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BILDERBERG MEETINGS
Versaille, France
15-18 May 2003
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
Honorary Chairman:
B Davignon, Etienne Vice-Chairman, Societe Generale de Belgique
Honorary Secretary General:
GB Taylor, J. Martin Chairman WH Smith PLC; International Advisor, Goldman Sachs International
F | Adler, Alexandre | Editorial Counsel, Le Figaro |
I | Ambrosetti, Alfredo | Chairman Ambrosetti Group |
TR | Babacan, Ali | Minister of Economic Affairs |
GR | Bakoyannis, Dora | Mayor of Athens |
GB | Balls, Edward | Chief Economic Advisor to the Treasury |
P | Balsemao, Francisco Pinto | Professor of Communication Science, New University, Lisbon; Chairman and CEO, IMPRESA, S.G.P.S.; Former Prime Minister |
P | Barroso, José M. Durão | Prime Minister |
TR | Bayar, Mehmet A. | Deputy Chairman of DYP (True Path Party) |
A | Becker, Erich | Chairman of the Managing Board and CEO, VA Technologie AG |
I | Bendetti, Rodolfo de | Managing Director CIR S.p.A. |
I | Bernabe, Franco | Chairman Franco Bernabe & C. S.p.A. |
F | Beytout, Nicolas | Editor-in-Chief, Les Echos |
KW | Bishara, Ahmad E. | Secretary General of Kuwaits Liberal National Democratic Party |
CDN | Black, Conrad M. | Chairman, Telegraph Group Limited |
INT | Bolkestein, Frits | Internal Markets Commissioner, European Commission |
USA | Bolton, John R. | Under-Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security |
F | Bon, Michel | Honorary Chairman, France Telecom |
F | Bruguière, Jean-Louis | First Vice President, Justice Department |
D | Burda, Hubert | Publisher and CEO, Hubert Burda Media Holding GmbH & Co. |
F | Camus, Phillipe | CEO, European Aeronautics Defence and Space company European Aeronautics Defence and Space Company (EADS) |
INT | Cary, Anthony J. | Head of Christopher Pattens Cabinet, EU. [Patten is European Commissioner for Enlargement] |
F | Castries, Henri de | Chairman of the Board, AXA |
E | Cebrian, Juan Luis | CEO, PRISA |
B | Claes, Willy | Minister of State |
GB | Clarke, Kenneth | Member of Parliament; former Chancellor of the Exchequer |
USA | Collins, Timothy C. | Senior Managing Director and CEO, Ripplewood Holdings LLC |
F | Collomb, Bertrand | Chairman and CEO, Lafarge |
F | Copé, Jean-François | Secretary of State in charge of relations with Parliament; Government Spokesman |
USA | Corzine, Jon S. | Senator (D, New Jersey) |
S | Dahlbäck, Claes | Chairman, Investor AB |
GR | David, George A. | Chairman of the Board, Coca-Cola H.B.C. S.A. |
USA | Donilon, Thomas E. | Executive Vice President, Fannie Mae |
I | Draghi, Mario | Vice-Chairman and Managing Director, Goldman Sachs International |
DK | Eldrup, Anders | CEO, Danish Oil and Gas Corporation |
USA | Feldstein, Martin S. | President and CEO, National Bureau of Economic Research |
CDN | Fell, Anthony S. | Chairman, RBC Dominion Securities Inc. |
USA | Friedman, Thomas L. | Foreign Affairs Columnist, The New York Times |
F | Gergorin, Jean-Luis | Executive Vice President, Strategic Coordination, European Aeronautics Defence and Space Company (EADS) |
USA | Gigot, Paul A. | Editorial Page Editor, The Wall Street Journal |
F | Giscard dEstaing, Valéry | French President (1974-1981); Chairman of the Convention on the Future of Europe |
N | Gjedrem, Svein | Governor, Central Bank of Norway |
IRL | Gleeson, Dermot | Chairman designate, Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c. |
GB | Gould, Philip | Public Relations Adviser to Prime Minister Blair |
USA | Haass, Richard N. | Director, Office of Policy Planning Staff, State Department |
NL | Halberstadt, Victor | Professor of Economics, Leiden University; Former Honorary Secretary General of Bilderberg Meetings |
CDN | Harper, Stephen | Leader of the Opposition |
USA | Hertog, Roger | Vice-Chairman, Alliance Capital Management |
NL | Hoop Scheffer, Jaap G. de | Minister for Foreign Affairs |
USA | Hubbard, Allan B. | President, E&A Industries |
USA | Hubbard, R. Glenn | Russell L. Carson Professor of Economics and Finance, Columbia University |
USA | Johnson, James A. | Vice Chairman, Perseus, L.L.C. |
USA | Jordan, Jr., Vernon E. | Senior Managing Director, Lazard Freres & Co. L.L.C. |
CH | Kielholz, Walter B. | Former Chairman of the Board, Credit Suisse; Executive Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, Swiss Re |
GB | King, Mervyn A. | Deputy Governor, Bank of England |
USA | Kissinger, Henry A. | Chairman, Kissinger Associates, Inc.; Member, Defense Policy Board; Member, J.P. Morgan International Council |
FIN | Kivinen, Olli | Senior Editor & Columnist, Helsingin Sanomat |
NL | Kok, Wim | Former Prime Minister |
D | Kopper, Hilmar | Former Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Deutsche Bank AG |
USA | Kravis, Henry R. | Founding Partner, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. |
USA | Kravis, Marie-Joseé | Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute, Inc. |
INT | Lamy, Pascal | Trade Commissioner, European Commission |
F | Lellouche, Pierre | Vice Chairman, NATO Parliamentary Assembly |
F | Levy-Lang, André | Former Chairman, Paribas |
S | Lindh, Anna | Minister for Foreign Affairs |
FIN | Lipponen, Paavo | Former Prime Minister; Speaker of the Parliament |
DK | Lykketoft, Mogens | Chairman, Social Democrat Party |
CDN | MacMillan, Margaret O. | Provost, Trinity College, University of Toronto |
RUS | Margelov, Mikhail V. | Chairman, Committee for Foreign Affairs, Council of Federation |
F | Montbrial, Thierry de | President, French Institute of International Relations (IFRI) |
INT | Monti, Mario | Competition Commissioner, European Commission |
USA | Mundie, Craig J. | Chief Technical Officer, Advanced Strategies and Policy, Microsoft Corporation |
N | Myklebust, Egil | Chairman, Norsk Hydro ASA |
D | Naas, Matthias | Deputy Editor, Die Zeit |
NL | Netherlands, H.M. the Queen of the | |
PL | Olechowski, Andrzej | Leader, Civic Platform |
FIN | Ollila, Jorma | Chairman of the Board and CEO, Nokia Corporation |
INT | Padoa-Schioppa, Tommaso | Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank |
I | Panara, Marco | Journalist, La Republica |
I | Passera, Corrado | Managing Director, Banca IntesaBCI |
USA | Perkovich, George | Vice President for Studies, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace |
USA | Perle, Richard N. | Member, Defense Policy Board; Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute (AEI) for Public Policy Research; Member, Project for a New American Century (PNAC) |
B | Philippe, H.R.H. Prince | |
I | Poli, Roberto | Chairman, Eni S.p.A. |
F | Ranque, Denis | Chairman and CEO, Thales Aerospace and Defence |
DK | Rasmussen, Anders Fogh | Prime Minister |
CDN | Reisman, Heather | President and CEO, Indigo Books & Music Inc. |
F | Riboud, Franck | Chairman and CEO, Danone Foods |
CH | Ringier, Michael | CEO, Ringier AG |
USA | Rockefeller, David | Member, J.P. Morgan International Council |
P | Rodrigues, Eduardo Ferro | Leader of the Socialist Party; Member of Parliament |
E | Rodriguez Inciarte, Matias | Executive Vice Chairman, Banco Santander Central Hispano |
F | Roy, Olivier | Senior Researcher, CNRS |
USA | Ruggie, John | Director, Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University |
NL | Ruys, Anthony | Chairman of the Board, Heineken N.V. |
TR | Sanberk, Özdem | Director, Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation |
I | Scaroni, Paolo | Managing Director, Enel S.p.A. |
D | Schäuble, Wolfgang | Deputy Parliamentary Leader, CDU/CSU Group |
D | Schily, Otto | Minister of the Interior |
A | Scholten, Rudolf | Member of the Board of Executive Directors, Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG |
D | Schrempp, Jurgen E. | Chairman of the Board of Management, Daimler Chrysler AG |
INT | Schwab, Klaus | President, World Economic Forum |
DK | Seidenfaden, Toger | Editor in Chief, Politiken |
RUS | Shevtsova, Lilia | Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace |
E | Spain, H.M. the Queen of | |
USA | Steinberg, James B. | Vice President and Director, Foreign Policy Studies Program, The Brookings Institution |
CDN | Steyn, Mark | Journalist for various publications |
IRL | Sutherland, Peter D. | Chairman and Managing Director, Goldman Sachs International; Chairman, BP Amoco |
USA | Thornton, John L. | President and CEO, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. |
F | Trichet, Jean Claude | Governor, Banque de France |
GR | Tsoukalis, Loukas | Professor, University of Athens; President Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy |
A | Trumpel-Gugerell, Gertrude | Vice Governor, Central Bank of Austria |
CH | Vasella, Daniel L. | Chairman and CEO, Novartis AG |
NL | Veer, Jeroen van der | President, Royal Dutch Petroleum Company; Vice Chairman of the Committee of Managing Directors of Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies |
F | Villin, Philippe | Vice Chairman, Lehman Brothers Europe |
NL | Vries, Klaas de | Member of Parliament (Labour); Former Minister of the Interior |
FIN | Whalroos, Björn | President and CEO, Sampo plc. |
S | Wallenberg, Jacob | Chairman of the Board, Skandinavivska Enskilda Banken |
GB | Williams, Gareth | Leader of the House of Lords |
GB | Wolf, Martin H. | Associate Editor/Economics Commentator, The Financial Times |
USA/INT | Wolfensohn, James D. | President, The World Bank |
USA | Wolfowitz, Paul | Deputy Secretary of Defense, U.S. Department of Defense |
USA | Zakaria, Fareed | Editor, Newsweek International |
USA | Zoellick, Robert | Principal Trade Adviser to the President |
D | Zumwinkel, Klaus | Chairman, Deutsche Post Worldnet AG |
Rapporteurs | ||
GB | Micklethwait, R. John | United States Editor, The Economist |
GB | Rachman, Gideon | Brussels Correspondent, The Economist |
Agenda
May 15-18, 2003 – Versailles, France
European-American relations
Iraq
The Middle East after Terrorism
Non-Proliferation
The European Convention
Economic Problems