INFLUENTIAL LEADERS OF EUROPE

Austria

  • Benko, René : Founder, SIGNA Holding GmbH
  • Bronner, Oscar : Publisher, Standard Verlagsgesellschaft
  • Fischer, Heinz : Federal President
  • Gusenbauer, Alfred : Former Chancellor of the Republic of Austria
  • Hampel, Erich : Chairman, UniCredit Bank Austria AG
  • Hesoun, Wolfgang : CEO, Siemens Austria
  • Kogler, Konrad : Director General, Directorate General for Public Security
  • Roiss, Gerhard : CEO, OMV Austria
  • Scholten, Rudolf : CEO, Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG
  • Sevelda, Karl : CEO, Raiffeisen Bank International AG

Belgium

  • De Gucht, Karel : Former EU Trade Commissioner, State Minister
  • Leysen, Thomas : Chairman of the Board of Directors, KBC Group
  • Michel, Charles : Prime Minister

Denmark

  • Ahrenkiel, Thomas: Director, Danish Intelligence Service (DDIS)
  • Eldrup, Merete : CEO, TV 2 Danmark A/S
  • Federspiel, Ulrik : Executive Vice President, Haldor Topsøe A/S
  • Markus Lassen, Christina : Head of Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Security Policy and Stabilisation

Finland

  • Apunen, Matti: Director, Finnish Business and Policy Forum EVA
  • Mörttinen, Leena : Executive Director, The Finnish Family Firms Association
  • Stubb, Alexander : Prime Minister

France

  • Castries, Henri de : Chairman and CEO, AXA Group
  • Castries, Henri de : Chairman, Bilderberg Meetings; Chairman and CEO, AXA Group
  • Baverez, Nicolas : Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
  • Bigorgne, Laurent : Director, Institut Montaigne
  • Boone, Laurence : Special Adviser on Financial and Economic Affairs to the President
  • Calvar, Patrick : Director General, DGSI
  • Juppé, Alain : Mayor of Bordeaux, Former Prime Minister
  • Kepel, Gilles : University Professor, Sciences Po
  • Pégard, Catherine : President, Public Establishment of the Palace, Museum and National Estate of Versailles
  • Senard, Jean-Dominique : CEO, Michelin Group

Germany

  • Achleitner, Paul M: Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Deutsche Bank AG
  • Döpfner, Mathias : CEO, Axel Springer SE
  • Enders, Thomas : CEO, Airbus Group
  • Jäkel, Julia : CEO, Gruner + Jahr
  • Kaeser, Joe : President and CEO, Siemens AG
  • Lauk, Kurt : President, Globe Capital Partners
  • Leyen, Ursula von der : Minister of Defence
  • Suder, Katrin : Deputy Minister of Defence

Greece

  • Papalexopoulos, Dimitri : Group CEO, Titan Cement Co.
  • Pikrammenos, Panagiotis : Honorary President of The Hellenic Council of State
  • Tsoukalis, Loukas : President, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy

Ireland

  • O’Leary, Michael : CEO, Ryanair Plc
  • Sutherland, Peter D. : UN Special Representative; Chairman, Goldman Sachs International

Italy

  • Bernabè, Franco : Chairman, FB Group SRL
  • Elkann, John : Chairman and CEO, EXOR; Chairman, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles
  • Gruber, Lilli : Executive Editor and Anchor “Otto e mezzo”, La7 TV
  • Monti, Mario : Senator-for-life; President, Bocconi University
  • Rocca, Gianfelice : Chairman, Techint Group

Netherlands

  • Beurden, Ben van : CEO, Royal Dutch Shell plc
  • Dijsselbloem, Jeroen : Minister of Finance
  • Fresco, Louise O. : President and Chairman Executive Board, Wageningen University and Research Centre
  • Halberstadt, Victor : Professor of Economics, Leiden University
  • Knot, Klaas H.W. : President, De Nederlandsche Bank
  • Netherlands, H.R.H. Princess Beatrix of the
  • Rutte, Mark : Prime Minister

Norway

  • Brandtzæg, Svein Richard : President and CEO, Norsk Hydro ASA
  • Eilertsen, Trine : Political Editor, Aftenposten
  • Svarva, Olaug : CEO, The Government Pension Fund Norway

Poland

  • Applebaum, Anne: Director of Transitions Forum, Legatum Institute

Portugal

  • Balsemão, Francisco Pinto: Chairman, Impresa SGPS
  • Barroso, José M. Durão: Former President of the European Commission
  • Vitorino, António M. : Partner, Cuetrecasas, Concalves Pereira, RL

Spain

  • Botín, Ana P. : Chairman Banco Santander
  • Cebrián, Juan Luis : Executive Chairman, Grupo PRISA
  • Sánchez Pérez-Castejón, Pedro : Leader, Partido Socialista Obrero Español PSOE

Sweden

  • Damberg, Mikael L. : Minister for Enterprise and Innovation
  • Lemne, Carola : CEO, The Confederation of Swedish Enterprise
  • Svanberg, Carl-Henric : Chairman, BP plc; Chairman, AB Volvo
  • Wallenberg, Jacob : Chairman, Investor AB

Switzerland

  • Franz, Christoph: Chairman of the Board, F. Hoffman-La Roche Ltd
  • Hildebrand, Philipp : Vice Chairman, BlackRock Inc.
  • Kudelski, André : Chairman and CEO, Kudelski Group
  • Maudet, Pierre : Vice-President of the State Council, Department of Security, Police and the Economy of Geneva

United Kingdom

  • Agius, Marcus: Non-Executive Chairman, PA Consulting Group
  • Balls, Edward M. : Former Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
  • Dowling, Ann : President, Royal Academy of Engineering
  • Fairhead, Rona: Chairman, BBC Trust
  • Flint, Douglas J.: Group Chairman, HSBC Holdings plc
  • Hassabis, Demis: Vice President of Engineering, Google DeepMind
  • Kerr, John: Deputy Chairman, Scottish Power
  • Maher, Shiraz: Senior Research Fellow, ICSR, King’s College, London
  • Minton Beddoes, Zanny: Editor-in-Chief, The Economist
  • Osborne, George: First Secretary of State and Chancellor of the Exchequer
  • Sawers, John: Chairman and Partner, Macro Advisory Partners
  • Wolf, Martin H. : Chief Economics Commentator, The Financial Times

International

  • Coeuré, Benoît : Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank
  • Ischinger, Wolfgang, Chairman, Munich Security Conference
  • Stoltenberg, Jens: Secretary General, NATO
  • Üzümcü, Ahmet : Director-General, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

Note: They all participated in the 2015 Bilderberg Meeting

Key Topics

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Cybersecurity
  • Chemical Weapons Threats
  • Current Economic Issues
  • European Strategy
  • Globalisation
  • Greece
  • Iran
  • Middle East
  • NATO
  • Russia
  • Terrorism
  • United Kingdom
  • USA
  • US Elections

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