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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