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BILDERBERG MEETINGS
Rottach-Egern, Germany
5-8 May 2005
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
Honorary Chairman
B Davignon, Etienne Vice Chairman, Suez-Tractebel
Honorary Secretary General
GB Taylor, J. Martin International Advisor, Goldman Sachs International
| NL | Aartsen, Jozias J. van | Parliamentary Leader, Liberal Party (VVD) |
| PNA | Abu-Amr, Ziad | Member of the Palestinian Legislative Council; President of the Palestinian Council on Foreign Relations; Professor of Political Science, Birzeit University |
| D | Ackermann, Josef | Chairman, Group Executive Committee. Deutsche Bank AG |
| INT | Almunia Amann Joaquin | Commissioner, European Commission |
| GR | Alogoskoufis, George | Minister of Economy and Finance |
| TR | Babacan, Ali | Minister of Economic Affairs |
| P | Balsemao, Francisco Pinto | Chairman and CEO, IMPRESA, S.G.P.S.; Former Prime Minister |
| INT | Barroso, José M. Durão | President, European Commission |
| S | Belfrage, Erik | Senior Vice President, SEB |
| I | Bernabe, Franco | Vice Chairman, Rothschild Europe |
| F | Beytout, Nicolas | Editor-in-Chief, Le Figaro |
| A | Bronner, Oscar | Publisher and Editor, Der Standard |
| GB | Browne, John | Group Chief Executive, BP plc |
| D | Burda, Hubert | Chairman of the Board of Management, Hubert Burda Media |
| IRL | Byrne, David | WHO Special Envoy on Global Cornmunicable Diseases; Former Commissioner, European Commission |
| F | Camus, Philippe | CEO, EADS |
| F | Castries, Henri de | Chairman of the Board, AXA |
| E | Cebrian, Juan Luis | CEO, PRISA |
| USA | Collins, Timothy C. | Senior Managing Director and CEO, Ripplewood Holdings, LLC |
| F | Collomb, Bertrand | Chairman, Lafarge |
| CH | Couchepin, Pascal | Head, Department of Home Affairs |
| GR | David, George A. | Chairman, Coca-Cola H.B.C. S.A. |
| F | Delpech, Thérèse | Director for Strategic Affairs, Atomic Energy Commission |
| GR | Diamantopoulou, Anna | Member of Parliament |
| NL | Docters van Leeuwen, Arthur W.H. | Chairman of the Executive Board, Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets |
| USA | Donilon, Thomas E. | Partner, OMelveny & Myers |
| D | Döpfner, Mathias | CEO, Axel Springer AG |
| DK | Eldrup, Anders | President, DONG A/S |
| I | Elkann, John | Vice Chairman, Fiat S.p.A. |
| USA | Feldstein, Martin S. | President and CEO, National Bureau of Economic Research |
| USA | Ford, Jr., William C. | Chairman and CEO, Ford Motor Company |
| USA | Geithner, Timothy F. | President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York |
| TR | Gencer, Imregul | Member of the Board, Global Investment Holding |
| ISR | Gilady, Eival | Strategic Advisor to Prime Minister Sharon |
| IRL | Gleeson, Dermot | Chairman, AIB Group |
| USA | Graham, Donald E. | Chairman and CEO, The Washington Post Company |
| N | Grydeland, Bjørn T. | Ambassador to the EU |
| P | Guterres, António | Former Prime Minister; President, Socialist International |
| USA | Haass, Richard N. | President, Council on Foreign Relations |
| NL | Halberstadt, Victor | Professor of Economics, Leiden University |
| B | Hansen, Jean-Pierre | CEO, Suez-Tractebel S.A. |
| A | Haselsteiner, Hans Peter | CEO, Bauholding Strabag SE (Societas Europea) |
| DK | Hedegaard, Connie | Minister for the Environment |
| USA | Holbrooke, Richard C. | Vice Chairman, Perseus LLC |
| INT | Hoop Scheffer, Jaap G. de | Secretary General, NATO |
| USA | Hubbard, Allan B. | Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and Director of the National Economic Council |
| B | Huyghebaert, Jan | Chairman of the Board of Directors, KBC Group |
| USA | Johnson, James A. | Vice Chairman, Perseus LLC |
| INT | Jones, James L. | Supreme Allied Commander Europe, SHAPE |
| USA | Jordan, Jr., Vernon E. | Senior Managing Director, Lazard Frères & Co. LLC |
| USA | Keane, John M. | President, GSI, LLC; General, US Army, Retired |
| GB | Kerr, John | Director, Shell, Rio Tinto, Scottish Americal Investment Trust |
| USA | Kissinger, Henry A. | Chairman, Kissinger Associates, Inc. |
| D | Kleinfeld, Klaus | President and CEO, Siemens AG |
| TR | Koç, Mustafa V. | Chairman, Koç Holding A.S. |
| D | Kopper, Hilmar | Chairman of the Supervisory Board, DaimlerChrysler AG |
| F | Kouchner, Bernard | Director, Santé et développement, CNAM |
| USA | Kravis, Henry R. | Founding Partner, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. |
| USA | Kravis, Marie-Josée | Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute, Inc. |
| INT | Kroes, Neelie | Commissioner, European Commission |
| CH | Kudelski, André | Chairman of the Board and CEO, Kudelski Group |
| F | Lamy, Pascal | President, Notre Europe; Former Commissioner, European Commission |
| USA | Ledeen, Michael A. | American Enterprise Institute |
| FIN | Liikanen, Erkki | Governor and Chairman of the Board, Bank of Finland |
| N | Lundestad, Geir | Director, Norwegian Nobel Institute; Secretary, Norwegian Nobel Committee |
| USA | Luti, William J. | Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs |
| DK | Lykketoft, Mogens | Chairman, Social Democratic Party |
| CDN | Manji, Irshad | Author/Founder of Project Ijtihad |
| USA | Mathews, Jessica T. | President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace |
| CDN | Mau, Bruce | Bruce Mau Design |
| CDN | McKenna, Frank | Ambassador to the US |
| USA | Medish, Mark C. | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP |
| USA | Mehlman, Kenneth B. | Chairman, Republican National Committee |
| D | Merkel, Angela | Chairman, CDU; Chairman CDU/CSU-Fraction |
| SVK | Miklos, Ivan | Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance |
| F | Montbrial, Thierry de | President, French Institute of International Relations (IFRI) |
| INT | Monti, Mario | President, Bocconi University; Former Commissioner for Competition, European Commission |
| CDN | Munroe-Blum, Heather | Principal and Vice Chancellor, McGill University |
| N | Myklebust, Egil | Chairman of the Board of Directors, SAS |
| D | Nass, Matthias | Deputy Editor, Die Zeit |
| RUS | Nemirovskaya, Elena | Founder and Director, Moscow School of Political Studies |
| 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 |
| E | Palacio, Loyola de | President, Council on Foreign Relations, Partido Popular |
| GR | Papandreou, George A. | President, Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) |
| USA | Pearl, Frank H. | Chairman and CEO, Perseus, LLC |
| USA | Pearlstine, Norman | Editor-in-Chief, Time Inc. |
| FIN | Pentikäinen, Mikael | President, Sanoma Corporation |
| USA | Perle, Richard N. | Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research |
| D | Pflüger, Friedbert | Member of Parliament, CDU/CSU Fraktion |
| B | Philippe, H.R.H. Prince | |
| CDN | Prichard, J. Robert S. | President. Torstar Media Group and CEO, Torstar Corporation |
| INT | Rato y Figaredo, Rodrigo de | Managing Director, IMF |
| CDN | Reisman, Heather | President and CEO, Indigo Books & Music Inc. |
| USA | Rockefeller, David | Member, JP Morgan International Council |
| USA | Rodin, Judith | President, The Rockefeller Foundation |
| E | Rodriguez Inciarte, Matias | Executive Vice Chairman, Grupo Santander |
| USA | Ross, Dennis B. | Director, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy |
| F | Roy, Olivier | Senior Researcher, CNRS |
| P | Sarmento, Nuno Morais | Former Minister of State and of Presidency; Member of Parliament |
| I | Scaroni, Paolo | Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Enel S.p.A. |
| D | Schily, Otto | Minister of the Interior |
| 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 |
| D | Schulz, Ekkehard D. | Chairman of the Executive Board, ThyssenKrupp AG |
| E | Sebastián Gascón, Miguel | Chief Economic Adviser to Prime Minister |
| ISR | Sharansky, Natan | Former Minister for Jerusalem & Diaspora Affairs |
| I | Siniscalco, Domenico | Minister for Economy and Finance |
| GB | Skidelsky, Robert | Professor of Political Economy, Warwick University |
| E | Spain, H.M. the Queen of | |
| IRL | Sutherland, Peter D. | Chairman, Goldman Sachs International; Chairman, BP p.l.c. |
| PL | Szwajcowski, Jacek | CEO, Polska Grupa Farmaceutyczna |
| FIN | Tiilikainen, Teija H. | Director, University of Helsinki, Network for European Studies |
| NL | Tilmant, Michel | Chairman, ING N.V. |
| INT TR | Trichet, Jean-Claude Ülsever, Cüneyt | Governor, European Central Bank Columnist, Hürriyet |
| CH | Vasella, Daniel L. | Chairman and CEO, Novartis AG |
| NL | Veer, Jeroen van der | Chairman Committee of Managing Directors, Royal Dutch Shell Group |
| USA | Vinocur, John | Senior Correspondent, International Herald Tribune |
| S | Wallenberg, Jacob | Chairman of the Board, Investor AB; Vice-Chairman, SEB |
| USA | Warner, Mark R. | Governor of Virginia |
| GB | Weinberg, Peter | CEO, Goldman Sachs International |
| D | Wissmann, Matthias | Member of Parliament, CDU/CSU Fraktion |
| GB | Wolf, Martin H. | Associate Editor and Economics Commentator, The Financial Times |
| INT/USA | Wolfensohn, James D. | President, The World Bank |
| USA | Wolfowitz, Paul | President designate, The World Bank |
| USA | Zakaria, Fareed | Editor, Newsweek International |
| D | Zumwinkel, Klaus | Chairman of the Board of Management, Deutsche Post AG |
| Rapporteurs | ||
| GB | Micklethwait, R. John | United States Editor, The Economist |
| GB | Wooldridge, Adrian D. | Foreign Correspondent, The Economist |
Agenda
May 5-8, 2005 – Rottach-Egern, Germany
European-American relations
Iran
Iraq
The Middle East
Non-Proliferation
Asia
Economic Problems
Russia