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BILDERBERG MEETINGS
Stenungsund, Sweden
24-27 May 2001
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
Honorary Chairman:
B Davignon, Etienne Chairman, Société Générale de Belgique
Honorary Secretary General:
GB Taylor, J. Martin Chairman WH Smith PLC; International Advisor, Goldman Sachs International
| USA | Allaire, Paul A. | Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO, Xerox Corporation | |
| DK | Andersen, Bodil Nyboe | Governor, Central Bank of Denmark | |
| GB | Balls, Ed | Chief Economic Adviser, Spads, HM Treasury | |
| P | Balsemao, Francisco Pinto | Professor of Communication Science, New University of Lisbon; Chairman, Impresa SGPS; Former Prime Minister | |
| S | Barnevik, Percy | Chairman, Investor AB and ABB (Asea Brown Boveri Ltd.) | |
| N | Bergesen Jr., Finn | Administrative Director, NHO (Confederation of Norwegian Business and Industry) | |
| I | Bernabe, Franco | Chairman, Franco Bernabè Group; International Board of the World Economic Forum; Special Representative of the Government of Italy to the Balkan, Board member of Peres Center for Peace (President – Uri Savir) | |
| F | Beytout, Nicolas | Editor-in-Chief, Les Echos | |
| CDN | Black, Conrad M. | Chairman and CEO, Hollinger International, Inc.; Chairman, Telegraph Group Ltd. | |
| F | Bon, Michel | Chairman and CEO of France Télécom | |
| IRL | Bruton, John | Former Prime Minister of Ireland; Vice Chairperson of the EPP and CDI | |
| D | Burda, Hubert | Publisher, Burda Verlag (magazines) | |
| NL | Burgmans, Antony | C.E.O, Unilever NV | |
| E | Cebrian, Juan Luis | VC, Sogecable, S.A. (TV Broadcasting); CEO PRISA (El Pais) | |
| F | Collomb, Bertrand | Chairman and CEO, Lafarge; Director, Total Fina Elf Group (petroleum & chemicals), Atco; Supervisory Board, Allianz; Board of Directors, Credit Commercial de France | |
| CH | Couchepin, Pascal | Minister of Economic Affairs; Head of the Swiss Federal Department of Public Economy, (Swiss Federal Councillor) | |
| INT | Courtis, Kenneth S. | Vice President for Asia of Goldman Sachs, (Japan) Inc.; International Research Council of the Center for International and Strategic Studies (CSIS) in Washington and Economic Strategy Institute in Washington. | |
| IRL | Cox, Pat | President of the Liberal Democrat Group (ELDR), European Parliament | |
| USA | Dam, Kenneth W. | Deputy Secretary designate at U.S. Department of the Treasury | |
| B | Davignon, Etienne | Chairman, Société Générale de Belgique; Former Vice Chairman of the Commission of the European Communities | |
| GR | David, George A. | Chairman, Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company S.A. | |
| USA | Dodd, Christopher J. | Senator, Democratic Party, Connecticut | |
| USA | Donilon, Thomas E. | Executive Vice President, Law and Policy, Fannie Mae | |
| I | Draghi, Mario | President of the Economic and Financial Committee, Council of the EU; Director General, Ministry of the Treasury | |
| USA | Eisenhower, Susan | Tufts University, Asst. Director, Communications and Media Studies; President, the Eisenhower World Affairs Institute | |
| DK | Eldrup, Anders | Permanant Secretary, Ministry of Finance; Danish government representative to SAS | |
| TR | Ercel, Gazi | Merkez Bank; Former Governor, Central Bank of Turkey | |
| USA | Feldstein, Martin | Professor of Economics at Harvard University; President and CEO, National Bureau of Economic Research | |
| INT | Fischler, Franz | E.U. Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission | |
| USA | Glickman, Dan | Former Secretary of Agriculture; Partner, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld LLP | |
| USA | Graham, Donald E. | Chairman and CEO, The Washington Post Company | |
| I | Gros-Pietro, Gian Maria | Chairman, ENI S.p.A. | |
| USA | Hagel, Chuck | Senator, Republican, Nebraska | |
| NL | Halberstadt, Victor | Professor of Public Economics, Leiden University; Former Honorary Secretary General of Bilderberg Meetings | |
| S | Hedelius, Tom C. | Chairman, Svenska Handelsbanken; Vice Chairman of the Board, Ericsson | |
| FIN | Heinonen, Olli-Pekka | Minister of Transport and Communications | |
| N | Heyerdahl, d.y., Jens P. | Group President and CEO, Orkala ASA | |
| N | Hoegh, Westye | Chairman of the Board, Leif Hoegh & Co ASA | |
| NL | Hoeven, Cees H. van der | President, Koninklijke Ahold nv | |
| CDN | Hunkin, John | Chairman and C.E.O., Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce | |
| B | Huyghebaert, Jan | Chairman, Almanij NV | |
| S | Johansson, Leif | President and C.E.O., AB Volvo | |
| USA | Johnson, James A. | Johnson Capital; Vice-Chairman, Perseus, LLC | |
| USA | Jordan Jr., Vernon E. | Managing Director, Lazard Freres & Co. LLC | |
| USA | Kissinger, Henry A. | Chairman, Kissinger Associates Inc.; Former Secretary of State | |
| D | Kopper, Hilmar | Chairman of Supervisory Board, Deutsche Bank A.G. | |
| USA | Kravis, Henry R. | Founding Partner, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. | |
| USA | Kravis, Marie Josée | Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute Inc. | |
| INT | Lamy, Pascal | European Trade Commissioner | |
| F | Levy-Lang, André | Former Chairman, Paribas | |
| USA | Lewis, Bernard | Emeritus Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University | |
| FIN | Lipponen, Paavo | Prime Minister | |
| CDN | Lord, Bernard | Prime Minister of New Brunswick | |
| CDN | MacMillan, Margaret O. | Editor, International Journal, Canadian Institute of International Affairs | |
| GR | Manos, Stephanos | Member of the Greek Parliament & Former Minister of National Economy; President of the Liberal Party | |
| P | Martins, Guilherme dOliveira | Minister of Presidency | |
| USA | Mathews, Jessica T. | President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace | |
| NL | Melkert, Ad P.W. | Parliamentary Leader PvdA, (Labour Party) | |
| E | Miguel, Ramon de | Secretary of State for European Affairs | |
| F | Montbrial, Thierry de | Director, French Institute of International Relations | |
| INT | Monti, Mario | European Commissioner for Competition | |
| D | Mosdorf, Siegmar | Secretary of State for Economics and Technology | |
| USA | Moskow, Michael H. | President, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | |
| P | Moura, Vasco Graça | Member, European Parliament; 1st Vice President, Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport | |
| CDN | Munroe-Blum, Heather | Vice-President for Research and International Relations, University of Toronto | |
| F | Nallet, Henri | International Secretary, Socialist Party | |
| ISR | Nashashibi, Mohammed | Former Roving Ambassador of the Arab League; Finance Minister for Palestine Authority; Author | |
| D | Nass, Matthias | Deputy Editor, Die Zeit | |
| NL | Netherlands, Her Majesty the Queen of The | ||
| PL | Olechowski, Andrzej | Former presidential candidate; Leader, Civic Platform | |
| FIN | Ollila, Jorma | Chairman of the Board and C.E.O., Nokia Corporation; Member of the board of directors, Ford Motor Company and UPM-Kymmene | |
| NL | Orange, His Royal Highness the Prince of | ||
| CH | Ospel, Marcel | President and Group Chief Executive, Union Bank Of Switzerland AG | |
| INT | Padoa-Schioppa, Tommaso | Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank; President of the International Center for Monetary and Banking Studies; Member of the G-7 & G-20 Deputies; Chairman of the G -10 Committee on Payments and Settlement Systems | |
| S | Padgrotsky, Leif | Minister of Trade | |
| USA | Pearl, Frank H. | Chairman & CEO of Perseus LLC; Founder & Chairman, Rappahannock Investment Company and Counterpoint Press | |
| CZ | Pehe, Jiri | Director, New York University, Prague; former advisor to President Havel | |
| USA | Perle, Richard N. | Resident Fellow, The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Hollinger Digital, Inc.; Director, Jerusalem Post | |
| GB | Pragnell, Michael P. | CEO Syngenta AG; Director, AstraZeneca plc | |
| USA | Prestowitz Jr., Clyde V. | Founder & President, Economic Strategy Institute; former senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment | |
| A | Raidl, Claus J. | CEO and Director, Böhler Uddeholm AG | |
| S | Ramqvist, Lars | Chairman and CEO, Ericsson; Board member, Skandia & Volvo | |
| USA | Rattner, Steven | Investment Banker, Director and Managing Principal Quandrangle Group; US Treasury advisory committee on IMF matters; Chairman of New York Channel 13 | |
| I | Riotta, Gianni | Co-Editor, La Stampa | |
| INT | Robertson, George | Secretary General, NATO | |
| USA | Rockefeller, David | Chairman of the International Advisory Committee, Chase Manhattan Bank; Member, JPMorgan International Council; Founder and Honorary Chairman of the Trilateral Commission | |
| E | Rodriques Inciarte, Matías | Executive Vice Chairman, Banco Santander Central Hispano | |
| GB | Roll, Eric | Senior Adviser, UBS Warburg Ltd. | |
| TR | Sanberk, Özdem | Turkish Ambassador to the U.K.; Director General, Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) | |
| A | Scholten, Rudolf | Member of the Board of Executive Directors, Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG | |
| D | Schrempp, Jürgen E. | Chairman of the Board of Management, DaimlerChrysler AG | |
| DK | Seidenfaden, Toger | Editor-in-Chief, Politiken | |
| RUS | Shevtsova, Lilia | Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Visiting Professor, University of California at Berkeley & Cornell University | |
| USA/GB | Siedentop, Larry A. | Fellow of Keble College & lecturer on political philosophy at Oxford University; Author of Democracy in Europe | |
| GB | Sieghart, Mary Ann | Editorial writer and assistant editor, Times of London | |
| E | Spain, Her Majesty the Queen of | ||
| GB | Taylor, J. Martin | Chairman, WH Smith PLC, International Adviser, Goldman Sachs International | |
| USA | Thornton, John L. | Director, Ford Motor Co.; President and co-CEO, Goldman Sachs & Co. Inc. | |
| S | Treschcow, Michael | President and C.E.O., Electrolux Group AB | |
| F | Trichet, Jean-Claude | Governor, Banque de France | |
| CH | Vasella, Daniel L. | Chairman & C.E.O., Novartis AG | |
| FIN | Virkkunen, Janne | Senior Editor-in-Chief, Helsingin Sanomat | |
| S | Wallenberg, Jacob | Chairman of the Board, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken | |
| S | Wallenberg, Marcus | President and C.E.O, Investor AB; Vice Chairman of the Board, Ericsson | |
| CDN | Whyte, Kenneth | Editor-in-Chief, The National Post | |
| GB | Wolf, Martin | Associated Editor/Economics Commentator, The Financial Times | |
| D | Wolff von Amerongen, Otto | Chairman and C.E.O., Otto Wolff Industrieberatung und Beteiligungen GmbH. | |
| Rapporteurs | |||
| GB | Micklethwait, R. John | United Stated Editor, The Economist | |
| GB | Wooldridge, Adrian D. | Foreign Correspondent, The Economist |
* Member of the Steering Committee
** Member of the Advisory Group
Agenda
May 24-28, 2001- Stenungsbaden, Sweden (near Gothenburg, Sweden)
Defense
China/Japan
Russia
Europe
Productivity
Agriculture
Middle-East
Globalization