Na ijverig speurwerk van diverse buitenlandse journalisten is er een lijst samengesteld van deelnemers die aanwezig waren op de geheime Bilderberg conferentie in de Verenigde Staten eerder deze maand. De geheime conferentie, waar ook koningin Beatrix, Willem Alexander en minister-president Balkenende aanwezig waren, vond plaats in het stadje Chantilly in Virginia van 5 t/m 8 juni jl.
Er waren in totaal rond de 120 gedelegeerden, waarvan ongeveer een derde uit de Verenigde Staten.
De rest uit Canada en de landen van Europa.
Dit alles onder voorzitterschap van de Belgische topindustrieel Etienne Davignon, vice-voorzitter van Suez-Tractebel en lid van de European Round Table of Industrialists.
Aanwezig waren:
DEU: Ackermann, Josef, Chairman of the Management Board and the Group Executive Committee, Deutsche Bank AG
CAN: Adams, John, Associate Deputy Minister of National Defence and Chief of the Communications Security Establishment Canada
USA: Ajami, Fouad, Director, Middle East Studies Program, The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, The Johns Hopkins University
USA: Alexander, Keith B. Director, National Security Agency
INT : Almunia, Joaquín, Commissioner, European Commission
GRC: Alogoskoufis, George Minister of Economy and Finance
USA: Altman, Roger C., Chairman, Evercore Partners Inc.
TUR: Babacan, Ali Minister of Foreign Affairs
NLD: Balkenende, Jan Peter Prime Minister
PRT Balsemão, Francisco Pinto, Chairman and CEO, IMPRESA, S.G.P.S.; Former Prime Minister
FRA Baverez, Nicolas, Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
ITA Bernabè, Franco, CEO, Telecom Italia Spa
USA Bernanke, Ben S., Chairman, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System
SWE Bildt, Carl Minister of Foreign Affairs
FIN Blåfield, Antti, Senior Editorial Writer, Helsingin Sanomat
DNK Bosse, Stine, CEO, TrygVesta
CAN Brodie, Ian, Chief of Staff, Prime Minister’s Office
AUT Bronner, Oscar, Publisher and Editor, Der Standard
FRA Castries, Henri de, Chairman of the Management Board and CEO, AXA
ESP Cebrián, Juan Luis, CEO, PRISA
CAN Clark, Edmund, President and CEO, TD Bank Financial Group
GBR Clarke, Kenneth, Member of Parliament
NOR Clemet, Kristin, Managing Director, Civita
USA Collins, Timothy C., Senior Managing Director and CEO, Ripplewood Holdings, LLC
FRA Collomb, Bertrand, Honorary Chairman, Lafarge
PRT Costa, António, Mayor of Lisbon
USA Crocker, Chester A., James R. Schlesinger Professor of Strategic Studies
USA Daschle, Thomas A., Former US Senator and Senate Majority Leader
CAN Desmarais, Jr., Paul, Chairman and co-CEO, Power Corporation of Canada
GRC Diamantopoulou, Anna, Member of Parliament
USA Donilon, Thomas E., Partner, O’Melveny & Myers
ITA Draghi, Mario, Governor, Banca d’Italia
AUT Ederer, Brigitte, CEO, Siemens AG Österreich
CAN Edwards, N. Murray, Vice Chairman, Candian Natural Resources Limited
DNK Eldrup, Anders, President, DONG A/S
ITA Elkann, John, Vice Chairman, Fiat S.p.A
USA Farah, Martha J., Director, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience; Walter H. Annenberg Professor in the Natural Sciences, University of Pennsylvania
USA Feldstein, Martin S., President and CEO, National Bureau of Economic Research
DEU Fischer, Joschka, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs
USA Ford, Jr., Harold E., Vice Chairman, Merill Lynch & Co., Inc.
CHE Forstmoser, Peter, Professor for Civil, Corporation and Capital Markets Law, University of Zürich
IRL Gallagher, Paul, Attorney General
USA Geithner, Timothy F., President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
USA Gigot, Paul, Editorial Page Editor, The Wall Street Journal
IRL Gleeson, Dermot , Chairman, AIB Group
NLD Goddijn, Harold, CEO, TomTom
TUR Gögüs, Zeynep, Journalist; Founder, EurActiv.com.tr
USA Graham, Donald E., Chairman and CEO, The Washington Post Company
NLD Halberstadt, Victor, Professor of Economics, Leiden University; Former Honorary Secretary General of Bilderberg Meetings
USA Holbrooke, Richard C., Vice Chairman, Perseus, LLC
FIN Honkapohja, Seppo, Member of the Board, Bank of Finland
INT Hoop Scheffer, Jaap G. de, Secretary General, NATO
USA Hubbard, Allan B., Chairman, E & A Industries, Inc.
BEL Huyghebaert, Jan, Chairman of the Board of Directors, KBC Group
DEU Ischinger, Wolfgang, Former Ambassador to the UK and US
USA Jacobs, Kenneth, Deputy Chairman, Head of Lazard U.S., Lazard Frères & Co. LLC
USA Johnson, James A., Vice Chairman, Perseus, LLC (Obama’s man tasked with selecting his running mate)
SWE Johnstone, Tom, President and CEO, AB SKF
USA Jordan, Jr., Vernon E. Senior Managing Director, Lazard Frères & Co. LLC, Member of CFR
FRA Jouyet, Jean-Pierre, Minister of European Affairs
GBR Kerr, John, Member, House of Lords; Deputy Chairman, Royal Dutch Shell plc.
USA Kissinger, Henry A., Chairman, Kissinger Associates, Inc., Member of the CFR
DEU Klaeden, Eckart von, Foreign Policy Spokesman, CDU/CSU
USA Kleinfeld, Klaus, President and COO, Alcoa
TUR Koç, Mustafa, Chairman, Koç Holding A.S.
FRA Kodmani, Bassma, Director, Arab Reform Initiative
USA Kravis, Henry R., Founding Partner, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
USA Kravis, Marie-Josée, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute, Inc.
INT Kroes, Neelie, Commissioner, European Commission
POL Kwasniewski, Aleksander, Former President of Poland
AUT Leitner, Wolfgang, CEO, Andritz AG
ESP León Gross, Bernardino, Secretary General, Office of the Prime Minister
INT Mandelson, Peter, Commissioner, European Commission
FRA Margerie, Christophe de, CEO, Total
CAN Martin, Roger, Dean, Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
HUN Martonyi, János, Professor of International Trade Law; Partner, Baker & McKenzie; Former Minister of Foreign Affairs
USA Mathews, Jessica T., President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
INT McCreevy, Charlie, Commissioner, European Commission
USA McDonough, William J., Vice Chairman and Special Advisor to the Chairman, Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
CAN McKenna, Frank, Deputy Chair, TD Bank Financial Group
GBR McKillop, Tom, Chairman, The Royal Bank of Scotland Group
FRA Montbrial, Thierry de, President, French Institute for International Relations
ITA Monti, Mario, President, Universita Commerciale Luigi Bocconi
USA Mundie, Craig J., Chief Research and Strategy Officer, Microsoft Corporation
NOR Myklebust, Egil, Former Chairman of the Board of Directors SAS, Norsk Hydro ASA
DEU Nass, Matthias, Deputy Editor, Die Zeit
NLD H.M. Beatrix the Queen of the Netherlands
FRA Ockrent, Christine, CEO, French television and radio world service
FIN Ollila, Jorma, Chairman, Royal Dutch Shell plc
SWE Olofsson, Maud, Minister of Enterprise and Energy; Deputy Prime Minister
NLD Willem Alexander, Orange, H.R.H. the Prince of
GBR Osborne, George, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
TUR Öztrak, Faik, Member of Parliament
ITA Padoa-Schioppa, Tommaso, Former Minister of Finance; President of Notre Europe
GRC Papahelas, Alexis, Journalist, Kathimerini
GRC Papalexopoulos, Dimitris, CEO, Titan Cement Co. S.A.
USA Paulson, Jr., Henry M., Secretary of the Treasury
USA Pearl, Frank H., Chairman and CEO, Perseus, LLC
USA Perle, Richard N.,Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, Member of the CFR
FRA Pérol, François, Deputy General Secretary in charge of Economic Affairs
DEU Perthes, Volker, Director, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik
BEL Philippe, H.R.H. Prince
CAN Prichard, J. Robert S., President and CEO, Torstar Corporation
CAN Reisman, Heather M., Chair and CEO, Indigo Books & Music Inc.
USA Rice, Condoleezza” Secretary of State, Member of CFR
PRT Rio, Rui ” Mayor of Porto
USA Rockefeller, David, Former Chairman, Chase Manhattan Bank, Member of the CFR
ESP Rodriguez Inciarte, Matias, Executive Vice Chairman, Grupo Santander
USA Rose, Charlie, Producer, Rose Communications
DNK Rose, Flemming, Editor, Jyllands Posten
USA Ross, Dennis B., Counselor and Ziegler Distinguished Fellow, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP)
USA Rubin, Barnett R., Director of Studies and Senior Fellow, Center for International Cooperation, New York University
TUR Sahenk, Ferit, Chairman, Dogus Holding A.S.
USA Sanford, Mark, Governor of South Carolina
USA Schmidt, Eric, Chairman of the Executive Committee and CEO, Google
AUT Scholten, Rudolf, Member of the Board of Executive Directors, Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG
DNK Schur, Fritz H. Fritz Schur Gruppen
CZE Schwarzenberg, Karel, Minister of Foreign Affairs
USA Sebelius, Kathleen, Governor of Kansas
USA Shultz, George P., Thomas W. and Susan B. Ford Distinguished Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Memebr of the CFR
ESP Spain, H.M. the Queen of
CHE Spillmann, Markus, Editor-in-Chief and Head Managing Board, Neue Zürcher Zeitung AG
USA Summers, Lawrence H., Charles W. Eliot Professor, Harvard University
GBR Taylor, J. Martin, Chairman, Syngenta International AG
USA Thiel, Peter A., President, Clarium Capital Management, LLC
NLD Timmermans, Frans, Minister of European Affairs
RUS Trenin, Dmitri V., Deputy Director and Senior Associate, Carnegie Moscow Center
INT Trichet, Jean-Claude, President, European Central Bank
USA Vakil, Sanam, Assistant Professor of Middle East Studies, The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
FRA Valls, Manuel, Member of Parliament
GRC Varvitsiotis, Thomas, Co-Founder and President, V + O Communication
CHE Vasella, Daniel L., Chairman and CEO, Novartis AG
FIN Väyrynen, Raimo, Director, The Finnish Institute of International Affairs
FRA Védrine, Hubert, Hubert Védrine Conseil
NOR Vollebaek, Knut, High Commissioner on National Minorities, OSCE
SWE Wallenberg, Jacob, Chairman, Investor AB
USA Weber, J. Vin, CEO, Clark & Weinstock
USA Wolfensohn, James D., Chairman, Wolfensohn & Company, LLC, Member of thr CFR
USA Wolfowitz, Paul, Visiting Scholar, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
INT Zoellick, Robert B., President, The World Bank Group, Member of the CFR
