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About Bilderberg

Founded in 1954, Bilderberg is an annual conference designed to foster dialogue between Europe and North America.
Every year, between 120-150 political leaders and experts from industry, finance, academia and the media are invited to take part in the conference. About two thirds of the participants come from Europe and the rest from North America; one third from politics and government and the rest from other fields.
The conference is a forum for informal, off-the-record discussions about megatrends and the major issues facing the world.
Thanks to the private nature of the conference, the participants are not bound by the conventions of office or by pre-agreed positions. As such, they can take time to listen, reflect and gather insights.
There is no detailed agenda, no resolutions are proposed, no votes are taken, and no policy statements are issued.
The 61
st Bilderberg meeting will take place at the beginning of June 2013 in the UK.

 

Bilderberg Meetings


61st Bilderberg conference to take place on 6-9 June 2013 in Hertfordshire, UK


Hertfordshire, 3 June 2013 - The 61st Bilderberg meeting is set to take place from 6 until 9 June 2013 in Hertfordshire, UK. A total of around 140 participants from 21 European and North American countries have confirmed their attendance. As ever, a diverse group of political leaders and experts from industry, finance, academia and the media have been invited. The list of participants is available on www.bilderbergmeetings.org

The key topics for discussion this year include:
•    Can the US and Europe grow faster and create jobs?
•    Jobs, entitlement and debt
•    How big data is changing almost everything
•    Nationalism and populism
•    US foreign policy
•    Africa’s challenges
•    Cyber warfare and the proliferation of asymmetric threats
•    Major trends in medical research
•    Online education: promise and impacts
•    Politics of the European Union
•    Developments in the Middle East
•    Current affairs

 Current list of Participants

Hertfordshire, England 6-9 June 2013

Status 3 June 2013

Chairman

FRA

Castries, Henri de

Chairman and CEO, AXA Group

 

 

 

DEU

Achleitner, Paul M.

Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Deutsche Bank AG

DEU

Ackermann, Josef

Chairman of the Board, Zurich Insurance Group Ltd

GBR

Agius, Marcus

Former Chairman, Barclays plc

GBR

Alexander, Helen

Chairman, UBM plc

USA

Altman, Roger C.

Executive Chairman, Evercore Partners

FIN

Apunen, Matti

Director, Finnish Business and Policy Forum EVA

USA

Athey, Susan

Professor of Economics, Stanford Graduate School of Business

TUR

Aydıntaşbaş, Aslı

Columnist, Milliyet Newspaper

TUR

Babacan, Ali

Deputy Prime Minister for Economic and Financial Affairs

GBR

Balls, Edward M.

Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer

PRT

Balsemão, Francisco Pinto

Chairman and CEO, IMPRESA

FRA

Barré, Nicolas

Managing Editor, Les Echos

INT

Barroso, José M. Durão

President, European Commission

FRA

Baverez, Nicolas

Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

FRA

Bavinchove, Olivier de

Commander, Eurocorps

GBR

Bell, John

Regius Professor of Medicine, University of Oxford

ITA

Bernabè, Franco

Chairman and CEO, Telecom Italia S.p.A.

USA

Bezos, Jeff

Founder and CEO, Amazon.com

SWE

Bildt, Carl

Minister for Foreign Affairs

SWE

Borg, Anders

Minister for Finance

NLD

Boxmeer, Jean François van

Chairman of the Executive Board and CEO, Heineken N.V.

NOR

Brandtzæg, Svein Richard

President and CEO, Norsk Hydro ASA

AUT

Bronner, Oscar

Publisher, Der Standard Medienwelt

GBR

Carrington, Peter

Former Honorary Chairman, Bilderberg Meetings

ESP

Cebrián, Juan Luis

Executive Chairman, Grupo PRISA

CAN

Clark, W. Edmund

President and CEO, TD Bank Group

GBR

Clarke, Kenneth

Member of Parliament

DNK

Corydon, Bjarne

Minister of Finance

GBR

Cowper-Coles, Sherard

Business Development Director, International, BAE Systems plc

ITA

Cucchiani, Enrico Tommaso

CEO, Intesa Sanpaolo SpA

BEL

Davignon, Etienne

Minister of State; Former Chairman, Bilderberg Meetings

GBR

Davis, Ian

Senior Partner Emeritus, McKinsey & Company

NLD

Dijkgraaf, Robbert H.

Director and Leon Levy Professor, Institute for Advanced Study

TUR

Dinçer, Haluk

President, Retail and Insurance Group, Sabancı Holding A.S.

GBR

Dudley, Robert

Group Chief Executive, BP plc

USA

Eberstadt, Nicholas N.

Henry Wendt Chair in Political Economy, American Enterprise Institute

NOR

Eide, Espen Barth

Minister of Foreign Affairs

SWE

Ekholm, Börje

President and CEO, Investor AB

DEU

Enders, Thomas

CEO, EADS

USA

Evans, J. Michael

Vice Chairman, Goldman Sachs & Co.

DNK

Federspiel, Ulrik

Executive Vice President, Haldor Topsøe A/S

USA

Feldstein, Martin S.

Professor of Economics, Harvard University; President Emeritus, NBER

FRA

Fillon, François

Former Prime Minister

USA

Fishman, Mark C.

President, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research

GBR

Flint, Douglas J.

Group Chairman, HSBC Holdings plc

IRL

Gallagher, Paul

Senior Counsel

USA

Geithner, Timothy F.

Former Secretary of the Treasury

USA

Gfoeller, Michael

Political Consultant

USA

Graham, Donald E.

Chairman and CEO, The Washington Post Company

DEU

Grillo, Ulrich

CEO, Grillo-Werke AG

ITA

Gruber, Lilli

Journalist - Anchorwoman, La 7 TV

ESP

Guindos, Luis de

Minister of Economy and Competitiveness

GBR

Gulliver, Stuart

Group Chief Executive, HSBC Holdings plc

CHE

Gutzwiller, Felix

Member of the Swiss Council of States

NLD

Halberstadt, Victor

Professor of Economics, Leiden University; Former Honorary Secretary  General of Bilderberg Meetings

FIN

Heinonen, Olli

Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School of Government

GBR

Henry, Simon

CFO, Royal Dutch Shell plc

FRA

Hermelin, Paul

Chairman and CEO, Capgemini Group

ESP

Isla, Pablo

Chairman and CEO, Inditex Group

USA

Jacobs, Kenneth M.

Chairman and CEO, Lazard

USA

Johnson, James A.

Chairman, Johnson Capital Partners

CHE

Jordan, Thomas J.

Chairman of the Governing Board, Swiss National Bank

USA

Jordan, Jr., Vernon E.

Managing Director, Lazard Freres & Co. LLC

USA

Kaplan, Robert D.

Chief Geopolitical Analyst, Stratfor

USA

Karp, Alex

Founder and CEO, Palantir Technologies

GBR

Kerr, John

Independent Member, House of Lords

USA

Kissinger, Henry A.

Chairman, Kissinger Associates, Inc.

USA

Kleinfeld, Klaus

Chairman and CEO, Alcoa

NLD

Knot, Klaas H.W.

President, De Nederlandsche Bank

TUR

Koç, Mustafa V.

Chairman, Koç Holding A.S.

DEU

Koch, Roland

CEO, Bilfinger SE

USA

Kravis, Henry R.

Co-Chairman and Co-CEO, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.

USA

Kravis, Marie-Josée

Senior Fellow and Vice Chair, Hudson Institute

CHE

Kudelski, André

Chairman and CEO, Kudelski Group

GRC

Kyriacopoulos, Ulysses

Chairman, S&B Industrial Minerals S.A.

INT

Lagarde, Christine

Managing Director, International Monetary Fund

DEU

Lauk, Kurt J.

Chairman of the Economic Council to the CDU, Berlin

USA

Lessig, Lawrence

Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership, Harvard Law School; Director, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard University

BEL

Leysen, Thomas

Chairman of the Board of Directors, KBC Group

DEU

Lindner, Christian

Party Leader, Free Democratic Party (FDP NRW)

SWE

Löfven, Stefan

Party Leader, Social Democratic Party (SAP)

DEU

Löscher, Peter

President and CEO, Siemens AG

GBR

Mandelson, Peter

Chairman, Global Counsel; Chairman, Lazard International

USA

Mathews, Jessica T.

President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

CAN

McKenna, Frank

Chair, Brookfield Asset Management

GBR

Micklethwait, John

Editor-in-Chief, The Economist

FRA

Montbrial, Thierry de

President, French Institute for International Relations

ITA

Monti, Mario

Former Prime Minister

USA

Mundie, Craig J.

Senior Advisor to the CEO, Microsoft Corporation

ITA

Nagel, Alberto

CEO, Mediobanca

NLD

Netherlands, H.R.H. Princess Beatrix of The

USA

Ng, Andrew Y.

Co-Founder, Coursera

FIN

Ollila, Jorma

Chairman, Royal Dutch Shell, plc

GBR

Omand, David

Visiting Professor, King's College London

GBR

Osborne, George

Chancellor of the Exchequer

USA

Ottolenghi, Emanuele

Senior Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies

TUR

Özel, Soli

Senior Lecturer, Kadir Has University; Columnist, Habertürk Newspaper

GRC

Papahelas, Alexis

Executive Editor, Kathimerini Newspaper

TUR

Pavey, Şafak

Member of Parliament (CHP)

FRA

Pécresse, Valérie

Member of Parliament (UMP)

USA

Perle, Richard N.

Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute

USA

Petraeus, David H.

General, U.S. Army (Retired)

PRT

Portas, Paulo

Minister of State and Foreign Affairs

CAN

Prichard, J. Robert S.

Chair, Torys LLP

INT

Reding, Viviane

Vice President and Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, European Commission

CAN

Reisman, Heather M.

CEO, Indigo Books & Music Inc.

FRA

Rey, Hélène

Professor of Economics, London Business School

GBR

Robertson, Simon

Partner, Robertson Robey Associates LLP; Deputy Chairman, HSBC Holdings

ITA

Rocca, Gianfelice

Chairman,Techint Group

POL

Rostowski, Jacek

Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister

USA

Rubin, Robert E.

Co-Chairman, Council on Foreign Relations; Former Secretary of the Treasury

NLD

Rutte, Mark

Prime Minister

AUT

Schieder, Andreas

State Secretary of Finance

USA

Schmidt, Eric E.

Executive Chairman, Google Inc.

AUT

Scholten, Rudolf

Member of the Board of Executive Directors, Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG

PRT

Seguro, António José

Secretary General, Socialist Party

FRA

Senard, Jean-Dominique

CEO, Michelin Group

NOR

Skogen Lund, Kristin

Director General, Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise

USA

Slaughter, Anne-Marie

Bert G. Kerstetter '66 University Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University

IRL

Sutherland, Peter D.

Chairman, Goldman Sachs International

GBR

Taylor, Martin

Former Chairman, Syngenta AG

INT

Thiam, Tidjane

Group CEO, Prudential plc

USA

Thiel, Peter A.

President, Thiel Capital

USA

Thompson, Craig B.

President and CEO, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

DNK

Topsøe, Jakob Haldor

Partner, AMBROX Capital A/S

FIN

Urpilainen, Jutta

Minister of Finance

CHE

Vasella, Daniel L.

Honorary Chairman, Novartis AG

GBR

Voser, Peter R.

CEO, Royal Dutch Shell plc

CAN

Wall, Brad

Premier of Saskatchewan

SWE

Wallenberg, Jacob

Chairman, Investor AB

USA

Warsh, Kevin

Distinguished Visiting Fellow, The Hoover Institution, Stanford University

CAN

Weston, Galen G.

Executive Chairman, Loblaw Companies Limited

GBR

Williams of Crosby, Shirley

Member, House of Lords

GBR

Wolf, Martin H.

Chief Economics Commentator, The Financial Times

USA

Wolfensohn, James D.

Chairman and CEO, Wolfensohn and Company

GBR

Wright, David

Vice Chairman, Barclays plc

INT

Zoellick, Robert B.

Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics

 

Governance and Funding

Bilderberg is governed by a Steering Committee which designates a Chairman; members are elected for a term of four years and can be re-elected. There are no other members of the Bilderberg conference. The Chair's main responsibilities are to chair the Steering Committee and to prepare with the Steering Committee the conference program, the selection of participants. He also makes suggestions to the Steering Committee regarding its composition. The Executive Secretary reports to the Chairman.
The expenses of maintaining the small Secretariat of the Bilderberg meetings are covered wholly by private subscription. The hospitality costs of the annual meeting are the responsibility of the Steering Committee member(s) of the host country.

 

 

Chairman

Henri de Castries
Chairman and CEO, AXA Group

 

DEU

Ackermann, Josef

Chairman of the Board, Zurich Insurance Group Ltd

GBR

Agius, Marcus

Former Chairman, Barclays plc

USA

Altman, Roger C.

Executive Chairman, Evercore Partners

PRT

Balsemão, Francisco Pinto

Chairman and CEO, IMPRESA

FRA

Baverez, Nicolas

Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

ITA

Bernabè, Franco

Chairman and CEO, Telecom Italia

NOR

Brandtzæg, Svein Richard

President and CEO, Norsk Hydro ASA

ESP

Cebrián, Juan Luis

Executive Chairman, Grupo PRISA

CAN

Clark, W. Edmund

President and CEO, TD Bank Group

GBR

Clarke, Kenneth

Member of Parliament

BEL

Davignon, Etienne

Minister of State

DEU

Enders, Thomas

CEO, EADS

DNK

Federspiel, Ulrik

Executive Vice President, Haldor Topsøe A/S

NLD

Halberstadt, Victor

Professor of Public Economics, Leiden University

USA

Jacobs, Kenneth M.

Chairman and CEO, Lazard

USA

Johnson, James A.

Chairman, Johnson Capital Partners

GBR

Kerr, John

Independent Member, House of Lords

USA

Kleinfeld, Klaus

Chairman and CEO, Alcoa

TUR

Koç, Mustafa V.

Chairman, Koç Holding A.S.

USA

Kravis, Marie-Josée

Senior Fellow and Vice Chair, Hudson Institute

USA

Mathews, Jessica T.

President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

USA

Mundie, Craig J.

Senior Advisor to the CEO, Microsoft Corporation

FIN

Ollila, Jorma

Chairman, Royal Dutch Shell plc

USA

Perle, Richard N.

Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute

CAN

Reisman, Heather M.

CEO, Indigo Books & Music Inc.

AUT

Scholten, Rudolf

Member of the Board of Executive Directors, Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG

IRL

Sutherland, Peter D.

Chairman, Goldman Sachs International

USA

Thiel, Peter A.

President, Thiel Capital

INT

Trichet, Jean-Claude

Honorary Governor, Banque de France; Former President, European Central Bank

GRC

Tsoukalis, Loukas

President, ELIAMEP

CHE

Vasella, Daniel L.

Honorary Chairman, Novartis AG

SWE

Wallenberg, Jacob

Chairman, Investor AB

USA

Warsh, Kevin

Distinguished Visiting Fellow, The Hoover Institution, Stanford University

 

Member Advisory Group

USA

David Rockefeller

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