Commissioner of the Japan Atomic Energy Commission
President of Fairleigh Dickinson University
President of the European Research Council
Director, National Evaluation Authority of Education System, Training and Scientific Research, Morocco, Member of the Royal Academy Morocco, Former President of Hassan II University Mohammédia, Casablanca
Member of the Brazilian Senate, Professor at the University of Brasilia
Immediate Past Principal of Somerville College (Oxford), Immediate Past Pro-Vice Chancellor for Personnel and Equal Opportunities at the University of Oxford, Chair of Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust
Chairman, Board of Governors at Wawasan Open University
Chair of UNU Council; Co-Chair of IAP, the Global Network of Science Academies
Former Director of School of Education/Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Education at the University of the West Indies
Director General of the Department of International Cooperation at the Ministry of Science and Technology
Chief of the European Studies Department, School of International Relations, St. Petersburg State University
Provost of the Singapore Management University
Managing Partner of Business Intellect, Ltd., Former Member of the European Parliament, Former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy
Professor Extraordinaire in the Centre for Higher Education Research, Teaching and Learning at Rhodes University