Bilderberg 2008

Flemming Rose of cartoon fame ... George Pratt Shultz, 88 this year ... Dimitris Papalexopoulos, CEO of a Greek cement company ... Paul Wolfowitz, the first president World Bank to be (effectively) dismissed in its 62-year history ... There were some strange birds in Chantilly, Virginia when the Bilderberg 2008 came to town between 5th and 8th June.  Amongst all the usual political, banking, legal and multinational suspects, there were about a dozen CEOs of companies I have never heard of.

Why was Harold Goddijn of the Dutch car satnav specialist TomTom invited to participate?  RFID?

And as well as the Greek cement guy, Bertrand Collomb, Honorary Chairman of plasterboard manufacturer Lafarge, was also in attendance.  So what’s the fascination with cement and plasterboard?

It’s certain, of course, that we will never really know.

Here, anyway, is the full list of attendees as published by Prison Planet:-

Honorary Chairman: BEL “Davignon, Etienne” “Vice Chairman, Suez-Tractebel”

DEU “Ackermann, Josef” “Chairman of the Management Board and the Group
Executive Committee, Deutsche Bank AG”
CAN “Adams, John” Associate Deputy Minister of National Defence and
Chief of the Communications Security Establishment Canada
USA “Ajami, Fouad” “Director, Middle East Studies Program, The Paul H.
Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, The Johns Hopkins
University”
USA “Alexander, Keith B. ” “Director, National Security Agency”
INT “Almunia, Joaquín ” “Commissioner, European Commission”
GRC “Alogoskoufis, George” Minister of Economy and Finance
USA “Altman, Roger C. ” “Chairman, Evercore Partners Inc. “
TUR “Babacan, Ali ” Minister of Foreign Affairs
NLD “Balkenende, Jan Peter” Prime Minister
PRT “Balsemão, Francisco Pinto” “Chairman and CEO, IMPRESA, S. G. P. S.
; Former Prime Minister”
FRA “Baverez, Nicolas” “Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP”
ITA “Bernabè, Franco” “CEO, Telecom Italia Spa”
USA “Bernanke, Ben S. ” “Chairman, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve
System”
SWE “Bildt, Carl” Minister of Foreign Affairs
FIN “Blåfield, Antti ” “Senior Editorial Writer, Helsingin Sanomat”
DNK “Bosse, Stine” “CEO, TrygVesta”
CAN “Brodie, Ian ” “Chief of Staff, Prime Minister’s Office”
AUT “Bronner, Oscar” “Publisher and Editor, Der Standard”
FRA “Castries, Henri de ” “Chairman of the Management Board and CEO, AXA”
ESP “Cebrián, Juan Luis” “CEO, PRISA”
CAN “Clark, Edmund” “President and CEO, TD Bank Financial Group”
GBR “Clarke, Kenneth” Member of Parliament
NOR “Clemet, Kristin” “Managing Director, Civita”
USA “Collins, Timothy C. ” “Senior Managing Director and CEO, Ripplewood
Holdings, LLC”
FRA “Collomb, Bertrand” “Honorary Chairman, Lafarge”
PRT “Costa, António” Mayor of Lisbon
USA “Crocker, Chester A. ” James R. Schlesinger Professor of Strategic
Studies
USA “Daschle, Thomas A. ” Former US Senator and Senate Majority Leader
CAN “Desmarais, Jr. , Paul ” “Chairman and co-CEO, Power Corporation of
Canada”
GRC “Diamantopoulou, Anna” Member of Parliament
USA “Donilon, Thomas E. ” “Partner, O’Melveny & Myers”
ITA “Draghi, Mario” “Governor, Banca d’Italia”
AUT “Ederer, Brigitte” “CEO, Siemens AG Österreich”
CAN “Edwards, N. Murray ” “Vice Chairman, Candian Natural Resources Limited”
DNK “Eldrup, Anders ” “President, DONG A/S”
ITA “Elkann, John” “Vice Chairman, Fiat S. p. A. “
USA “Farah, Martha J. ” “Director, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience;
Walter H. Annenberg Professor in the Natural Sciences, University of
Pennsylvania”
USA “Feldstein, Martin S. ” “President and CEO, National Bureau of
Economic Research”
DEU “Fischer, Joschka” Former Minister of Foreign Affairs
USA “Ford, Jr. , Harold E. ” “Vice Chairman, Merill Lynch & Co. , Inc. “
CHE “Forstmoser, Peter” “Professor for Civil, Corporation and Capital
Markets Law, University of Zürich”
IRL “Gallagher, Paul ” Attorney General
USA “Geithner, Timothy F. ” “President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of
New York”
USA “Gigot, Paul ” “Editorial Page Editor, The Wall Street Journal”
IRL “Gleeson, Dermot ” “Chairman, AIB Group”
NLD “Goddijn, Harold” “CEO, TomTom”
TUR “Gögüs, Zeynep ” “Journalist; Founder, EurActiv. com. tr”
USA “Graham, Donald E. ” “Chairman and CEO, The Washington Post Company”
NLD “Halberstadt, Victor” “Professor of Economics, Leiden University;
Former Honorary Secretary General of Bilderberg Meetings”
USA “Holbrooke, Richard C. ” “Vice Chairman, Perseus, LLC”
FIN “Honkapohja, Seppo” “Member of the Board, Bank of Finland”
INT “Hoop Scheffer, Jaap G. de” “Secretary General, NATO”
USA “Hubbard, Allan B. ” “Chairman, E & A Industries, Inc. “
BEL “Huyghebaert, Jan” “Chairman of the Board of Directors, KBC Group”
DEU “Ischinger, Wolfgang” Former Ambassador to the UK and US
USA “Jacobs, Kenneth” “Deputy Chairman, Head of Lazard U. S. , Lazard
Frères & Co. LLC”
USA “Johnson, James A. ” “Vice Chairman, Perseus, LLC” (Obama’s man
tasked with selecting his running mate)
SWE “Johnstone, Tom ” “President and CEO, AB SKF”
USA “Jordan, Jr. , Vernon E. ” “Senior Managing Director, Lazard Frères
& Co. LLC”
FRA “Jouyet, Jean-Pierre ” Minister of European Affairs
GBR “Kerr, John ” “Member, House of Lords; Deputy Chairman, Royal Dutch
Shell plc. “
USA “Kissinger, Henry A. ” “Chairman, Kissinger Associates, Inc. “
DEU “Klaeden, Eckart von” “Foreign Policy Spokesman, CDU/CSU”
USA “Kleinfeld, Klaus” “President and COO, Alcoa”
TUR “Koç, Mustafa ” “Chairman, Koç Holding A. S. “
FRA “Kodmani, Bassma” “Director, Arab Reform Initiative”
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”
POL “Kwasniewski, Aleksander ” Former President
AUT “Leitner, Wolfgang” “CEO, Andritz AG”
ESP “León Gross, Bernardino” “Secretary General, Office of the Prime
Minister”
INT “Mandelson, Peter” “Commissioner, European Commission”
FRA “Margerie, Christophe de” “CEO, Total”
CAN “Martin, Roger” “Dean, Joseph L. Rotman School of Management,
University of Toronto”
HUN “Martonyi, János” “Professor of International Trade Law; Partner,
Baker & McKenzie; Former Minister of Foreign Affairs”
USA “Mathews, Jessica T. ” “President, Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace”
INT “McCreevy, Charlie ” “Commissioner, European Commission”
USA “McDonough, William J. ” “Vice Chairman and Special Advisor to the
Chairman, Merrill Lynch & Co. , Inc. “
CAN “McKenna, Frank” “Deputy Chair, TD Bank Financial Group”
GBR “McKillop, Tom ” “Chairman, The Royal Bank of Scotland Group”
FRA “Montbrial, Thierry de” “President, French Institute for
International Relations”
ITA “Monti, Mario” “President, Universita Commerciale Luigi Bocconi”
USA “Mundie, Craig J. ” “Chief Research and Strategy Officer, Microsoft
Corporation”
NOR “Myklebust, Egil” “Former Chairman of the Board of Directors SAS,
Norsk Hydro ASA”
DEU “Nass, Matthias” “Deputy Editor, Die Zeit”
NLD “Netherlands, H. M. the Queen of the”
FRA “Ockrent, Christine” “CEO, French television and radio world service”
FIN “Ollila, Jorma” “Chairman, Royal Dutch Shell plc”
SWE “Olofsson, Maud ” Minister of Enterprise and Energy; Deputy Prime
Minister
NLD “Orange, H. R. H. the Prince of”
GBR “Osborne, George” Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
TUR “Öztrak, Faik” Member of Parliament
ITA “Padoa-Schioppa, Tommaso ” Former Minister of Finance; President of
Notre Europe
GRC “Papahelas, Alexis” “Journalist, Kathimerini”
GRC “Papalexopoulos, Dimitris” “CEO, Titan Cement Co. S. A. “
USA “Paulson, Jr. , Henry M. ” Secretary of the Treasury
USA “Pearl, Frank H. ” “Chairman and CEO, Perseus, LLC”
USA “Perle, Richard N. ” “Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
for Public Policy Research”
FRA “Pérol, François” Deputy General Secretary in charge of Economic Affairs
DEU “Perthes, Volker” “Director, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik”
BEL “Philippe, H. R. H. Prince”
CAN “Prichard, J. Robert S. ” “President and CEO, Torstar Corporation”
CAN “Reisman, Heather M. ” “Chair and CEO, Indigo Books & Music Inc. “
USA “Rice, Condoleezza” Secretary of State
PRT “Rio, Rui ” Mayor of Porto
USA “Rockefeller, David ” “Former Chairman, Chase Manhattan Bank”
ESP “Rodriguez Inciarte, Matias” “Executive Vice Chairman, Grupo Santander”
USA “Rose, Charlie” “Producer, Rose Communications”
DNK “Rose, Flemming” “Editor, Jyllands Posten”
USA “Ross, Dennis B. ” “Counselor and Ziegler Distinguished Fellow, The
Washington Institute for Near East Policy”
USA “Rubin, Barnett R. ” “Director of Studies and Senior Fellow, Center
for International Cooperation, New York University”
TUR “Sahenk, Ferit ” “Chairman, Dogus Holding A. S. “
USA “Sanford, Mark” Governor of South Carolina
USA “Schmidt, Eric” “Chairman of the Executive Committee and CEO, Google”
AUT “Scholten, Rudolf ” “Member of the Board of Executive Directors,
Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG”
DNK “Schur, Fritz H. ” Fritz Schur Gruppen
CZE “Schwarzenberg, Karel ” Minister of Foreign Affairs
USA “Sebelius, Kathleen” Governor of Kansas
USA “Shultz, George P. ” “Thomas W. and Susan B. Ford Distinguished
Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University”
ESP “Spain, H. M. the Queen of”
CHE “Spillmann, Markus” “Editor-in-Chief and Head Managing Board, Neue
Zürcher Zeitung AG”
USA “Summers, Lawrence H. ” “Charles W. Eliot Professor, Harvard University”
GBR “Taylor, J. Martin” “Chairman, Syngenta International AG”
USA “Thiel, Peter A. ” “President, Clarium Capital Management, LLC”
NLD “Timmermans, Frans ” Minister of European Affairs
RUS “Trenin, Dmitri V. ” “Deputy Director and Senior Associate, Carnegie
Moscow Center”
INT “Trichet, Jean-Claude” “President, European Central Bank”
USA “Vakil, Sanam” “Assistant Professor of Middle East Studies, The Paul
H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University”
FRA “Valls, Manuel ” Member of Parliament
GRC “Varvitsiotis, Thomas” “Co-Founder and President, V + O Communication”
CHE “Vasella, Daniel L. ” “Chairman and CEO, Novartis AG”
FIN “Väyrynen, Raimo” “Director, The Finnish Institute of International
Affairs”
FRA “Védrine, Hubert” Hubert Védrine Conseil
NOR “Vollebaek, Knut” “High Commissioner on National Minorities, OSCE”
SWE “Wallenberg, Jacob” “Chairman, Investor AB”
USA “Weber, J. Vin” “CEO, Clark & Weinstock”
USA “Wolfensohn, James D. ” “Chairman, Wolfensohn & Company, LLC”
USA “Wolfowitz, Paul ” “Visiting Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
for Public Policy Research”
INT “Zoellick, Robert B. ” “President, The World Bank Group”

GBR “Bredow, Vendeline von” “Business Correspondent, The Economist”
GBR “Wooldridge, Adrian D. ” “Foreign Correspondent, The Economist”

AUT Austria
BEL Belgium
CHE Switzerland
CAN Canada
CZE Czech Republic
DEU Germany
DNK Denmark
ESP Spain
FRA France
FIN Finland
GBR Great Britain
GRC Greece
HUN Hungary
INT International
IRL Ireland
ITA Italy
NOR Norway
NLD Netherlands
PRT Portugal
POL Poland
RUS Russia
SWE Sweden
TUR Turkey
USA United States of America

Posted by Guessedworker on Thursday, June 12, 2008 at 06:07 PM in Global Elitism
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