About New7Wonders

New7Wonders Team

New7Wonders Team
Bernard Weber, Zurich/Montreal Founder, New7Wonders Campaign
Director, New7Wonders Foundation
Prof. Dr. Felix Richner, Zurich Director, New7Wonders Foundation
Jean-Paul de la Fuente, London Head of Value Development
Director New7Wonders Foundation

Patrons of New7Wonders

Dr. Bertrand Piccard, Lausanne Psychiatrist and world-record-holding balloonist
Dennis Hopper, Los Angeles Film director and actor.
Sadly, Dennis passed away on 29 May 2010.

Team members

Simon Clegg, London Legal counsel
Eamonn Fitzgerald, Munich Head of Communications
Thesi Viot, Munich Communications consultant
Stephanie Mitterer , Munich Head of Coordination
Bernhard Lermann, Munich Head of Content
Stephan Gilbert, Munich Internet consultant
Laurence Ciclet, Munich Website designer
Philipp Wellmer, Augsburg Community platforms
Lorenzo von Waberer, Munich Graphic design
Gabriela Taugwalder, Zurich Trademark lawyer
Joanna Trobe, London Commercial consultant
Martin Müller Accounting
Pedro Nunes Accounting
Alexander Pirsig, Munich Programmer
Florian Burger, Munich Programmer
New7Wonders of Nature campaign

New7Wonders of Nature Panel of Experts

Prof. Dr. Federico Mayor Zaragoza, Spain Chair of the New7Wonders of Nature Panel of Experts, Former Director-General of UNESCO.
Dr. John Francis, USA An American environmentalist nicknamed “The Planetwalker”. He stopped riding in motorized vehicles from 1972 until 1994.
Simon King, Kenya/UK An award-winning wildlife cameraman and television presenter. He is also on the advisory board of BBC Wildlife magazine.
Ana Paula Tavares, Brazil The Senior Vice President Worldwide of Rainforest Alliance and a founding partner at New Frontiers Group.
Bernard Weber, Canada/Switzerland The New7Wonders Founder has had a varied career as a filmmaker, museum curator, aviator, and explorer. Read his biography.
Rex Weyler, Canada A journalist, ecologist and the co-founder of Greenpeace International.
Prof. Dr. Jan Zima, Czech Republic Member of the Council of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.

For more information on the New7Wonders of Nature Panel of Experts click here.

New7Wonders of the World campaign

New7Wonders Panel of Experts

Prof. Dr. Federico Mayor, Spain Chair of the New7Wonders Panel of Experts, Former Director-General of UNESCO.
Tadao Ando, Japan Leading Japanese architect.
1995 Pritzker Prize award winner
Yung Ho Chang, China Leading Chinese architect. Now also Head of the Achitecture Department of MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Zaha Hadid, UK Born in Irak, today one of the leading architects in the UK. Pritzker Prize winner in 2004.
Cesar Pelli, USA/Argentina Argentine-born, one of the world’s leading architects. Today practising out of the USA.
Harry Seidler, Australia/Austria Austrian-born, he became Australia’s most prominent architect, building entire city centres in Sydney, Perth and in his home town Vienna.
Sadly, Harry passed away on 9 March 2006.
Aziz Tayob, South Africa Black Africa’s first licensed, professional architect. Made many contributions to the environment of the underprivileged in SA.

World Tour and Film Production

Uwe Bendixen
Gerald Morin
 CMP GmbH Consultants and pre-production
Steffen Dubouis
Egon Braun
Frank Hackeschmidt
Khaled Abdel-Jabbar
 Cameramen
Rodney Sewell
 BFS Film editing
Rodney Sewell
Bernard Weber
Audra Shanley		 Storyline and commentary text
Jean-Luc Julien
 Narrator
Thomas Lippl
 Graphic animations and design
Lorenzo von Waberer
 Logo design
Motoko Dobashi
 Illustration Ancient 7 Wonders
New7Wonders Foundation
Afghanistan institute, Switzerland
ETH Zurich
mbmSystems, Germany		 Illustration 3D Bamiyan Buddha
Andreas Vollenweider
Stefan Zaradic
Julio Hotus		 Musicians
Zara Production
 Audio design and Mix
Ivo Taschner Post production
ELECTRO FILM, Unterföhring, Germany
With special thanks to
Prof. Federico Mayor for lending his vast experience and know-how on culture to New7Wonders
Heidi Weber
 for providing a fabulous home base for the New7Wonders Foundation
Jean-Paul de la Fuente
 for commercial and strategic guidance
Angela Wilson
 for her support on Internet and human resources
Urs Ziswiler
 Swiss Ambassador for his continuous support

New7Wonders World Tour team

Tia Viering Head of Communications
Markus Gilgen
Michael Dickinson		 Coordination & Location manager
Volker Stapke
Dietrich Börgartz		 Location managers
Hans Schiesser
 Transport logistics
Patrik Schmidle
Hanspeter Arnold
Jürgen “Kilo” Hütten
Albrecht Fischer
Anulfo Gonzalez Redondo
Miguel Julia Garrido
Isaias Silva Solares
Khaled Shishani		 Airship / Hot-air balloon pilots
Glenn Smith
 Skywriter Sydney
Gefa-Flug, Germany
Airship builder
Schroeder fire balloons, Germany
 Hot-air-balloon maker
Tramontana Translation
 Translations
SeeTravel, Porto
Abreu International Travel		 New7Wonders World Tour travel services

Official Hotel Partners

Yves Wencker
 Commune by the Great Wall Kempinski, Badaling
Didier Lamoot
 Sofitel Royal Angkor Resort, Siem Reap
Jitendra Sandhu
 The Mughal, Agra
Jose Koechlin von Stein
 Inkaterra, Machu Picchu
Fernando Barbachano
 Mayaland Resort, Chichén Itzá

With thanks to the following contributors:

Miltos Kotzageridis
 Acropolis
Genco Demirer
Prof. Ilber Ortayli
Mrs. Tulin Ersˆz		 Hagia Sophia
David Burghardt
 Kremlin/St.Basil
Antonio Stefanucci
 Roman Colosseum
Ines Treffler
 Neuschwanstein Castle
Fadilla Abdesselam
 Eiffel Tower
Peter Carson
Rebecca Milton
Rollo Maughfling
and the Druids of Stonehenge
 Stonehenge
Dr. María Villafranca
Ana Fernández
 Alhambra
Dong Yaohui
Han Guowei
Hu Yajun
Jin Hui
Liu Yan 		Great Wall of China
Melanie Kohli
Abbott Seihan Mori
Murozaki Miyako
Koichi Kimura		 Kiyomizu temple
Alexandra Rea
Sarah Grigg
Ian McManus
Prescilla, Queen of the Desert Musical
 Sydney Opera House
Ros Borath
 Angkor
Colonel Mukesh and Ritu Yadav
Anita Yadav
D.K.Burman
Hon. Mrs. Ambika Soni
 Taj Mahal
Baba Akhib Haidara
Haidara Moulaye El Bachir
 Timbuktu
Osama Dabbas
Mazen K. Homoud
Ziad Z. Hamzeh
Basel Ahmad
 Petra
Nahla Abdoun
Kamal Okasha
 Pyramids
Savio Neves
Paulo Senise
Andrea Raeder		 Christ Redeemer
Mayor Edmundo Paoa
Christian Lobbe
Don Alberto Hotus
Julio Hotus
Catita
Joanna Pakomio		 Easter Island
Moises Bendezu
 Machu Picchu
Enrique Valdes Garcia
Alberto Hagar-Gonzales
 Chichen Itza
Tony Staffieri
Chris Spring
The Circle Line Teachers and children from
the William C. McGinnis Middle School in Perth Amboy,
New Jersey and Public School 193 in Brooklyn, New York		 Statue of Liberty

Official Declaration Event of the Official New 7 Wonders of the World in LISBON 07.07.2007


Prof. Diogo Freitas do Amaral
 Commissioner for Lisbon / Portugal 07.07.2007
Paulo Pereira
 Realizar Group, Director, Producer
Manuel Vaz
 Realizar Group, Live Event Director
Joao Carlos Oliveira Young & Rubicam Brands
Joao Carlos Silva
 Young & Rubicam Brands

Ana Fernandes
 Executive Producer
Paula Bessone
 Production Manager
Joao Morais
 Production Supervisor
Claudia Pimentel
Patricia Vaz
Filipa Oliveira
 Production Assistants
Manuel Amaro da Costa
 TV Directed by
Luis Pinto Enes
 TV Producer
Jose Carreras
Dulce Puntes
Alessandro Safina
Joaquín Cortés
Jennifer Lopez		 Performing artist
Ben Kingsley
Hilary Swank
Bipasha Basu
Neil Armstrong
Bertrand Piccard
Cristiano Ronaldo
Jose Carreras
Juliana & Ricardo, SOS-Children
Prof. Federico Mayor
Prof. Freitas do Amaral 		Award Presenters
Bernard Weber
 Representative New 7 Wonders Foundation
Amir Dossal
 Representative The United Nations
Bernard Weber
Jean-Paul de la Fuente
Tia Viering		 Scriptwriting of New 7 Wonders presentation
Tânia Cunha
 Public Relations coordination
Cláudia Lopes
 Media Office
Simone Sheffield
 Talent Executive
Carlos Santos
 Talent Director
Steve Burgess
 Stage Manager
Pedro Lino
 Stage Director
Jacques Lemay
 Choreography
Pedro Lino
 Choreography Executive
José Mascarenhas
 Choreography assistant
Mar Eguiluz
 Regie
José Ramon – Giner
 Multimedia Director
Joaquim Melo
 Special effects Pirotechnics
Mike C
 Sonoplastica
Rui Soares
 Sound engineer
Telmo Ribeiro
 Lights and Laser
Luis Sousa Lopes
 Event Designer and Build up Coordinator
Ana Melo
 Copy
Tiago Montenegro e Daniel Monteiro
 Logistics
Sérgio Vieira
 Voluntary Director
Américo Martins
 Security assistance coordination
Paulo Silva
 Stadium Security coordination
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