Felix Marquardt

Felix Marquardt founded the Atlantic Dinners in 2009, which gather prominent international decision-makers and influencers from all around the world to discuss the main issues of our time. Speakers have included Nouriel Roubini, Bill Gates, Presidents Santos of Colombia, Saakashvili of Georgia, Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan, Figueres Olsen of Costa Rica, then Brazilian Minister of Foreign Affairs (now Defense) Celso Amorim, "Atomic" Anne Lauvergeon, then CEO of Areva, Christophe de Margerie, Chairman and CEO of Total, Gerard Mestallet, Chairman and CEO of GDF Suez, etc.

Prior to launching the Atlantic Dinners, Felix was director of communications of the International Herald Tribune, where he orchestrated the NYT Co's communications strategy in Europe, including relations with the world's major fora. His columns appear regularly in the Huffington Post, Estado de Sao Paulo, Le Figaro, Der Standard, Elaph.com and Tabula.ge. He blogs at feleaks.com