Thomas is the Founder and President of the Open Diplomacy Institute. He has an extensive knowledge of the G20 and G7 processes since he crafted and chaired the first Y20/Y8 summits in Paris 2011, represented France to the Y20 in Sydney 2014, recruited and trained all French Delegates to Y20 and Y7 summits since their creation.

Anne-Laure cover the last NATO Summit of Barack Obama as a Reporter of the Open Diplomacy Institute in 2016. Since then, she is the Deputy Director of the Reporter Program of the Institute and joined the Y7 as a Co-chair.

Meriyem was the Deputy Director of the Africa Program of the Open Diplomacy Institute prior to joining the Y7 team as a Co-chair. She currently is a Research Fellow for the Institute focused on African development.

Hamza was the Economic Program Director of the Open Diplomacy Institute prior to becoming its CEO. Therefore, he managed the recruitment and training of Y20 and Y7 delegates prior to joining the Y7 team as a Co-chair. He is a Research Fellow on fiscal and tax policies at the Institute.