Guido, co-founder of the ICLS, has been playing a crucial role in the registration and institutionalisation of the ICLS. He was Manager of Language Services at IFAD (International Fund for Agricultural Development, a United Nations specialized agency). An economist with special focus on Development Economics and process re-engineering, he is also a Chartered Accountant and Auditor, and has worked both in the private sector and for international organisations, including 15 years at the Council of Europe.

He has carried out a number of assignments for IFAD, including (April/May 2002) field work in Sierra Leone concerning the post-conflict situation in that country, preparing a Technical Assistance Grant for the Agricultural sector.

On the Board of Auditors of a number of Limited Companies in Italy, he has a long experience in the Italian Administrative, Tax and Company law, where in the past he has been a full-time self-employed consultant. Guido is Italian and married with one child.

Kamran Rizvi is a founding board member of ICLS He is a professional member of the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers (CAPS). He brings with him a wealth of cross-cultural experience having worked in the UK, South Asia and the Middle East for over thirty years. He specializes in working with young leaders around the world. His focus is on strengthening community leadership. Kamran has helped design the effective methodology being used in ICLS seminars internationally. He facilitates workshops for ICLS on confidence building between young community leaders from different religious and ethnic backgrounds.

Kamran holds an MBA from the University of Strathclyde, Scotland and graduate of the Dale Carnegie Inc. He has attended courses that include "Leadership for the 21st Century", at the J F K School of Government, Harvard University, Dr Peter Senge's "The Learning Organization - Building a Sustainable Future", and "Strategic Leadership and Change Management"at the Wharton SMU Program, in Singapore. Kamran is an approved training resource for members of Young President's Organization. Kamran pioneered the self-development movement in Pakistan in 1991 by founding KZR that has since spawned Navitus (www.navitus.biz), School of Leadership (www.sol.edu.pk) and other for-profit and non-profit entities. He is a motivational speaker and is frequently invited to speak on topics of contemporary management interest. Kamran serves major multinational and local companies, private voluntary organizations, educational institutes and public sector agencies.

Kamran is married, has three grown up children and divides his time between Canada and Pakistan.

Geza was the initiator and founder of the ICLS and, since October 2001, has been occupied full time with developing the concept, building the alliances and gathering the necessary political support for establishing the ICLS. In October 2002, the School was registered under Italian law.

He was responsible for the Asylum Law Unit of the Council of Europe (1992-2001) and, as Secretary to the intergovernmental legal expert committee on refugees, took part in drafting intergovernmental recommendations for the development of new concepts in European refugee law such as temporary and subsidiary protection. He represented the Secretary General at various United Nations, European and transatlantic fora negotiating standards and intergovernmental legal and policy documents (CIS Conference, Kosovo, Stability Pact) and participated in legislative assistance and capacity building in the new democracies. Geza also initiated, designed and administered the pilot phase of the Democratic Leadership Programme (1996-98) in cooperation with the European Commission, the European Parliament, the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly and the Cabinet of the SG. Within 14 months, the DLP trained 90 young Serb, Croat, Bosnian, Russian, Estonian and Finnish leaders.

Previously, he worked at the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights of Utrecht University, at the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague and at public and private organisations dealing with intellectual property and financial law in Hungary. He has a law degree cum laude (ELTE University, Budapest) and attended post graduate courses on International Law in The Hague, on refugee assistance at Oxford (Queen Elizabeth House) and on leadership for the 21st century at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. Geza has Dutch and Hungarian nationalities, married and has four children.

Selina, co-founder of the ICLS, is Head of Partnerships and Diversity, Bradford District Care Trust. She played an important role in setting up the ICLS in Bradford, engaging young Muslim women in particular, participating as organiser and resource person for the seminars and facilitating various meetings (advisory, Management Board, etc.)

She has extensive senior management and board level experience in both the statutory and NGO sector at a local and national level. Selina is Chair of Keighley Asian Women and Children's Centre which was highlighted in an independent report to the Government (Lord Ousley's report) as an example of good practice on diversity and multicultural work. Selina is trustee of the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Memorial Trust and patron of the Ahmed Iqbal Race Relations Archive situated in Manchester University. She is also on the Board of Directors of Keighley SRB, Keighley College, Manningham Housing Association, Active Faith Communities, Common Purpose and a Commissioner for the Commission on British Muslims and Islamophobia and trustee of the Uniting Britain Trust.

Selina has worked in the National Health Service since 1993. She has worked as a Project Manager, Facilitator, Primary Care Development Manager and a Planning Manager before moving to work in the Community Health provider sector in 1998 to work in policy development with lead responsibility for equality and diversity issues. For 18 months she also managed mental health services for a sector covering 150, 000 people and budget of approximately £1.5M. In 2002 Selina took up the position of Head of Partnerships and Diversity with Bradford District Care Trust, a public sector organisation providing services to approximately 1.5 m people with an annual budget of £70M.

Selina is an experienced trainer and facilitator on women's issues, managing multi-ethnic communities, change management and broader equality and diversity issues.

Selina is British citizen of Bangladeshi origin, married with three children.

Guy, co-founder of the ICLS, has been the Secretary for Inter Faith Relations and Adviser to the Archbishop of Canterbury since 2005. He is former Archdeacon of Bradford and the core organising person and fund-raiser for the Bradford seminars of the ICLS. He gained substantial experience in dealing with non-Christian religious groups as well, Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims in particular.

He was ordained in 1987, after a career in the European Public Service and in Industry. An economist by training, he worked first in Uganda and then for seven years with the European Commission. In 1980 he took up the post of a Trade Relations Director at a large public company. Guy has an extensive administrative, managerial and negotiating experience in the public and commercial sectors.

Between 1973 and 1980 Guy was Administrator and Principal Administrator in the Commission of the European Communities, as Assistant to the Deputy Director General for Agriculture, responsible for the administration of the senior Council of Ministers negotiating committee on agriculture, Member of Cabinet of the Commissioner for Regional Policy and responsible for policy positions on agriculture, development aid and personnel and later on responsible for advising Commission President Jenkins and Secretary General Noel on policy issues. Guy is British national and married with two children.