In his introduction, Hon. Nikolaos Margaropoulos said:
Michael Nobel was born in 1941 in Stockholm, Sweden. He is a member of the Nobel family, the great grandson of Industrialist and humanitarian, Ludvig Nobel, the founder of Branobel, and one of the worlds richest men in his time. Ludvig was the brother of Alfred Nobel who invented dynamite, and established 5 prizes in the family name.
After studies in Sweden and America Prof. Nobel obtained a doctorate at the University of Lausanne in psychopedagogy.
He then worked for seven years as a researcher in social sciences at the Institute for Mass Communication at the Lausanne University and at the Department of Social Psychiatry at the Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine. He was also consultant to UNESCO in Paris and the Geneva United Nation’s Social Affairs Division in the field of drug abuse prevention. For 15 years he also represented the Nobel family as vice chairman and later chairman of its board of directors. He is founder and trustee of the Nobel Sustainable Trust.
Dr. Nobel participated in the introduction of magnetic resonance imaging as European Vice President of Fonar Corp in 1981. From 1991 to 2007 he served as the Executive Chairman of the MRAB Group, a company providing diagnostic imaging services to Swedish hospitals. Today Dr. Nobel is chairman or board member of six international companies in medical diagnostics, treatment and information systems.
In the academic field Dr. Nobel was visiting professor at the Frontier Research Institute at the Tokyo Institute of Technology between 2007 and 2012. He is currently a senior fellow at the Centre for the Study of World Civilizations at Tokyo Tech and a professor at Seisa University. He regularly gives keynote lectures on various subjects at international conferences around the world.
Michael Nobel sits on several international prize committees and has received many international citations and awards for his work in the fields of medicine and conflict resolution. These include an honorary doctorate from Soka University in Japan and honorary professorships from the National Academy of Science of Azerbaijan and the Alfred Nobel University in Ukraine.
Ladies and Gentlemen, it gives me great pleasure to ask Dr. Michael Nobel to come forward and receive the FICAC Order of Merit, the Commemorative Medal marking the 50th Anniversary of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations.
