INFLUENTIAL LEADERS OF EUROPE

Austria

• Benko, René : Founder, SIGNA Holding GmbH
• Bronner, Oscar : Publisher, Standard Verlagsgesellschaft
• Fischer, Heinz : Federal President
• Gusenbauer, Alfred : Former Chancellor of the Republic of Austria
• Hampel, Erich : Chairman, UniCredit Bank Austria AG
• Hesoun, Wolfgang : CEO, Siemens Austria
• Kogler, Konrad : Director General, Directorate General for Public Security
• Roiss, Gerhard : CEO, OMV Austria
• Scholten, Rudolf : CEO, Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG
• Sevelda, Karl : CEO, Raiffeisen Bank International AG

Belgium

• De Gucht, Karel : Former EU Trade Commissioner, State Minister
• Leysen, Thomas : Chairman of the Board of Directors, KBC Group
• Michel, Charles : Prime Minister

Denmark

• Ahrenkiel, Thomas: Director, Danish Intelligence Service (DDIS)
• Eldrup, Merete : CEO, TV 2 Danmark A/S
• Federspiel, Ulrik : Executive Vice President, Haldor Topsøe A/S
• Markus Lassen, Christina : Head of Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Security Policy and Stabilisation

Finland

• Apunen, Matti: Director, Finnish Business and Policy Forum EVA
• Mörttinen, Leena : Executive Director, The Finnish Family Firms Association
• Stubb, Alexander : Prime Minister

France

• Castries, Henri de : Chairman and CEO, AXA Group
• Castries, Henri de : Chairman, Bilderberg Meetings; Chairman and CEO, AXA Group
• Baverez, Nicolas : Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
• Bigorgne, Laurent : Director, Institut Montaigne
• Boone, Laurence : Special Adviser on Financial and Economic Affairs to the President
• Calvar, Patrick : Director General, DGSI
• Juppé, Alain : Mayor of Bordeaux, Former Prime Minister
• Kepel, Gilles : University Professor, Sciences Po
• Pégard, Catherine : President, Public Establishment of the Palace, Museum and National Estate of Versailles
• Senard, Jean-Dominique : CEO, Michelin Group

Germany

• Achleitner, Paul M: Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Deutsche Bank AG
• Döpfner, Mathias : CEO, Axel Springer SE
• Enders, Thomas : CEO, Airbus Group
• Jäkel, Julia : CEO, Gruner + Jahr
• Kaeser, Joe : President and CEO, Siemens AG
• Lauk, Kurt : President, Globe Capital Partners
• Leyen, Ursula von der : Minister of Defence
• Suder, Katrin : Deputy Minister of Defence

Greece

• Papalexopoulos, Dimitri : Group CEO, Titan Cement Co.
• Pikrammenos, Panagiotis : Honorary President of The Hellenic Council of State
• Tsoukalis, Loukas : President, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy

Ireland

• O’Leary, Michael : CEO, Ryanair Plc
• Sutherland, Peter D. : UN Special Representative; Chairman, Goldman Sachs International

Italy

• Bernabè, Franco : Chairman, FB Group SRL
• Elkann, John : Chairman and CEO, EXOR; Chairman, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles
• Gruber, Lilli : Executive Editor and Anchor “Otto e mezzo”, La7 TV
• Monti, Mario : Senator-for-life; President, Bocconi University
• Rocca, Gianfelice : Chairman, Techint Group

Netherlands

• Beurden, Ben van : CEO, Royal Dutch Shell plc
• Dijsselbloem, Jeroen : Minister of Finance
• Fresco, Louise O. : President and Chairman Executive Board, Wageningen University and Research Centre
• Halberstadt, Victor : Professor of Economics, Leiden University
• Knot, Klaas H.W. : President, De Nederlandsche Bank
• Netherlands, H.R.H. Princess Beatrix of the
• Rutte, Mark : Prime Minister

Norway

• Brandtzæg, Svein Richard : President and CEO, Norsk Hydro ASA
• Eilertsen, Trine : Political Editor, Aftenposten
• Svarva, Olaug : CEO, The Government Pension Fund Norway

Poland

• Applebaum, Anne: Director of Transitions Forum, Legatum Institute

Portugal

• Balsemão, Francisco Pinto: Chairman, Impresa SGPS
• Barroso, José M. Durão: Former President of the European Commission
• Vitorino, António M. : Partner, Cuetrecasas, Concalves Pereira, RL

Spain

• Botín, Ana P. : Chairman Banco Santander
• Cebrián, Juan Luis : Executive Chairman, Grupo PRISA
• Sánchez Pérez-Castejón, Pedro : Leader, Partido Socialista Obrero Español PSOE

Sweden

• Damberg, Mikael L. : Minister for Enterprise and Innovation
• Lemne, Carola : CEO, The Confederation of Swedish Enterprise
• Svanberg, Carl-Henric : Chairman, BP plc; Chairman, AB Volvo
• Wallenberg, Jacob : Chairman, Investor AB

Switzerland

• Franz, Christoph: Chairman of the Board, F. Hoffman-La Roche Ltd
• Hildebrand, Philipp : Vice Chairman, BlackRock Inc.
• Kudelski, André : Chairman and CEO, Kudelski Group
• Maudet, Pierre : Vice-President of the State Council, Department of Security, Police and the Economy of Geneva

United Kingdom

• Agius, Marcus: Non-Executive Chairman, PA Consulting Group
• Balls, Edward M. : Former Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
• Dowling, Ann : President, Royal Academy of Engineering
• Fairhead, Rona: Chairman, BBC Trust
• Flint, Douglas J.: Group Chairman, HSBC Holdings plc
• Hassabis, Demis: Vice President of Engineering, Google DeepMind
• Kerr, John: Deputy Chairman, Scottish Power
• Maher, Shiraz: Senior Research Fellow, ICSR, King’s College, London
• Minton Beddoes, Zanny: Editor-in-Chief, The Economist
• Osborne, George: First Secretary of State and Chancellor of the Exchequer
• Sawers, John: Chairman and Partner, Macro Advisory Partners
• Wolf, Martin H. : Chief Economics Commentator, The Financial Times

International

• Coeuré, Benoît : Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank
• Ischinger, Wolfgang, Chairman, Munich Security Conference
• Stoltenberg, Jens: Secretary General, NATO
• Üzümcü, Ahmet : Director-General, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

Note: They all participated in the 2015 Bilderberg Meeting

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