Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Bilderberg meeting 2013: who attends?

Groove Hotel, where the meeting will take place
The secretive Bilderberg Group will meet this year at Watford, England on June 6-9. This is the list of participants (from Webguerrillero[es], which cites The Telegraph):


IMF:
  • Christine Lagarde.

Europe:

EU:
  • José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Comission.
  • Viviane Reding, Vice-President of the European Commission.
  • Olivier de Bavinchove, Eurocorps top commander (small military corps of the EU, former French top commander).
  • Thomas Enders, EADS (military corp.)

Germany:
  • Paul M. Achleitner, Deutsche Bank.
  • J. Kurt Lauk, CDU politician.
  • Christian Lindner, LDP politician.
  • Ulrich Grillo, Grillo-Werke AG (mineral corp.).
  • Roland Koch, Bilfinger (construction, engineering, etc.).
  • Peter Löscher, Siemens (industrial corp.)

France:
  • President of the meeting: Henri de Castries, AXA (investment and insurance corp.)
  • François Fillon, UMP politician, former Prime Minister.
  • Valérie Pécresse, UMP politician. 
  • Paul Hermelin, Grupo Capgemini (lobby, consulter, outsourcing corp.)
  • Jean-Dominique Senard, Michelin (industrial conglomerate)
  • Nicolas Barré, Les Echos (economic newspaper). 
  • Thierry de Montbrial, French Institute of International Relations.

Britain: 
  • George Osborne, Minister of the Treasury.
  • Kenneth Clarke, Minister without portfolio.
  • Ed Balls, Labor Party politician. 
  • Lord Peter Carington, posh, right-wing politician. 
  • Lord John Kerr, (posh-politician). 
  • Baroness Williams of Crosby, (posh-politician, Britain).
  • Marcus Agius, Barclays (bank, former president).
  • Douglas J. Flint, HSBC (bank, Britain).
  • Stuart Gulliver, HSBC (bank, Britain).
  • Simon Robertson, Partner, Robertson Robey Associates ("law firm") and HSBC (bank).
  • David Wright, Barclays (bank, Britain).
  • Helen Alexander, UBM (media corp.)
  • Sherard Cowper-Coles, BAE Systems (miltary corp.).
  • Robert Dudley, BP (oil, energy corp.).
  • Simon Henry, Royal Dutch Shell (oil, energy, Britain-Netherlands).
  • Jorma Ollila, Royal Dutch Shell (oil, energy corp., Britain-Netherlands).
  • Peter R. Voser, Royal Dutch Shell (oil, energy, Britain-Netherlands).
  • Matti Apunen, EVA (think tank).
  • John Bell, Oxford University.
  • Omand, King’s College.
  • Hélène Rey, London Business School.

Italy:
  • Mario Monti, former Prime Minister, Goldman Sachs former fellow.
  • Alberto Nagel, Mediobanca (bank).
  • Enrico Cucchiani, Intesa Sanpaolo (banking corp.).
  • Franco Bernabè, Telecom Italia. 
  • Gianfelice Rocca, Techint (industrial and mining conglomerate, Italy-Argentina).
  • Lilli Gruber, La 7 TV (journalist).

Spain:
  • Luis de Guindos, Economy Minister. 
  • Pablo Isla, Inditex (textile corp.).
  • Juan Luis Cebrián, Grupo Prisa (media corp.)

Poland:
  • Jacek Rostowski, Vice-Prime Minister and Minister of the Treasury.

Netherlands:
  • Mark Rutte, Prime Minister.
  • Klaas H.W. Knot, De Nederlandsche Bank.
  • Jean François van Boxmeer, Heineken (beverages).
 
Belgium:
  • Princess Beatrix (posh).
  • Viscount Etienne Davignon, posh, right-wing politician, Brussels Airlines, IHEC Brussels Management school, etc.
  • Thomas Leysen, KBC (bank). 
  • Victor Halberstadt, Leiden University.

Sweden:
  • Carl Bildt, Foreign Affairs Minister.
  • Anders Borg, Minister of the Treasury. 
  • Stefan Löfven, Social-Democratic Party.
  • Börje Ekholm, Investor AB (financial corp.)
  • Jacob Wallenberg, Investor AB (speculator corp.)

Portugal:
  • Paulo Portas, Foreign Affairs Vice-Minister.
  • António José Seguro, Socialist Party.
  • Francisco Pinto Balsemão, IMPRESA (media corp., former Prime Minister).

Greece:
  • Ulysses Kyriacopoulos, S&B Industrial Minerals (mining corp.).
  • Alexis Papahelas, Kathimerini newspaper.

Austria:
  • Andreas Schieder, Minister of the Treasury.
  • Rudolf Scholten, Oesterreichische Kontrollbank (bank).
  • Oscar Bronner, Der Standard newspaper.

Denmark:
  • Bjarne Corydon, Minister of the Treasury.
  • Ulrik Federspiel, Haldor Topsøe (chemical and energy corp.)
  • Jakob Haldor Topsøe, AMBROX Capital (speculator corp.)

Finland:
  • Jutta Urpilainen, Minister of the Treasury.
 
Ireland:
  • Paul Gallagher, former Attorney General.

Non-EU countries:

Turkey:
  • Ali Babacan, Vice-Prime Minister of Turkey for Economic Affairs.
  • Şafak Pavey, CHP politician.
  • Haluk Dinçer, Sabancı Holding (financial corp.)
  • Mustafa V Koç, Koç Holding (industrial conglomerate).
  • Soli Özel, Kadir Has University, Habertürk newspaper (opinion writer).
  • Asli Aydintasbas, Milliyet newspaper (opinion writer).
 
Switzerland:
  • Felix Gutzwiller, member of the Swiss Council of States. 
  • Thomas J. Jordan, Swiss National Bank.
  • Josef Ackermann, Zurich Insurance (financial corp.)
  • Martin Taylor, Syngenta (genetic engineering, agro-pharma corp.).
  • Daniel L. Vasella, Novartis (bio-pharma corp.)
  • Mark C. Fishman, Novartis (bio-pharma corp.)
  • André Kudelski, Kudelski Group (informatics). 

Norway:
  • Espen Barth Eide, Foreign Minister.
  • Kristin Skogen Lund, capitalist syndicate of Norway.
  • Svein Richard Brandtzæg, Norsk Hydro (aluminum and energy corp.)

 

North America:

USA:
  • Institutional:
    • David H. Petraeus, former CIA Director, former top commander in Iraq and Afghanistan, former CENTCOM proconsul (USA).
    • Robert E. Rubin, Council on Foreign Relations and former Secretary of the Treasury (USA).
    • Timothy F Geithner, former Secretary of the Treasury.
  • Companies:
    • Roger C. Altman, Evercore Partners (investment banking).
    • Nicolas Baverez, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher ("law firm").
    • Jeff Bezos, Amazon (online trade).
    • Ian Davis, McKinsey (lobby, "management consulting" corp.)
    • J. Michael Evans, Goldman Sachs (financial corp.)
    • Kenneth M. Jacobs, Lazard (bank).
    • Vernon E. Jordan, Lazard (bank).
    • Peter Mandelson, Lazard (bank) and former British minister.
    • James A. Johnson, reported as CEO of Johnson Capital Partners (probably this James A. Johnson).
    • Alex Karp, Palantir Technologies (Internet research corp.)
    • Klaus Kleinfeld, Alcoa (mining corp.)
    • Henry R. Kravis, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (financial corp.)
    • Craig J. Mundie, Microsoft (USA).
    • Andrew Y.Ng, Coursera (online studies, USA).
    • Eric E. Schmidt, Google (Internet services).
    • Peter D. Sutherland, Goldman Sachs International (bank, USA).
    • Tidjane Thiam, Prudential (finance, USA).
    • Peter A. Thiel, Clarium Capital, PayPal co-founder. Thiel is deeply involved in the neocolonial exploitation of Honduras and is an ideologue of ultra-capitalist fascism under the misleading label of "libertarianism".
    • Craig B. Thompson, Memorial Sloan-Kettering (major cancer hospital and research center).
    • James D. Wolfensohn, Wolfensohn & Co. (speculator, consulter), former World Bank president.
  • Think-tanks and similar:
    • Henry A. Kissinger, Kissinger Associates, former US Secretary of State.
    • Richard N. Perle, American Enterprise Institute, former assistant Secretary of Defense under Reagan.
    • Robert B. Zoellick, Peterson Institute for International Economics, former World Bank president.
    • Robert D. Kaplan, Stratfor ("global intelligence company").
    • Nicholas N. Eberstadt, American Enterprise Institute. 
    • Olli Heinonen, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Univ.
    • Marie-Josée Kravis, Hudson Institute.
    • Jessica T. Mathews, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace .
    • Emanuele Ottolenghi, Foundation for Defense of Democracies .
    • Kevin Warsh, Hoover Institution, Stanford University.
    • Michael Gfoeller, political consulter.
  • Universities:
    • Susan Athey, Stanford University Business School.
    • Robbert H. Dijkgraaf, Institute for Advanced Study.
    • Martin S. Feldstein, Harvard University.
    • Lawrence Lessig, Harvard University.
    • Anne-Marie Slaughter, Princeton University.
  • Media: 
    • Donald E. Graham, The Washington Post newspaper.
    • John Micklethwait, The Economist newspaper.
    • Martin H. Wolf, Financial Times newspaper.
Canada:
  • Brad Wall, Prime Minister of Saskatchewan province.
  • Edmund Clark, TD Bank Group (financial corp.).
  • Frank McKenna, Brookfield Asset Management (speculator corp.)
  • J. Robert S Prichard, Torys ("law firm").
  • Heather M. Reisman, Indigo Books & Music (commerce), wife of the owner of Onex Corp., (speculator corp.)
  • Galen G.Weston, Loblaw Companies (commerce corp.)

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