New RUSI Council

Following the Annual General Meeting of 25 November 2010, members of RUSI elected a newly constituted Council. Chaired by Lord Hutton of Furness , the Council elected Mr David Abrahams and Dr Alexander Mirtchev to join the RUSI Council as Vice Presidents.

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New Vice Presidents biographies

Dr Alexander Mirtchev

Dr. Alexander Mirtchev is president of Krull Corp. USA, a global strategic solutions provider, with a focus on new economic trends and emerging policy challenges. He is also Council Member of the Kissinger Institute on China and the United States at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and a Board Director of the Atlantic Council of the United States. He serves and has served as chairman and director of multi-billion dollar international industrial enterprises and has had distinguished public office and an academic career.

Mr David Martin Abrahams

Mr David Martin Abrahams has developed a longstanding interest and expertise in the Middle East, particularly in regard to peace and reconciliation. He is also keenly engaged in interfaith dialogue. A land and property developer by profession, he is also involved in regional development and economic investment in the North East of England and is developing a billion pound business park/railfreight interchange on the outskirts of Durham.