04 July 2025

Meet our New Executive Committee

Juris Diversitas is pleased to announce the renewal of its Executive Committee. Olivier Moréteau, President, Ignazio Castellucci, Vice Presidents for Projects, and Lukas Heckendorn-Urscheler, Treasurer, are reelected in their respective positions. Anne Tercinet, Development Officer, is elected Vice President for Events to replace Salvatore Mancuso, who did not seek reelection. Gianmatteo Sabatino is elected General Secretary to replace Christa Rautenbach who did not seek reelection.

The President and Vice Presidents appointed two additional Officers: Anthony Diala, Development Officer for Africa, and Rostam Neuwirth, Development Officer for Asia.

Warm messages of thanks to Christa Rautenbach and Salvatore Mancuso for their tireless and effective activity over the past years. Emmanuel Didier, appointed Officer, helped revive our web presence and will also be missed.

A warm welcome to the new Officers Anthony Diala, Rostam Neuwirth, and Gianmatteo Sabatino, who will help developing Juris Diversitas, and congratulations to Anne Tercinet who moves from an appointed to elected Office.   

Our Executive Committee

  • Olivier MoréteauPresident: Chaired Professor, Director, Center of Civil Law Studies, Louisiana State University Law Center (USA): moreteau@lsu.edu
  • Ignazio CastellucciVice President (Projects) and Book Series Editor: Professor, University of Teramo (Italy): ignazio@castellucci.eu
  • Anne TercinetVice President (Events), Professor, emlyon business school (Lyon, France): tercinet@em-lyon.com 
  • Lukas Heckendorn UrschelerTreasurer: Vice-Director, Swiss Institute of Comparative Law (Switzerland): lukas.heckendorn@isdc-dfjp.unil.ch
  • Gianmatteo SabatinoGeneral Secretary: Assistant Professor, University of Trento (Italy): gianmatteo.sabatino@unitn.it
  • Anthony DialaDevelopment Officer for Africa: Professor, Director, Centre for Legal Integration in Africa, University of the Western Cape (South Africa): adiala@uwc.ac.za 
  • Rostam NeuwirthDevelopment Officer for Asia, Distinguished Professor, Head of Department of Global Legal Studies, University of Macau (China): rjn@um.edu.mo