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