As part of the Forum’s preparation, the Strategic Advisory Group (SAG) was established as an expert advisory body aimed at promoting a coordinated approach to Ukraine’s security, resilience, and long-term development within the broader European security architecture.
The initiative brings together government officials, international partners, security experts, and private sector representatives to jointly define priorities and develop practical solutions in response to the evolving security landscape.
The inaugural meeting marks the beginning of a structured dialogue aimed at shaping a unified strategic framework to guide further cooperation and policy development.
The outcomes of this session will directly contribute to the high-level international Architecture of Security Forum, scheduled for June 1, 2026, where the developed approaches and recommendations will be presented and discussed.
Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces (2018–2023)
Deputy Director, Institute for European and Transatlantic Dialogue
Head of Division Central and Eastern Europe,
Hanns Seidel Foundation
President, Center for Conflict Prevention and Early Warning
Senior Managing Director for Energy and Critical Minerals, McLarty Associates
Distinguished Fellow, Atlantic Council Global Energy Center
Security Expert
Senior Fellow, Munich Security Conference and CEPA
Former Chief of Staff, German Federal Ministry of Defence (2019–2022)
UK Brigadier (retired)
Former Military Head of Euro-Atlantic Security in the UK Ministry of Defence (2021-2025)
Partner, KKR; Chairman, KKR Global Institute
Chairman, KKR Middle East
Former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
Vice President, Global Head of Research, Power and Renewables
Wood Mackenzie
Founder & CEO, V.U. Business Linking LTD
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania
Distinguished Fellow, CEPA
Former US Amb. to NATO (2008-2009)
U.S. Special Representative to Ukraine Negotiations (2017-2019)
Distinguished Policy Fellow, SCEEUS
Founding Director of the European Policy Institute in Kyiv
Executive Director, George W. Bush Institute
Vice President, George W. Bush Presidential Center
Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine
Former Chief of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (GUR)
Chair of the Committee on Humanitarian and Information Policy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Member of Parliament of the IX convocation
Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine
CEO and owner of NIBULON
Ukrainian entrepreneur
Director of the Institute for National Resilience and Security
Doctor of Sciences in Public Administration
Brigadier General of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine
Representative of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (GUR), Deputy Head of the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (2014–2019) and nonresident senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
First Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Energy of Ukraine
Prime Minister of Ukraine (2020-2025)
Mayor of Kharkiv, a frontline city
CEO at DTEK
Driving Ukraineʼs energy transition and European energy security
