iribarne		Spanish Senator, Former Minister and President of the Xunta de Galicia
Pedro Schwartz		Professor of Economics at the Universidad San Pablo-CEU
Enrique Baron Crespo		Former President of the European Parliament and Chairman of the Party of European Socialists
Aldo Olcese Santoja		Chairman of Fincorp and President of the Institute of Financial Analysts
Carlos Rodríguez Braun		Author and Professor of History of Economic Thought, Universidad Complutense Spain
Isabel Tocino		President of Siebel Spain and Portugal
Count Ludovico Incisa di Camerana		Former Italian Ambassador and Academic
Maurice Hatchwell		President of Excem Group
Claudio Boada Pallerés		President of Círculo de Empresarios, Spain
Jacinto Garcia Palacios		Former CEO of Hispasat
Miguel Herrero y Rodriguez de Miñon		Member of the Spanish Parliament and one of the fathers of the Spanish Constitution
Bernardo Cremades		President of the Spanish Board of Arbitration
Enrique Ruiz Garcia		Writer and Professor of Political & Social Science at Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM)
H.E. Dr. Mohamed Sahbi Basly		Ambassador of Tunisia to the People’s Republic of China
Dr. Giovanni Scapagnini, MD, PHD		Assistant Professor, Institute of Neurological Sciences. Italian National Research Council

The Award Nomination Committee

The Gold Mercury Board selects the Award nominees. The Board is comprised of experts and leaders from around the world in all of our Award categories and includes highly distinguished and respected individuals from all sectors of society including:

Members of Royal Houses

Former Heads of State

Members or former members of governments and national assemblies

University professors and top researchers

Board members and CEOs of national and international corporations

Board members or reprasentatives of international institutions

Board members of NGOs

Editors-in-chief of major media outlets