Bilderberg 2014 : Full List of Official Attendees

The 2014 Bilderberg meeting is taking place at the Marriott Hotel in Copenhagen. As usual, the meeting gathers some of the world’s most powerful people from the financial, political and business worlds, not to mention representatives of mass media and elite think tanks. As usual, the result of the discussions are completely secret.

Official items on the agenda include “The future of democracy and the middle-class trap”, “The new architecture of the Middle East” and the major geopolitical crisis of the moment: “Ukraine”. Several topics that are less PR-friendly will evidently be discussed such as the evolution of a globalized world order.

As David Rockefeller, a Bilderberg veteran stated in his memoirs:

“Some even believe we are part of a secret cabal working against the best interests of the United States, characterizing my family and me as ‘internationalists’ and of conspiring with others around the world to build a more integrated global political and economic structure — one world, if you will. If that is the charge, I stand guilty, and I am proud of it.”
– David Rockefeller, “Memoirs”

Here’s the list of guests ranked by country.

AUSTRIA

Bronner, Oscar – Publisher, Der STANDARD Verlagsgesellschaft m.b.H.

Rudolf Scholten – CEO, Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG

BELGIUM

Etienne Davignon – Minister of State

Thomas Leysen – Chairman of the Board of Directors, KBC Group

CANADA

W. Edmund Clark – Group President and CEO, TD Bank Group

Brian Ferguson – President and CEO, Cenovus Energy Inc.

Heather Munroe-Blum – Professor of Medicine and Principal (President) Emerita, McGill University

Jason T. Kenney – Minister of Employment and Social Development

Stephen S. Poloz – Governor, Bank of Canada

Heather M. Reisman – Chair and CEO, Indigo Books & Music Inc.

CHINA

CHN Huang, Yiping Professor of Economics, National School of Development, Peking University

CHN Liu, He Minister, Office of the Central Leading Group on Financial and Economic Affairs

DENMARK

Flemming Besenbacher Chairman, The Carlsberg Group

Søren-Peter Olesen – Professor; Member of the Board of Directors, The Carlsberg Foundation

Henrik Topsøe – Chairman, Haldor Topsøe A/S

Steffen Kragh – President and CEO, Egmont

Jørgen Huno Rasmussen –  Chairman of the Board of Trustees, The Lundbeck Foundation

Ulrik Federspiel – Executive Vice President, Haldor Topsøe A/S

FINLAND

Matti Alahuhta – Member of the Board, KONE; Chairman, Aalto University Foundation

Matti Apunen – Director, Finnish Business and Policy Forum EVA

Henrik Ehrnrooth – Chairman, Caverion Corporation, Otava and Pöyry PLC

Jorma Ollila – Chairman, Royal Dutch Shell, plc; Chairman, Outokumpu Plc

Risto K. Siilasmaa – Chairman of the Board of Directors and Interim CEO, Nokia Corporation

Kari Stadigh – President and CEO, Sampo plc

Björn Wahlroos – Chairman, Sampo plc

FRANCE

Castries, Henri de Chairman and CEO, AXA Group

François Baroin – Member of Parliament (UMP); Mayor of Troyes

Nicolas Baverez – Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Pierre-André de Chalendar – Chairman and CEO, Saint-Gobain

Fleur Pellerin – State Secretary for Foreign Trade

Natalie Nougayrède – Director and Executive Editor, Le Monde

Emmanuel Macron -Deputy Secretary General of the Presidency

GERMANY

Paul M. Achleitner – Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Deutsche Bank AG

Josef Ackermann – Former CEO, Deutsche Bank AG

Jörg Asmussen – State Secretary of Labour and Social Affairs

Mathias Döpfner – CEO, Axel Springer SE

Thomas Enders CEO, Airbus Group

Norbert Röttgen – Chairman, Foreign Affairs Committee, German Bundestag

GREECE

George Zanias – Chairman of the Board, National Bank of Greece

Alexandra Mitsotaki – Chair, ActionAid Hellas

Loukas Tsoukalis – President, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy

HUNGARY

Gordon Bajnai –  Former Prime Minister; Party Leader, Together 2014

ITALY

Franco Bernabè – Chairman, FB Group SRL

John Elkann – Chairman, Fiat S.p.A.

Mario Monti – Senator-for-life; President, Bocconi University

Monica Maggioni – Editor-in-Chief, Rainews24, RAI TV

INTERNATIONAL

Philip M. Breedlove – Supreme Allied Commander Europe

Benoît Coeuré – Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank

Christine Lagarde – Managing Director, International Monetary Fund

Anders Fogh Rasmussen – Secretary General, NATO

Ahmet Üzümcü – Director-General, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

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

IRELAND

Simon Coveney – Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Peter D. Sutherland – Chairman, Goldman Sachs International; UN Special Representative for Migration

NETHERLANDS

Victor Halberstadt Professor of Economics, Leiden University

Ben van Beurden –  CEO, Royal Dutch Shell plc

Paul J. Scheffer – Author; Professor of European Studies, Tilburg University

Edith Schippers – Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport

Gerrit Zalm – Chairman of the Managing Board, ABN-AMRO Bank N.V.

H.R.H. Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands

NORWAY

Svein Richard Brandtzæg – President and CEO, Norsk Hydro ASA

Leif O. Høegh – Chairman, Höegh Autoliners AS

Westye Høegh – Senior Advisor, Höegh Autoliners AS

Eivind Reiten – Chairman, Klaveness Marine Holding AS

Christian Rynning-Tønnesen – President and CEO, Statkraft AS

Jens Ulltveit-Moe – Founder and CEO, Umoe AS

PORTUGAL

Francisco Pinto Balsemão – Chairman, Impresa SGPS

Paulo Macedo – Minister of Health

Inês de Medeiros – Member of Parliament, Socialist Party

SPAIN

García-Margallo, José Manuel Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation

Juan María Nin Génova – Deputy Chairman and CEO, CaixaBank

H.M. the Queen of Spain

Juan Luis Cebrián – Executive Chairman, Grupo PRISA

SWEDEN

Carl Bildt – Minister for Foreign Affairs

Buskhe, Håkan President and CEO, Saab AB

Wallenberg, Jacob Chairman, Investor AB

Wallenberg, Marcus Chairman of the Board of Directors, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB

Lifvendahl, Tove Political Editor in Chief, Svenska Dagbladet

Svanberg, Carl-Henric Chairman, Volvo AB and BP plc

SWITZERLAND

Kudelski, André Chairman and CEO, Kudelski Group

Vasella, Daniel L. Honorary Chairman, Novartis International

TURKEY

Göle, Nilüfer Professor of Sociology, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales

Koç, Mustafa Chairman, Koç Holding A.S.

Çandar, Cengiz Senior Columnist, Al Monitor and Radikal

Oran, Umut Deputy Chairman, Republican People’s Party (CHP)

Taftalı, A. Ümit Member of the Board, Suna and Inan Kiraç Foundation

UNITED KINGDOM

Marcus Agius – Non-Executive Chairman, PA Consulting Group

Helen Alexander – Chairman, UBM plc

Edward M. Balls – Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer

Cowper-Coles, Sherard Senior Adviser to the Group Chairman and Group CEO, HSBC Holdings plc

Dudley, Robert Group Chief Executive, BP plc

Mandelson, Peter Chairman, Global Counsel LLP

Micklethwait, John Editor-in-Chief, The Economist

Kerr, John Deputy Chairman, Scottish Power

Greening, Justine Secretary of State for International Development

Flint, Douglas J. Group Chairman, HSBC Holdings plcNLD Samsom, Diederik M. Parliamentary Leader PvdA (Labour Party)

Sawers, John Chief, Secret Intelligence Service

Osborne, George Chancellor of the Exchequer

Wolf, Martin H. Chief Economics Commentator, The Financial Times

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Keith B. Alexander – Former Commander, U.S. Cyber Command; Former Director, National Security Agency

Roger C. Altman – Executive Chairman, Evercore

Nicolas Berggruen – Chairman, Berggruen Institute on Governance

Robert B. Zoellick – Chairman, Board of International Advisors, The Goldman Sachs Group

Li, Cheng Director, John L.Thornton China Center,The Brookings Institution

Greenberg, Evan G. Chairman and CEO, ACE Group

Feldstein, Martin S. Professor of Economics, Harvard University; President Emeritus, NBER

Jackson, Shirley Ann President, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Jacobs, Kenneth M. Chairman and CEO, Lazard

Johnson, James A. Chairman, Johnson Capital Partners

Karp, Alex CEO, Palantir Technologies

Katz, Bruce J. Vice President and Co-Director, Metropolitan Policy Program, The Brookings Institution

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

Kravis, Marie-Josée Senior Fellow and Vice Chair, Hudson Institute

Schmidt, Eric E. Executive Chairman, Google Inc.

Shih, Clara CEO and Founder, Hearsay Social

Kissinger, Henry A. Chairman, Kissinger Associates, Inc.

Kleinfeld, Klaus Chairman and CEO, Alcoa

Donilon, Thomas E. Senior Partner, O’Melveny and Myers; Former U.S. National Security Advisor

Gfoeller, Michael Independent Consultant

Rubin, Robert E. Co-Chair, Council on Foreign Relations; Former Secretary of the Treasury

Rumer, Eugene Senior Associate and Director, Russia and Eurasia Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

McAfee, Andrew Principal Research Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mundie, Craig J. Senior Advisor to the CEO, Microsoft Corporation

Murray, Charles A. W.H. Brady Scholar, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

Hockfield, Susan President Emerita, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Hoffman, Reid Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, LinkedIn

Perle, Richard N. Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute

Petraeus, David H. Chairman, KKR Global Institute

Reed, Kasim Mayor of Atlanta

Thiel, Peter A. President, Thiel Capital

Summers, Lawrence H. Charles W. Eliot University Professor, Harvard University

Spence, A. Michael Professor of Economics, New York University

Warsh, Kevin M. Distinguished Visiting Fellow and Lecturer, Stanford University

Wolfensohn, James D. Chairman and CEO, Wolfensohn and Company

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