BILDERBERG GROUP- 2014 EDITION

Conference

Every year, the 35 members of the Bilderberg Steering Committee invite around 100 influential figures to attend the 3 day Bilderberg summit. At the conference, officials from governments and opposition parties mix, in private, with banks bosses, heads of state, senior corporate officers, academics, and representatives of the major international economic and political institutions (NATO, the EU, the IMF, the World Bank, the European Central Bank, the WTO etc.) At every conference there is a high-powered mix of politicians, bankers, business people, and political strategists: the CEOs and Chairmen of banks and corporations such as Barclays, HSBC, Santander, Nestlé, Novartis, Airbus, Microsoft and Goldman Sachs. Plus the usual smattering of senior US State Dept and Treasury officials, National Security Advisers, Finance Ministers, European royals, Pentagon top brass and intelligence chiefs.

This year the Bilderberg conference took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, between May 29 and June 1

Politicians

The annual Bilderberg conference is notable for the number of extremely senior elected official that attend the event.

1. Etienne Davignon – Minister of State (Belgium)
2. Jason T. Kenney – Minister of Employment and Social Development (Canada)
3. Liu, He Minister, Office of the Central Leading Group on Financial and Economic Affairs (China)
4. François Baroin – Member of Parliament (UMP); Mayor of Troyes (France)
5. Fleur Pellerin – State Secretary for Foreign Trade (France)
6. Jörg Asmussen – State Secretary of Labour and Social Affairs (Germany)
7. Norbert Röttgen – Chairman, Foreign Affairs Committee, German Bundestag (Germany)
8. Gordon Bajnai – Former Prime Minister; Party Leader, Together 2014 (Hungary)
9. Viviane Reding – Vice President and Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, European Commission (EU)
10. Simon Coveney – Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Ireland)
11. Edith Schippers – Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport (Netherlands)
12. Paulo Macedo – Minister of Health (Portugal)
13. Inês de Medeiros – Member of Parliament, Socialist Party (Portugal)
14. García-Margallo, José Manuel Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (Spain)
15. Carl Bildt – Minister for Foreign Affairs (Sweden)
16. Oran, Umut Deputy Chairman, Republican People’s Party (CHP) (Turkey)
17. Edward M. Balls – Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (United Kingdom)
18. Greening, Justine Secretary of State for International Development ( United Kingdom)
19. Samsom, Diederik M. Parliamentary Leader PvdA (Labour Party) (United Kingdom)
20. Sawers, John Chief, Secret Intelligence Service (United Kingdom)
21. Osborne, George Chancellor of the Exchequer (United Kingdom)
22. Keith B. Alexander – Former Commander, U.S. Cyber Command; Former Director, National Security Agency (USA)
23. Rubin, Robert E. Co-Chair, Council on Foreign Relations; Former Secretary of the Treasury (USA)
24. Reed, Kasim Mayor of Atlanta (USA)

Corporate Heads

The annual conference of the Bilderberg Group is packed with high level representatives from some of the largest corporate institutions in the world.

1. Brian Ferguson – President and CEO, Cenovus Energy Inc. (Canada)
2. Heather M. Reisman – Chair and CEO, Indigo Books & Music Inc. (Canada)
3. Flemming Besenbacher Chairman, The Carlsberg Group (Denmark)
4. Henrik Topsøe – Chairman, Haldor Topsøe A/S (Denmark)
5. Steffen Kragh – President and CEO, Egmont (Denmark)
6. Jørgen Huno Rasmussen – Chairman of the Board of Trustees, The Lundbeck Foundation (Denmark)
7. Ulrik Federspiel – Executive Vice President, Haldor Topsøe A/S (Denmark)
8. Henrik Ehrnrooth – Chairman, Caverion Corporation, Otava and Pöyry PLC (Finland)
9. Jorma Ollila – Chairman, Royal Dutch Shell, plc; Chairman, Outokumpu Plc (Finland)
10. Risto K. Siilasmaa – Chairman of the Board of Directors and Interim CEO, Nokia Corporation (Finland)
11. Kari Stadigh – President and CEO, Sampo plc (Finland)
12. Björn Wahlroos – Chairman, Sampo plc (Finland)
13. Castries, Henri de Chairman and CEO, AXA Group (France)
14. Pierre-André de Chalendar – Chairman and CEO, Saint-Gobain (France)
15. Thomas Enders CEO, Airbus Group (Germany)
16. Franco Bernabè – Chairman, FB Group SRL (Italy)
17. John Elkann – Chairman, Fiat S.p.A. (Italy)
18. Peter D. Sutherland – Chairman, Goldman Sachs International; UN Special Representative for Migration (Ireland)
19. Ben van Beurden – CEO, Royal Dutch Shell plc (Netherlands)
20. Svein Richard Brandtzæg – President and CEO, Norsk Hydro ASA (Norway)
21. Leif O. Høegh – Chairman, Höegh Autoliners AS (Norway)
22. Westye Høegh – Senior Advisor, Höegh Autoliners AS (Norway)
23. Eivind Reiten – Chairman, Klaveness Marine Holding AS (Norway)
24. Christian Rynning-Tønnesen – President and CEO, Statkraft AS (Norway)
25. Jens Ulltveit-Moe – Founder and CEO, Umoe AS (Norway)
26. Juan Luis Cebrián – Executive Chairman, Grupo PRISA (Spain)
27. Buskhe, Håkan President and CEO, Saab AB (Sweden)
28. Wallenberg, Jacob Chairman, Investor AB (Sweden)
29. Svanberg, Carl-Henric Chairman, Volvo AB and BP plc (Sweden)
30. Kudelski, André Chairman and CEO, Kudelski Group (Switzerland)
31. Vasella, Daniel L. Honorary Chairman, Novartis International (Switzerland)
32. Koç, Mustafa Chairman, Koç Holding A.S. (Turkey)
33. Marcus Agius – Non-Executive Chairman, PA Consulting Group (United Kingdom)
34. Helen Alexander – Chairman, UBM plc (United Kingdom)
35. Dudley, Robert Group Chief Executive, BP plc (United Kingdom)
36. Kerr, John Deputy Chairman, Scottish Power (United Kingdom)
37. Roger C. Altman – Executive Chairman, Evercore (USA)
38. Robert B. Zoellick – Chairman, Board of International Advisors, The Goldman Sachs Group (USA)
39. Greenberg, Evan G. Chairman and CEO, ACE Group (USA)
40. Johnson, James A. Chairman, Johnson Capital Partners (USA)
41. Karp, Alex CEO, Palantir Technologies (USA)
42. Schmidt, Eric E. Executive Chairman, Google Inc. (USA)
43. Kleinfeld, Klaus Chairman and CEO, Alcoa (USA)
44. Mundie, Craig J. Senior Advisor to the CEO, Microsoft Corporation (USA)
45. Hoffman, Reid Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, LinkedIn (USA)
46. Thiel, Peter A. President, Thiel Capital (USA)

Bankers

1. Rudolf Scholten – CEO, Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG (Austria)
2. Thomas Leysen – Chairman of the Board of Directors, KBC Group (Belgium)
3. W. Edmund Clark – Group President and CEO, TD Bank Group (Canada)
4. Stephen S. Poloz – Governor, Bank of Canada (Canada)
5. Paul M. Achleitner – Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Deutsche Bank AG (Germany)
6. Josef Ackermann – Former CEO, Deutsche Bank AG (Germany)
7. George Zanias – Chairman of the Board, National Bank of Greece (Greece)
8. Benoît Coeuré – Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank
9. Christine Lagarde – Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
10. Gerrit Zalm – Chairman of the Managing Board, ABN-AMRO Bank N.V. (Netherlands)
11. Juan María Nin Génova – Deputy Chairman and CEO, CaixaBank (Spain)
12. Wallenberg, Marcus Chairman of the Board of Directors, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (Sweden)
13. Cowper-Coles, Sherard Senior Adviser to the Group Chairman and Group CEO, HSBC Holdings plc (United Kingdom)
14. Flint, Douglas J. Group Chairman, HSBC Holdings plc (United Kingdom)
15. Jacobs, Kenneth M. Chairman and CEO, Lazard (USA)

Media

1. Bronner, Oscar – Publisher, Der STANDARD Verlagsgesellschaft m.b.H. (Austria)
2. Natalie Nougayrède – Director and Executive Editor, Le Monde (France)
3. Mathias Döpfner – CEO, Axel Springer SE (Germany)
4. Monica Maggioni – Editor-in-Chief, Rainews24, RAI TV (Italy)
5. Francisco Pinto Balsemão – Chairman, Impresa SGPS (Portugal)
6. Juan Luis Cebrián – Executive Chairman, Grupo PRISA (Spain)
7. Lifvendahl, Tove Political Editor in Chief, Svenska Dagbladet (Sweden)
8. Çandar, Cengiz Senior Columnist, Al Monitor and Radikal (Turkey)
9. Micklethwait, John Editor-in-Chief, The Economist (United Kingdom)
10. Wolf, Martin H. Chief Economics Commentator, The Financial Times (United Kingdom)

Academia and Think Tanks

1. Heather Munroe-Blum – Professor of Medicine and Principal (President) Emerita, McGill University (Canada)
2. Huang, Yiping Professor of Economics, National School of Development, Peking University (China)
3. Søren-Peter Olesen – Professor; Member of the Board of Directors, The Carlsberg Foundation (Denmark)
4. Steffen Kragh – President and CEO, Egmont (Denmark)
5. Jørgen Huno Rasmussen – Chairman of the Board of Trustees, The Lundbeck Foundation (Denmark)
6.  Matti Alahuhta – Member of the Board, KONE; Chairman, Aalto University Foundation (Finland)
7. Matti Apunen – Director, Finnish Business and Policy Forum EVA (Finland)
8. Loukas Tsoukalis – President, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (Greece)
9. Mario Monti – Senator-for-life; President, Bocconi University (Italy)
10. Victor Halberstadt Professor of Economics, Leiden University (Netherlands)
11. Paul J. Scheffer – Author; Professor of European Studies, Tilburg University (Netherlands)
12. Göle, Nilüfer Professor of Sociology, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (Turkey)
13. Taftalı, A. Ümit Member of the Board, Suna and Inan Kiraç Foundation (Turkey)
14. Nicolas Berggruen – Chairman, Berggruen Institute on Governance (USA)
15. Li, Cheng Director, John L.Thornton China Center,The Brookings Institution (USA)
16. Feldstein, Martin S. Professor of Economics, Harvard University; President Emeritus, NBER (USA)
17. Jackson, Shirley Ann President, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (USA)
18. Katz, Bruce J. Vice President and Co-Director, Metropolitan Policy Program, The Brookings Institution (USA)
19. Kravis, Marie-Josée Senior Fellow and Vice Chair, Hudson Institute (USA)
20. Shih, Clara CEO and Founder, Hearsay Social (USA)
21. Rubin, Robert E. Co-Chair, Council on Foreign Relations; Former Secretary of the Treasury (USA)
22. Rumer, Eugene Senior Associate and Director, Russia and Eurasia Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (USA)
23. McAfee, Andrew Principal Research Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA)
24. Murray, Charles A. W.H. Brady Scholar, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (USA)
25. Hockfield, Susan President Emerita, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA)
26. Perle, Richard N. Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute (USA)
27. Petraeus, David H. Chairman, KKR Global Institute (USA)
28. Summers, Lawrence H. Charles W. Eliot University Professor, Harvard University (USA)
29. Spence, A. Michael Professor of Economics, New York University (USA)
30. Warsh, Kevin M. Distinguished Visiting Fellow and Lecturer, Stanford University (USA)

Law and Consultants

1. Nicolas Baverez – Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (France)
2. Kravis, Henry R. Co-Chairman and Co-CEO, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (USA)
3. Kissinger, Henry A. Chairman, Kissinger Associates, Inc. (USA)
4. Donilon, Thomas E. Senior Partner, O’Melveny and Myers; Former U.S. National Security Advisor (USA)
5. Gfoeller, Michael Independent Consultant (USA)
6. Wolfensohn, James D. Chairman and CEO, Wolfensohn and Company (USA)

Bilderberg Steering Committee

1. de Castries, Henri, Chairman and CEO, AXA (France)
2. Ackermann, Josef, Former CEO, Deutsche Bank AG (Germany)
3. Agius, Marcus, Non-Executive Chairman, PA Consulting Group (UK)
4. Altman, Roger C., Executive Chairman, Evercore (USA)
5. Apunen, Matti, Director, Finnish Business and Policy Forum EVA (Finland)
6. Balsemão, Francisco Pinto, Chairman, Impresa SGPS (Portugal)
7. Baverez, Nicolas, Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (France)
8. Bernabè, Franco, Chairman, FB Group SRL (Italy)
9. Brandtzæg, Svein Richard, President and CEO, Norsk Hydro ASA (Norway)
10. Cebrián, Juan Luis, Executive Chairman, Grupo PRISA (Spain)
11. Clark, W. Edmund, Group President and CEO, TD Bank Group (Canada)
12. Davignon, Etienne, Minister of State (Belgium)
13. Enders, Thomas, CEO, Airbus Group (Germany)
14. Federspiel, Ulrik, Executive Vice President, Haldor Topsøe A/S (Denmark)
15. Halberstadt, Victor,  Professor of Public Economics, Leiden University (Netherlands)
16. Jacobs, Kenneth M., Chairman and CEO, Lazard (USA)
17. Johnson, James A., Chairman, Johnson Capital Partners (USA)
18. Kerr, John, Deputy Chairman, Scottish Power (UK)
19. Kleinfeld, Klaus, Chairman and CEO, Alcoa (USA)
20. Koç, Mustafa V., Chairman, Koç Holding A.S. (Turkey)
21. Kravis, Marie-Josée, Senior Fellow and Vice Chair, Hudson Institute (USA)
22. Kudelski, André, Chairman and CEO, Kudelski Group (Switzerland)
23. Mathews, Jessica T., President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (USA)
24. Monti, Mario, Senator-for-life; President, Bocconi University (Italy)
25. Mundie, Craig J., Senior Advisor to the CEO, Microsoft Corporation (USA)
26. Perle, Richard N., Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute (USA)
27. Reisman, Heather M., Chair and CEO, Indigo Books & Music Inc. (Canada)
28. Scholten, Rudolf, CEO, Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG (Austria)
29. Sutherland, Peter D., Chairman, Goldman Sachs International (Ireland)
30. Thiel, Peter A, ¨President, Thiel Capital
31. Trichet, Jean-Claude, Honorary Governor, Banque de France; Former President, European Central Bank
32. Tsoukalis, Loukas, President ELIAMEP (Greece)
33. Wallenberg, Jacob, Chairman, Investor AB (Sweden)
34. Zoellick, Robert B., Chairman, Board of International Advisors, The Goldman Sachs Group (USA)
35. David Rockefeller, Member Advisory Group (USA)