- Source: List of Bilderberg participants
The following is a list of prominent persons who are known to have attended one or more conferences organized by the Bilderberg meeting. The list is currently organized by category. It is not a complete list and it includes both living and deceased people. Where known, the year(s) they attended are denoted in parentheses, while years denoting unrelated titles and positions are in brackets.
Royalty
= Belgium
=King Philippe of Belgium (2007–2009, 2012)
= United Kingdom
=King Charles III, Commonwealth realms (1986)
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Commonwealth realms (1965, 1967)(deceased)
= Netherlands
=Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands (1997, 2000, 2006, 2008–2015)
Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands (1954–1975)
King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands (2008, 2016)
= Norway
=King Harald V of Norway (1984)
Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway (2011)
= Spain
=Juan Carlos I of Spain, King of Spain (2004)
Queen Sofía of Spain (2008–2011, 2014)
Politics
= Austria
=Werner Faymann (2009, 2011, 2012) Chancellor [2008–2016]
Heinz Fischer (2010, 2015) Federal President [2004–2016]
Alfred Gusenbauer (2007, 2015) Chancellor [2007–2008]
Andreas Schieder (2016), Chairman, Social Democratic Group
= Belgium
=Yasmine Kherbache (2016), MP, Flemish Parliament
Charles Michel (2016), Prime Minister
Paul-Henri Spaak (1963), Former prime minister and Secretary General of NATO, (deceased)
= Canada
=Gordon Campbell (2010), Premier of British Columbia [2001–2011]
Mike Harris (2006), Premier of Ontario [1995–2002]
Jason Kenney (2014), Premier of Alberta [2019–2022]
Bernard Lord (2006), Premier of New Brunswick (1999–2006)
Frank McKenna (2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013), Premier of New Brunswick [1987–1997]
Bill Morneau (2016–2017), Minister of Finance [2015–2020]
Alison Redford (2012), Premier of Alberta [2011–2014]
Brad Wall (2013), Premier of Saskatchewan [2007–2018]
Nigel S. Wright (2012) Chief of Staff, Office of the Prime Minister of Canada [2011–2013]
Prime Ministers
Lester B. Pearson (1968), Prime Minister of Canada [1963–1968], (deceased)
Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1968), Prime Minister of Canada [1968–1979, 1980–1984], (deceased)
Jean Chrétien (1996), Prime Minister of Canada [1993–2003]
Paul Martin (1996), Prime Minister of Canada [2003–2006]
Stephen Harper (2003), Prime Minister of Canada [2006–2015]
= China
=Fu Ying (2011, 2012), Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, former ambassador to the UK and Australia
= Czech Republic
=Karel Schwarzenberg (2008)
Karel Kovanda (1998)
Michael Žantovský (1999, 2003)
Vladimír Dlouhý
Jiří Pehe (2001)
= Denmark
=Thomas Ahrenkiel (2016), Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence
Søren Pind (2016), Minister of Justice
= European Union
=European Union Commissioners who have attended include:
Frits Bolkestein (1996, 2003), former European Commissioner
Benoît Coeuré (2016), Member of the executive board, European Central Bank
Kristalina Georgieva (2016), Vice President, European Commission
Karel De Gucht (2015), former EU Trade Commissioner
Neelie Kroes (2011), EU Commissioner
Pascal Lamy (2003, 2010), former European Commissioner for Trade, Director-General of the World Trade Organization [2005–2013]
Peter Mandelson (1999, 2009,) former European Commissioner for Trade [2004–2008]
Pedro Solbes (2010), former European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, former Second Vice President of Spain, former Minister of Economy and Finance
= Finland
=Eero Heinäluoma (2006), former chairman of the Social Democratic Party, Minister of Finance [2005–2007]
Jyrki Katainen (2007, 2009), chairman of the National Coalition Party, former Minister of Finance and former prime minister
Alexander Stubb (2015), Minister of Finance, chairman of the National Coalition Party, former prime minister
Jutta Urpilainen (2012, 2013), former Minister of Finance
Matti Vanhanen (2009), former prime minister, former chairman of Centre Party
Elina Valtonen (2019), Politician, vice-chairman of National Coalition Party
= France
=Gaston Defferre (1964), member of National Assembly and mayor of Marseille (as of 1964), (deceased)
Laurent Fabius (2016), President, Constitutional Council
Sylvie Goulard (2016), Member of the European Parliament
Christine Lagarde (2013, 2016), Minister of Finance [2007–2011], managing director of the International Monetary Fund [2011–]
Emmanuel Macron (2014), President of the French Republic [2017–present]
Édouard Philippe (2016), Mayor of Le Havre
Georges Pompidou, Prime Minister of France [1962–1968], President of the French Republic [1969–1974], (deceased)
= Germany
=Joschka Fischer (2008), Foreign Minister [1998–2005]
Ursula von der Leyen (2015-2016, 2018–2019), Minister of Defence
Thomas de Maizière (2016), Minister of the Interior, Federal Ministry of the Interior
Angela Merkel (2005), German Chancellor
Wolfgang Schäuble (2016), Minister of Finance
Helmut Schmidt, West German Chancellor
Klaus Schwab (2016), Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum
Jens Spahn (2017), Parliamentary State Secretary and Federal Ministry of Finance
Peer Steinbrück (2011), German Chancellor Candidate
Linda Teuteberg (2019), General Secretary, Free Democratic Party
Stanislaw Tillich (2016), Minister-President of Saxony
Jürgen Trittin (2012), Environment Minister [1998–2005]
Guido Westerwelle (2007), Chairman of the Free Democratic Party of Germany and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany, (deceased)
= Greece
=George Alogoskoufis (2008, 2009), Minister of Economy and Finance [2004–2009]
Dora Bakoyannis (2009), Minister for Foreign Affairs [2006–2009]
Anna Diamantopoulou (2008, 2009), Member of Parliament
Anastasios Giannitsis (2012), Minister of the Interior (Greece) [2011–2012]
Kyriakos Mitsotakis (2016), Prime Minister (Greece), [2020–present]
Giorgos Papakonstantinou (2010, 2011), Minister of Finance [2009–2011]
Yannis Papathanasiou (2009), Minister for Economy and Finance [2009]
Yannis Stournaras (2009), Minister of Finance [2012–2013]
= Hungary
=Gordon Bajnai (2014), Prime Minister of Hungary [2009-2010]
= Iceland
=Bjarni Benediktsson (1965, 1967, 1970), Mayor of Reykjavík [1940–47], Foreign Minister [1947–55], editor of The Morning Paper [1956–59], Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs [1959–63], Prime Minister [1963–70], (deceased)
Björn Bjarnason (1974, 1977), Assistant editor of The Morning Paper [1984–1991], Minister of Education [1995–2002], Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs [2003, 2009]
Davíð Oddsson (ca. 1991–1999), Mayor of Reykjavík [1982–1991], Prime Minister [1991–2004], Foreign Minister [2004–2005], Central Bank governor [2005–2009], editor of The Morning Paper [as of September 2009]
Einar Benediktsson (ca. 1970), ambassador: OECD [1956–60], UK [1982–1986], European Union et al. [1986–1991], NATO [1986–1990], United States et al. [1993–1997], etc.
Geir Haarde, Central Bank economist [1977–1983], member and chairman of the Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee [1991–1998], Minister of Finance (1998–2005), Foreign Minister [2005–2006], Prime Minister [2006–2009]
Geir Hallgrímsson (ca. 1974–1977, 1980), Mayor of Reykjavík [1959–72], Prime Minister [1974–1978], Foreign Minister [1983–1986], Central Bank governor [1986–1990], (deceased)
Jón Sigurðsson (1993), IMF Board of Directors [1974–1987], Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs [1987–88], Industry and Commerce [1988–93], Central Bank governor [1993–94], Nordic Investment Bank governor [1994–2005]
= Ireland
=Garret FitzGerald (1985), former Taoiseach (deceased)
Paul Gallagher, Attorney General of Ireland
Dermot Gleeson, former Attorney General of Ireland
Charlie McCreevy
Michael McDowell (2007), former Attorney General, former Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform
Michael Noonan (2012, 2016), Minister for Finance
Peter Sutherland, Director General of the WTO and former Attorney General of Ireland (deceased)
Simon Coveney (2014), then Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, shortly afterwards became Minister for Defence
= Italy
=Emma Bonino, former Minister of Foreign Affairs
Marta Dassù (2016), Senior Director, European Affairs, Aspen Institute
Mario Draghi, President of the European Central Bank
Lilli Gruber, former member of the European Parliament, editor-in-chief and anchor "Otto e mezzo", La7 TV
Enrico Letta, former prime minister
Mario Monti, Economist, former prime minister
Matteo Renzi (2019), former prime minister, leader of Democratic Party
Renato Ruggiero, former WTO director, politician
= Japan
=Nobuo Tanaka (2009), executive director of the International Energy Agency, 2007–2011
= Netherlands
=Ahmed Aboutaleb (2016), Mayor, City of Rotterdam
Jan-Peter Balkenende (2008), Prime Minister 2002–2010
Sharon Dijksma (2016), Minister for the Environment
Kajsa Ollongren (2016), Deputy Mayor of Amsterdam
Alexander Pechtold, leader of D66, a political party
Mark Rutte (2012, 2016), Prime Minister
Diederik Samsom, former leader of PvdA, a political party
= Norway
=Børge Brende (2016), Former Finance Minister of the Conservative Party (H), President World Economic Forum, the former foreign, trade and environment minister of Norway and SG Norwegian Red Cross'
Jens Stoltenberg (2002), the former prime minister of Norway
Kristin Clemet (1999, 2008), Managing Director of the liberal and conservative think tank Civita, Former Minister of Education and Science
Geir Lundestad (2005), Director of the Norwegian Nobel institute and Secretary to The Nobel Peace Prize Committee
Siv Jensen, Leader of Fremskrittspartiet (2006)
= Poland
=Józef Retinger (1954 to 1960), Founder and secretary of Bilderberg Group (deceased)
Andrzej Olechowski (1994, 2004, 2005)
Hanna Suchocka (1998), Prime Minister
Jan Vincent-Rostowski (2012) Vice-Prime Minister, Minister of Finance,
Radoslaw Sikorski (2016), Senior Fellow, Harvard University; Former Minister of Foreign Affairs
Rafał Trzaskowski (2019), President of Warsaw
= Portugal
=Maria Luís Albuquerque (2016), Former Minister of Finance; MP, Social Democratic Party
José Pedro Aguiar-Branco, former Minister of Justice
Luís Amado, politician
Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral (1999), former Minister of Public Works, Transport and Communications
Luís Mira Amaral (1995), former Minister of Labour and Social Solidarity, chairman of Caixa Geral de Depósitos and CEO of Banco Português de Investimento
Francisco Pinto Balsemão (1981, 1983–1985, 1987–2008), former prime minister of Portugal, 1981–1983 and CEO of Impresa media group
António Miguel Morais Barreto (1992), former Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries
Fausto Logreira-Celine (2007, 2009–2013, 2016)
Vítor Constâncio (1988), governor of the Banco de Portugal, Vice President of the ECB
António Costa (2008), former Minister of Interior, former Mayor of Lisbon current prime minister of Portugal
João Cravinho, former Minister for Environment, Spatial Planning and Regional Development
José Manuel Durão Barroso (1994, 2003, 2005, 2013, 2016), former prime minister of Portugal and Minister of Foreign Affairs, and former President of the European Commission
José Medeiros Ferreira (1977, 1980), former Minister of Foreign Affairs
António Guterres (1994), former prime minister of Portugal, former president of the Socialist International and current Secretary-General of the United Nations
Manuela Ferreira Leite (2009), former Minister of Education and Minister of Finance and Public Administration
Pedro Santana Lopes (2004), former prime minister of Portugal
Francisco Luís Murteira Nabo, former chairman of Portugal Telecom, Minister of Public Works, Transport and Communications, and current chairman of Galp Energia and president of the Portuguese Economists Association
Manuel Pinho (2009), former Minister of Economy and Innovation
Paulo Portas, politician
Paulo Rangel, politician
Rui Rio (2008), former Mayor of Porto
Ferro Rodrigues, former Minister of Labour and Social Solidarity and Minister of Public Works, Transport and Communications
Jorge Sampaio, former President of Portugal
Fernando Teixeira dos Santos (2010), former Minister of Finance
Nuno Morais Sarmento, former Minister of Presidency and Minister of Parliament Affairs
António José Seguro, politician
Artur Santos Silva, former vice-governor of the Banco de Portugal, chairman of Banco Português de Investimento and current non-executive chairman of Jerónimo Martins
Augusto Santos Silva, former Minister of Education, Minister of Culture, Minister of Parliament Affairs, and Minister of National Defence
José Sócrates (2004), former prime minister of Portugal
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa (1998), former Minister of Parliament Affairs and the current president of Portugal
= Spain
=Inés Arrimadas (2019), Party Leader, Ciudadanos
Pablo Casado (2019), President, Partido Popular
María Dolores de Cospedal (2011), Secretary General of the People's Party
Albert Rivera Díaz (2017–2018), Leader of the political party Citizens from 2006 to 2019
Bernardino León Gross (2008, 2010, 2011), Secretary General of Office of the Prime Minister
Luis de Guindos (2017), Minister of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness
Jordi Pujol (1991), President of the Generalitat de Catalunya from 1980 to 2003
Miguel Ángel Moratinos (2009), Minister of Foreign Affairs 2004–2010
Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría (2012–2018), Deputy Prime Minister
Pedro Solbes (2009), Minister of Economy and Finance [1993–1996, 2004–2009]
Pedro Sánchez (2017), leader (Secretary-General) of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (2010), Prime Minister [2004–2011]
= Sweden
=Magdalena Andersson (2016), Minister of Finance, Prime Minister 2021-2022.
Carl Bildt (2006, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014) Prime Minister 1991–1994, Minister of Foreign Affairs 2006–2014
Anders Borg (2007, 2013) Minister of Finance 2006–2014
Thorbjörn Fälldin (1978), Prime Minister 1976–1978
Stefan Löfven (2013), Prime Minister 2014–
Annie Lööf (2017), Leader of the Centre Party 2011–
Maud Olofsson (2008), Minister of Industry 2006–2011
Fredrik Reinfeldt (2006), Prime Minister 2006–2014
Mona Sahlin (1996), Head of the Swedish Social Democratic Party 2007–2011
= Switzerland
=Christoph Blocher (2009), former member of Federal Council and former CEO of EMS Group
Doris Leuthard (2011), former member of Federal Council
Christa Markwalder (2016), president of the National Council and the Federal Assembly
Rolf Schweiger (2011)
Martin Vetterli (2016), president, NSF
= Turkey
=Ali Babacan (2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013), Minister of Economic Affairs 2002–2007, Minister of Foreign Affairs 2007–2009, Deputy Prime Minister 2009–2015
Ahmet Ünal Çeviköz (2019), MP, Republican People's Party (CHP)
Mehmet Şimşek (2016, 2018), Deputy Prime Minister
= United Kingdom
=Shirley Williams (deceased) (at least 2010, 2013), stateswoman and member, House of Lords; Harvard University Professor; Past President, Chatham House; int'l member, Council on Foreign Relations.
Helen Goodman (2016)
Paddy Ashdown (1989), former leader of Liberal Democrats, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina (deceased)
Ed Balls (2006, 2014–2015), former Economic Secretary to the Treasury and advisor to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and was Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (2007–2010)
Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington (Steering Committee member), former Foreign Secretary (deceased)
Kenneth Clarke (1993, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2013) Chancellor of the Exchequer [1993–1997], Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform [2008–2010], Lord Chancellor, Secretary of State for Justice [2010–2012], Minister without Portfolio [2012–2014]
Michael Gove (2022), Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities [2021-], Minister for Intergovernmental Relations [2021-]
Denis Arthur Greenhill, Lord Greenhill of Harrow (deceased) (1974),) former Head of Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Denis Healey (founder and Steering Committee member), former Chancellor of the Exchequer, Foreign Secretary and Deputy Leader of the Labour Party (UK) (deceased)
John Kerr (2008–2013, 2015–2016), member of the House of Lords and Deputy Chairman of Scottish Power
David Lammy (2022), Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs (2021-)
Peter Mandelson (1999, 2008, 2009, [2011–2013]) European Commissioner [2004–2008], Business Secretary [2008–2010]
John Monks (1996), former TUC General Secretary
George Osborne (2006–2009, 2013, 2016), Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer [2004–2010], Chancellor of the Exchequer [2010–2016]
David Owen (1982), former British Foreign Secretary and leader of the Social Democratic Party
Enoch Powell, (deceased) (1968), MP and Ulster Unionist
Malcolm Rifkind (1996), former Foreign Secretary
Eric Roll (1964, 1966, 1967, 1973–1975, 1977–1999) (Bilderberg Steering Committee), Department of Economic Affairs, 1964, later Bilderberg Group Chairman (deceased)
David Hannay, Baron Hannay of Chiswick (1995), Diplomatic posts at European Union and United Nations.
John Smith (1989) (deceased), Labour Party leader
Tom Tugendhat (2022), Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee (2017-)
Prime Ministers
Tony Blair (1993), Prime Minister [1997–2007]
Gordon Brown (1991), Prime Minister [2007– 2010]
Edward Heath, Prime Minister [1970–1974], (deceased)
Alec Douglas-Home (1977–1980), Chairman of the Bilderberg Group, Prime Minister [1963–1964], (deceased)
Margaret Thatcher (at least 1975, 1977, 1986), Prime Minister [1979–1990], (deceased)
David Cameron (2013), Prime Minister [2010–2016]
= United States
=Wally Adeyemo (2022) Deputy Treasury Secretary 2021–
Roger Altman (2008, 2013, 2016, 2022), Deputy Treasury Secretary from 1993 to 1994, Founder and Chairman of Evercore Partners
James H. Baker (2022) Director of the Office of Net Assessment 2015–
George W. Ball (1954, 1993), Under Secretary of State 1961–1968, Ambassador to U.N. 1968 (deceased)
Sandy Berger (1999), National Security Advisor, 1997–2001 (deceased)
William J. Burns (2016, 2022), Former President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 2014–2021, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency 2021–
Kurt M. Campbell (2022), National Security Council Coordinator for the Indo-Pacific 2021–
Hillary Clinton (1997), First Lady of the US when attending, later 67th United States Secretary of State
Thomas E. Donilon (2012), Executive Vice President for Law and Policy at Fannie Mae ([1999–2005], National Security Advisor (2010–2013)
Jen Easterly (2022) Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency [2021–]
Timothy Geithner (2008, 2009), Treasury Secretary
Dick Gephardt (2012), former Congressman and House Majority Leader
Christian Herter, (1961, 1963, 1964, 1966), 53rd United States Secretary of State (deceased)
Charles Douglas Jackson (1957, 1958, 1960), Special Assistant to the President (deceased)
Joseph E. Johnson (1954), President Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (deceased)
Henry Kissinger (1957, 1964, 1966, 1971, 1974, 1977, 1992, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2022), 56th United States Secretary of State and Chairman of Kissinger Associates
Jared Cohen (2018, 2019), CEO, Jigsaw
Jared Kushner (2019), Senior Advisor to the President, The White House
Mark G. Mazzie (1986, 1987), Chief of Staff, The Honorable George C. Wortley, U.S. House of Representatives.
H. R. McMaster (2017), U.S. National Security Advisor [2017–2018], and lieutenant-general.
Richard Perle (2011), Chairman of the Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee [2001–2003], United States Assistant Secretary of Defense [1981–1987]
David Petraeus (2015, 2016, 2019), Chairman, KKR Global Institute; 4th Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
Condoleezza Rice (2008), 66th United States Secretary of State
Wilbur Ross (2017), United States Secretary of Commerce [2017–2021]
Robert Rubin (2016), Co-chair, Council on Foreign Relations
George Shultz (2008), 60th United States Secretary of State
Lawrence Summers, Director of the National Economic Council
Paul Volcker (2010), chair of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board and Chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1979 to 1987 (deceased)
Bing West (2010), author and former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
Robert Zoellick (2008–2015), former Trade Representative, former deputy secretary of state and former president of the World Bank Group
Senators
Tom Daschle (2008), Senator from South Dakota [1987–2005]
John Edwards (2004), Senator from North Carolina [1999–2005]
Lindsey Graham (2016), Senator from South Carolina [2003–present]
Chuck Hagel (1999, 2000), Senator from Nebraska [1997–2009], Secretary of Defense [2013–2015]
John Kerry (2012), 68th United States Secretary of State and Senator from Massachusetts [1985–2013]
Kyrsten Sinema (2022), Senator from Arizona [2019–present]
Governors
Bill Clinton, then Governor of Arkansas (1991), President of the United States [1993–2001]
Mitch Daniels (2012) Governor of Indiana [2004–2013]
Jon Huntsman Jr. (2012), Governor of Utah [2005–2009]
John Hickenlooper (2018), Governor of Colorado [2011–2019]
Rick Perry (2007), Governor of Texas [2000–2015]
Mark Sanford (2008), Governor of South Carolina [2003–2011]
Kathleen Sebelius (2008), Governor of Kansas [2003–2009], Secretary of Health and Human Services [2009–2014]
Mark Warner (2005), Governor of Virginia [2002–2006], Senator from Virginia [assumed office 3 January 2009]
Military
= Canada
=Chris Hadfield (2016), Colonel, Astronaut
= Netherlands
=Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (2010), former Secretary General of NATO
= United Kingdom
=Colin Gubbins (1955, 1957, 1958, 1963, 1964, 1966), head of the British SOE (deceased)
= United States
=Keith B. Alexander (2012), Commander US Cyber Command; Director, National Security Agency.
Philip M. Breedlove (2016), Former Supreme Allied Commander Europe
Alexander Haig (1978), NATO Commander 1974–1979 (US Secretary of State 1981–1982) (deceased)
Ben Hodges (2022), United States European Command 2014–2018, Pershing Chair in Strategic Studies, Center for European Policy Analysis
Lyman Lemnitzer (1963), Supreme Allied Commander NATO 1963–1969 (deceased)
Financial institutions
= Austria
=Andreas Treichl (2009), CEO of Erste Bank
Rudolf Scholten (2010, 2016), Member of the Board of Executive Directors, Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG
Walter Rothensteiner (2011) CEO of Raiffeisen Zentralbank
= Belgium
=Thomas Leysen (2016), Chairman, KBC Group
= Canada
=Neil McKinnon, (1965), President of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC).
Louis Rasminsky, (1968), third Governor of the Bank of Canada from 1961 to 1973. (deceased)
Frank McKenna, (2006, 2008, 2010, 2012), Deputy Chair of TD Bank Financial Group, Canadian Ambassador to the United States 2005–2006, Premier of New Brunswick 1987–1997
Marcel Faribault, (1966), Canadian notary, businessman and administrator, he became president of Trust Général du Canada. (deceased)
Mark Carney, (2011, 2012), Governor of the Bank of England from July 2013 on, eighth governor of the Bank of Canada from 2008 to 2013 and the chairman of the Financial Stability Board, an institution of the G20 based in Basel, Switzerland.
Clark, Edmund, (2008, 2010, 2011, 2012), President and CEO, TD Bank Financial Group
= Finland
=Björn Wahlroos (2016), Chairman, Sampo Group, Nordea Bank, UPM-Kymmene Corporation
= France
=Henri de Castries (2008–2015), chairman and CEO of AXA
Jean-Claude Trichet (2008, 2009, 2010) President of the European Central Bank 2003–2011
= Germany
=Paul M. Achleitner (2016–2019), Treasurer Foundation Bilderberg Meetings; Chairman Supervisory Board, Deutsche Bank
Oliver Bäte (2017), CEO, Allianz SE
John Cryan (2016), CEO, Deutsche Bank
Carsten Kengeter (2016–2017), CEO, Deutsche Börse
Siegmund Warburg (1977) (deceased)
= Greece
=Takis Arapoglou (2009), former chairman and CEO of National Bank of Greece
= Italy
=Claudio Costamagna (2016), Chairman, Cassa Depositi e Prestiti S.p.A.
= Netherlands
=Wim Duisenberg, former European Central Bank President (deceased)
= Poland
=Sławomir Sikora (2004) – CEO of Citibank
= Portugal
=Antonio Nogueira Leite (in Portuguese) (2011), Economist
Francisco Pinto Balsemão, media businessman
António Borges, economist, economics professor at INSEAD, Goldman Sachs executive, vice-president of PSD (Social Democratic Party)
= Spain
=Ana Botín (2010, 2016–2019), Group Executive Chair, Banco Santander
Juan María Nin Génova (2009–2012), CEO of La Caixa
Matías Rodríguez Inciarte (2010), Vice Chairman of Banco Santander
= Turkey
=Suzan Sabancı Dinçer (2009, 2010), Chairman of Akbank
= United Kingdom
=Gordon Richardson, (1966, 1975) former governor of the Bank of England (deceased)
Douglas Flint (2016), Group Chairman, HSBC
= United States
=David Rockefeller, Sr. (2008, 2009, 2011), Former chairman, Chase Manhattan Bank (deceased)
William Joseph McDonough (1997), former president, Federal Reserve Bank of New York (deceased)
Ben Bernanke (2008, 2009), Chairman of the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve
Paul Volcker (1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1997, 2009, 2010), former chairman of the Federal Reserve
Corporations
= Austria
=René Benko (2016), Founder and chairman of the advisory board, SIGNA Holding GmbH
= Switzerland
=Rolf Soiron (2011), CEO of Holcim Ltd.
= Canada
=Heather Reisman (2016), Chair and CEO, Indigo Books & Music
= Denmark
=Christian Dyvig (2016), Chairman, Kompan
Ulrik Federspiel (2016), Group Executive, Haldor Topsøe
= Finland
=Jorma Ollila (1997, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013), current Non-Executive Chairman of Royal Dutch Shell and former chairman of Nokia Corporation
= France
=Patricia Barbizet (2016), CEO, Artemis
Nicolas Baverez (2016), Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Michel Bon, former CEO of France Telecom
Tom Enders (2011), CEO of Airbus
André Lévy-Lang, (in French) former CEO of Paribas
Baron Edmond de Rothschild (1977), French-Swiss banker, Philanthropist
= Germany
=Josef Ackermann (2008–2011, 2013), CEO of Deutsche Bank
Otto Wolff von Amerongen, Chairman Otto Wolff
Werner Baumann (2017), Chairman, Bayer
Hans-Christian Boos (2019), CEO and Founder, Arago
Frank Bsirske (2017), Chairman, United Services Union
Thomas Enders (2016), CEO, Airbus Group
Ulrich Grillo (2016), Chairman, Grillo-Werke; President, Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie
Timotheus Höttges (2016), CEO, Deutsche Telekom
Sonja Jost (2019), CEO, DexLeChem
Joe Kaeser (2016), President and CEO, Siemens
Susanne Klatten (2017), Managing Director, SKion
Klaus Kleinfeld (2008–2013), Chairman and CEO of Alcoa
Jürgen E. Schrempp (1994–1996, 1997), 1998, 1999, 2001–2005, 2006, 2007), former CEO of DaimlerChrysler
Dieter Zetsche (2019), Former chairman, Daimler AGDEU
= Greece
=George A. David (2009–2011), Chairman of Coca-Cola Hellenic
George Logothetis (2016), Chairman and CEO, Libra Group
Dimitris Papalexopoulos (2008, 2009, 2012, 2016), CEO, Titan Cement
= Iceland
=Hörður Sigurgestsson, former CEO of shipping line Eimskip, former chairman and CFO of Icelandair
= Ireland
=Peter Sutherland (1989–1996, 1997, 2005), former chairman of BP (deceased)
Denis O'Brien, billionaire with a variety of business interests (including Digicel, Communicorp, Independent News & Media, Irish Water and Topaz Energy)
Michael O'Leary (2015–2016), CEO, Ryanair
= Italy
=Giovanni Agnelli (1997), Honorary Chairman of Fiat Automobiles (deceased)
Umberto Agnelli (1997), Chairman of IFIL (deceased)
Franco Bernabè (2011, 2013, 2016), CEO of Telecom Italia
John Elkann (2008–2012, 2014–2016), Chairman and CEO, EXOR; chairman, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles
= Netherlands
=Ben van Beurden (2016), CEO, Royal Dutch Shell
Jeroen van der Veer (in Dutch) Former CEO Royal Dutch Shell
= Norway
=Svein Richard Brandtzæg (2016), President and CEO, Norsk Hydro
Jens Chr. Hauge (member of the group's board; industrialist, who resigned as minister of justice in 1955; minister of defence appointment in 1945)
Helge Lund (2019) chairman of BP and Novo Nordisk.
Kristin Skogen Lund (2016), Director General, Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise
= Poland
=Jacek Szwajcowski (2004, 2005) – CEO of Polska Grupa Farmaceutyczna (Polish Pharmaceutical Group)
Grzegorz Hajdarowicz (2018) – CEO of GREMI International
= Portugal
=Manuel Ferreira de Oliveira, CEO of Galp Energia
Ricardo Salgado, CEO of Banco Espírito Santo
Carlos Gomes da Silva (2016), Vice Chairman and CEO, Galp Energia
= Russia
=Anatoly Chubais (1998, 2012, 2024), head of the Russian Nanotechnology Corporation, Visiting Professor, London School of Economics.
Alexei Mordashov (2011), CEO of Severstal
= Spain
=César Alierta (2010, 2016), Chairman and CEO of Telefónica
Juan Luis Cebrián (2016), Executive Chairman, PRISA and El País
José Manuel Entrecanales (2009, 2010), Chairman of Acciona
Jaime Carvajal, 5th Marquess of Isasi (2010), Chairman of Advent International
= Sweden
=Marcus Wallenberg Jr. (1957, 1958, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981)
Peter Wallenberg Sr. (1984, 1987)
Marcus Wallenberg (1996, 1997, 2001, 2009, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019)
Percy Barnevik (1992–1996, 1997, 2001), former CEO of ASEA
Conni Jonsson (2016), Founder and chairman, EQT AB
Lars Renström (2010), President and CEO of Alfa Laval
Hans Stråberg (2006), CEO of Electrolux
Jacob Wallenberg (2000–2016), Chairman of Investor AB
= Switzerland
=Peter Brabeck-Letmathe (2011), Chairman of Nestlé
André Kudelski (2011, 2016), Chairman and CEO, Kudelski Group
Daniel Vasella (2008–2013), Chairman of Novartis
Peter Voser (2010, 2013), Chairman of ABB and former CEO of Royal Dutch Shell
= Turkey
=Süreyya Ciliv (2011), CEO of Turkcell
Levent Çakiroglu (2017), CEO, Koç Holding
Mustafa Koç (2008–2013), Chairman of Koç Holding
Ömer M. Koç (2017–2019), Chairman, Koç Holding A.S.
Tuncay Özilhan (2010), Chairman of Anadolu Group
Şefika Pekin (2011), attorney
Serpil Timuray (2012), CEO of Vodafone Turkey
Agah Uğur (2009), CEO of Borusan Holding
Sinan Ülgen (2017), Founding and Partner, Istanbul Economics
= United Kingdom
=Marcus Agius, (2011, 2013, 2016), Chairman, PA Consulting Group
Lord Browne of Madingley (1995, 1997, 2004), Chief Executive of BP
Robert Dudley (2016), Group Chief Executive, BP
Dido Harding (2016), CEO, TalkTalk Group
Demis Hassabis (2016), Co-founder and CEO, DeepMind
John Sawers (2016), Chairman and Partner, Macro Advisory Partners
Martin Taylor (1993–1996, 1997, 2013), former CEO of Barclays
= United States
=Sam Altman (2016, 2022), President, Y Combinator;co-chairman of OpenAI
Jeff Bezos (2011, 2013), Founder and CEO of Amazon
Albert Bourla (2022) Chairman and CEO, Pfizer
Timothy C. Collins (2008–2012), CEO of Ripplewood Holdings
David M. Cote (2016), Chairman and CEO, Honeywell
Roger W. Ferguson, Jr. (2016), President and CEO, TIAA
Bill Gates (2010), Chairman of Microsoft
Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., former CEO of IBM
Donald E. Graham (2008–2010), CEO and chairman of The Washington Post Company, board of directors for Facebook
H. J. Heinz II (1954), CEO of Heinz (deceased)
Mary Kay Henry (2022), International President of Service Employees International Union
Mellody Hobson (2016, 2022), President, Ariel Investments, Chairwoman of Starbucks
Reid Hoffman (2016, 2019, 2022), Co-founder and Executive Chairman, LinkedIn, partner at Greylock Partners
Chris Hughes (2011), Co-founder of Facebook
Kenneth M. Jacobs (2016), Chairman and CEO, Lazard
James A. Johnson (2016), Chairman, Johnson Capital Partners (deceased)
Vernon Jordan (2016), Senior Managing Director, Lazard Frères & Co
Alex Karp (2016, 2022), CEO, Palantir Technologies
Klaus Kleinfeld (2016), Chairman and CEO, Alcoa
Henry Kravis (2008–2016, 2022), co-founder, co-chairman, and co-CEO of KKR
Richard Levin (2016), CEO, Coursera
Divesh Makan (2016), CEO, ICONIQ Capital
Scott Malcomson (2016), Author; President, Monere Ltd.
Craig Mundie (2016), Principal, Mundie & Associates
Satya Nadella (2019), CEO of Microsoft
Eric Schmidt (2008, 2010, 2011, 2013–2016, 2019, 2022), Executive Chairman of Alphabet
Peter Thiel (2007–2016, 2019, 2022), President of Clarium Capital and PayPal co-founder
= Venezuela
=Gustavo Cisneros (2010), Chairman of Grupo Cisneros
Academic
= Canada
=Yoshua Bengio (2016), Professor in Computer Science and Operations Research, University of Montreal
James Orbinski, (2011), Professor of Medicine and Political Science, University of Toronto, he was President of the International Council of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF, aka Doctors Without Borders) at the time the organization received the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize.
= China
=Huang Yiping (2011, 2012), Professor of Economics, China Center for Economic Research, Peking University
= Finland
=Matti Apunen (2016), Director, Finnish Business and Policy Forum EVA
= France
=C. Fred Bergsten (1971, 1974, 1984, 1997), President, Peterson Institute
Olivier Blanchard (2016), Fred Bergsten Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute
Emmanuelle Charpentier (2016), Director, Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology
Thierry de Montbrial, Director of the Institut Français des Relations Internationales
= Germany
=Renate Köcher (2018), Managing Director, Allensbach Institute for Public Opinion Research
Hans-Werner Sinn (2016), Professor for Economics and Public Finance, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
= Greece
=Loukas Tsoukalis (2009–2012), President of the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy
= Italy
=Carlo Ratti (2016), Director, MIT Senseable City Lab
= Netherlands
=Victor Halberstadt (2000–2012, 2016), Professor of Economics, Leiden University; former honorary secretary general of Bilderberg Meetings
Robbert Dijkgraaf (2013), mathematical physicist, director and Leon Levy professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, professor at the University of Amsterdam
= Russia
=Sergei Guriev (2015)
= Spain
=Juan Luis Cebrián (2017–2018), Executive Chairman, El País
Luis Garicano (2016), Professor of Economics, LSE; Senior Advisor to Ciudadanos
= Switzerland
=Beatrice Weder di Mauro (2016), Professor of Economics, University of Mainz
= Turkey
=Mustafa Akyol (2017), Senior Visiting Fellow, Freedom Project at Wellesley College
Senem Aydin-Düzgit (2016), Associate Professor and Jean Monnet Chair, Istanbul Bilgi University
Evren Balta (2019), Associate Professor of Political Science, Özyegin University
Canan Dağdeviren (2018), Assistant Professor, MIT Media Lab
Selva Demiralp (2019), Professor of Economics, Koç University
Soli Özel (2016), Professor, Kadir Has University
Behlül Özkan (2018), Associate Professor in International Relations, Marmara University
Metin Sitti (2019), Professor, Koç University; Director, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems
= United Kingdom
=Guy Standing (2016), Co-president, BIEN; Research Professor, University of London
= United States
=William C. Dudley (2022) Senior Research Scholar, Princeton University
Niall Ferguson (2016), Professor of History, Harvard University
Marie-Josée Kravis (2016, 2022), Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute, chair, Museum of Modern Art
Yann LeCun (2022), Silver Professor of the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
Charles A. Murray (2016), W.H. Brady Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
Richard Pipes (1981), Senior Staff Member, National Security Council (deceased)
Media
= Austria
=Oscar Bronner (2008–2011, 2013), Publisher and Editor, Der Standard
= Canada
=Peter Mansbridge (2010), CBC's chief correspondent and anchor of The National, CBC Television's flagship nightly newscast
Conrad Black, Baron Black of Crossharbour, (1981, 1983, 1985–1997), Hollinger International, Author and former media magnate
Robert Prichard (2010), the president of Ontario's Metrolinx
Heather Reisman (2000 – present), CEO of Chapters/Indigo, co-founder of the Heseg Foundation
David Frum (1997), Canadian American journalist and a former economic speechwriter for President George W. Bush
= Denmark
=Tøger Seidenfaden (1999, 2001–03), editor-in-chief, Politiken (deceased)
= France
=Nicolas Beytout, (in French) Editor of Le Figaro (France)
Etienne Gernelle (2016, 2017), Editorial Director, Le Point
Érik Izraelewicz (2012), CEO of Le Monde (deceased)
= Germany
=Mathias Döpfner (2016–2019), Chairman and CEO, Axel Springer SE
Thomas Ebeling (2016), CEO, ProSiebenSat.1
Julia Jäkel (2016), CEO, Gruner + Jahr
= Greece
=Alexis Papahelas (2008, 2009), Managing editor of Kathimerini
= Italy
=Carlo Rossella (1997), Editor, La Stampa
Lilli Gruber (2012, 2016), Journalist – Anchorwoman, La7
= Spain
=Juan Luis Cebrián (2008–2012), CEO of PRISA
Javier Monzón (2019), Chairman, PRISA
= Switzerland
=Michael Ringier (2009), Chairman of Ringier
Pietro Supino (2012), Chairman of Tamedia
= Turkey
=Cansu Çamlibel (2017), Washington DC Bureau Chief, Hürriyet Newspaper
Sami Kohen (2009), Senior Foreign Affairs Columnist of Milliyet
Murat Yetkin (2018), Editor-in-chief, Hürriyet Daily News
= United Kingdom
=Zanny Minton Beddoes (2016), Editor-in-Chief, The Economist
Will Hutton (1997), former CEO of The Work Foundation and editor-in-chief for The Observer
Andrew Knight (1996), journalist, editor, and media baron
= United States
=Fouad Ajami (2012), Senior Fellow, The Hoover Institution, Stanford University (deceased)
Anne Applebaum (2016, 2022), Columnist, Washington Post; Director of the Transitions Forum, Legatum Institute
William F. Buckley Jr. (1996), columnist and founder of National Review (deceased)
Richard Engel (2016), Chief Foreign Correspondent, NBC News
Megan McArdle (2016), Columnist, Bloomberg View
John Micklethwait (2016), Editor-in-Chief, Bloomberg L.P.
Peggy Noonan (2016), Author, Columnist, The Wall Street Journal
Charlie Rose (2008, 2010, 2011, 2012), Executive Editor and Anchor, 'Charlie Rose'
George Stephanopoulos (1996, 1997), Former Communications Director of the Clinton Administration (1993–1996), now ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent
See also
List of Bilderberg meetings
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- List of Bilderberg participants
- 2024 Bilderberg Conference
- List of Bilderberg meetings
- Bilderberg Meeting
- 2023 Bilderberg Conference
- 2022 Bilderberg Conference
- 2013 Bilderberg Conference
- Heather Reisman
- 2015 Bilderberg Conference
- Lilli Gruber