Looked at from the outside, the Bilderberg meeting looks like a super-cartel of the powerful, built into key sectors, executed by invitation only and excluding critics. Elite media attending are sworn to silence.
That’s why the European Commission should not be attending. The Community method requires open debate to define the public good. The presence of EU’s Bilderberg Four at the secretive meeting destroys the public confidence in any impartiality that individual Commissioners may have.
Europe is in deep crisis. Not least Democracy. The Commission must propose an energy policy. Why is it meeting secretively with Oil Majors like Shell, BP, Total and Ukrainian Gas companies? Why are only chief executives present and not consumers and workers? What’s the deal?
The Commission arranges multi-billion contracts with major Pharmaceutical companies. Why is no-one there to represent consumers who complain of legal blockage after thousands of side-effects and deaths?
How do super-rich, cross-sectoral investors compromise the public good? What soulless mechanisms are Artificial Intelligence firms concocting? Why the shady, news censorship?
Note the interaction between Atlantic Bilderberg and the more global Davos World Economic Forum.
More details next episode.
Bilderberg attendance 2022 by category
FINANCE, TAX, LAW
· Achleitner, Paul M. (DEU), Former Chairman Supervisory Board, Deutsche Bank AG; Treasurer Bilderberg Meetings
· Altman, Roger C. (USA), Founder and Senior Chairman, Evercore Inc.
· Arnaut, José Luís (PRT), Managing Partner, CMS Rui Pena & Arnaut
· Barbizet, Patricia (FRA), Chairwoman and CEO, Temaris & Associés SAS
· Barroso, José Manuel (PRT), Chairman, Goldman Sachs International LLC
· Baudson, Valérie (FRA), CEO, Amundi
· Buberl, Thomas (FRA), CEO, AXA SA, World Economic Forum, Board of Trustees
· Carney, Mark J. (CAN), Former Governor, Bank of England, Vice Chair, Brookfield Asset Management, World Economic Forum, Board of Trustees
· Dudley, William C. (USA), Senior Research Scholar, Princeton University
· Emond, Charles (CAN), CEO, CDPQ
· Ermotti, Sergio (CHE), Chairman, Swiss Re
· Halberstadt, Victor (NLD), Co-Chair Bilderberg Meetings; Professor of Economics, Leiden University
· Hamers, Ralph (NLD), CEO, UBS Group AG
· Hobson, Mellody (USA), Co-CEO and President, Ariel Investments LLC
· Kravis, Henry R. (USA), Co-Chairman, KKR & Co. Inc.
· Kravis, Marie-Josée (USA), Co-Chair Bilderberg Meetings; Chair, The Museum of Modern Art
· Liikanen, Erkki (FIN), Chairman, IFRS Foundation Trustees
· Pinho, Ana (PRT), President and CEO, Serralves Foundation
· Reksten Skaugen, Grace (NOR), Board Member, Investor AB
· Rende, Mithat (TUR), Member of the Board, TSKB
· Sawers, John (GBR), Executive Chairman, Newbridge Advisory Ltd
· Tellis, Ashley J. (USA), Tata Chair for Strategic Affairs, Carnegie Endowment
· Thiel, Peter (USA), President, Thiel Capital LLC
· Treichl, Andreas (AUT), President, Chairman ERSTE Foundation
· Wallenberg, Marcus (SWE), Chair, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB
INDUSTRIES
· Huët, Jean Marc (NLD), Chairman, Heineken NV
· Koç, Ömer (TUR), Chairman, Koç Holding AS
· Kostrzewa, Wojciech (POL), President, Polish Business Roundtable
· Leysen, Thomas (BEL), Chairman, Umicore and Mediahuis; Chairman DSM N.V.
· Lundstedt, Martin (SWE), CEO and President, Volvo Group
· Lütke, Tobias (CAN), CEO, Shopify
· O’Leary, Michael (IRL), Group CEO, Ryanair Group
· Papalexopoulos, Dimitri (GRC), Chairman, TITAN Cement Group
· Salvi, Diogo (PRT), Co-Founder and CEO, TIMWE
· Veremis, Markos (GRC), Co-Founder and Chairman, Upstream
· Wennink, Peter (NLD), President and CEO, ASML Holding NV
GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES
· Adeyemo, Adewale (USA), Deputy Secretary, Department of The Treasury
· Albares, José Manuel (ESP), Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation
· Auken, Ida (DNK), Member of Parliament, The Social Democrat Party
· Azoulay, Audrey (INT), Director-General, UNESCO
· Baker, James H. (USA), Director, Office of Net Assessment, Office of the Secretary of Defense
· Byrne, Thomas (IRL), Minister of State for European Affairs
· Casado, Pablo (ESP), Former President, Partido Popular
· Donohoe, Paschal (IRL), Minister for Finance; President, Eurogroup
· Economy, Elizabeth (USA), Senior Advisor for China, Department of Commerce
· Émié, Bernard (FRA), Director General, Ministry of the Armed Forces
· Erdogan, Emre (TUR), Professor Political Science, Istanbul Bilgi University
· Fanusie, Yaya (USA), Adjunct Senior Fellow, Center for a New American Security
· Freeland, Chrystia (CAN), Deputy Prime Minister, World Economic Forum, Board of Trustees
· Gove, Michael (GBR), Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Cabinet Office
· Hallengren, Lena (SWE), Minister for Health and Social Affairs
· Leu, Livia (CHE), State Secretary, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
· Hedegaard, Connie (DNK), Chair, KR Foundation
· Hodges, Ben (USA), Pershing Chair in Strategic Studies, Center for European Policy Analysis
· Hoekstra, Wopke (NLD), Minister of Foreign Affairs
· Kissinger, Henry A. (USA), Chairman, Kissinger Associates Inc.
· Kofman, Michael (USA), Director, Russia Studies Program, Center for Naval Analysis
· Kukies, Jörg (DEU), State Secretary, Chancellery
· Lammy, David (GBR), Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, House of Commons
· Marin, Sanna (FIN), Prime Minister
· Markarowa, Oksana (UKR), Ambassador of Ukraine to the US
· Meinl-Reisinger, Beate (AUT), Party Leader, NEOS
· Michel, Charles (INT), President, European Council
· Mullen, Michael (USA), Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
· Netherlands, H.M. the King of the (NLD)
· Petraeus, David H. (USA), Chairman, KKR Global Institute
· Pierrakakis, Kyriakos (GRC), Minister of Digital Governance
· Raimondo, Gina M. (USA), Secretary of Commerce
· Reynders, Didier (INT), European Commissioner for Justice
· Rutte, Mark (NLD), Prime Minister
· Schadlow, Nadia (USA), Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
· Schinas, Margaritis (INT), Vice President, European Commission
· Sedwill, Mark (GBR), Chairman, Atlantic Futures Forum
· Sikorski, Radoslaw (POL), MEP, European Parliament
· Sinema, Kyrsten (USA), Senator
· Stelzenmüller, Constanze (DEU), Fritz Stern Chair, The Brookings Institution
· Stoltenberg, Jens (INT), Secretary General, NATO
· Straeten, Tinne Van der (BEL), Minister for Energy
· Tugendhat, Tom (GBR), MP; Chair Foreign Affairs Committee, House of Commons
· Wallander, Celeste (USA), Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
MEDIA
· Applebaum, Anne (USA), Staff Writer, The Atlantic
· Döpfner, Mathias (DEU), Chairman and CEO, Axel Springer SE
· Feltri, Stefano (ITA), Editor-in-Chief, Domani
· Joshi, Shashank (GBR), Defence Editor, The Economist
· Krasnik, Martin (DNK), Editor-in-Chief, Weekendavisen
· Leysen, Thomas (BEL), Chairman, Umicore and Mediahuis; Chairman DSM N.V.
· Minton Beddoes, Zanny (GBR), Editor-in-Chief, The Economist
· Niemi, Kaius (FIN), Senior Editor-in-Chief, Helsingin Sanomat Newspaper
· Núñez, Carlos (ESP), Executive Chairman, PRISA Media
· Rachman, Gideon (GBR), Chief Foreign Affairs Commentator, The Financial Times
· Yetkin, Murat (TUR), Journalist/Writer, YetkinReport
· Yurdakul, Afsin (TUR), Journalist, Habertürk News Network
TECHNOLOGY, AI
· Altman, Sam (USA), CEO, OpenAI
· Eriksen, Øyvind (NOR), President and CEO, Aker ASA
· Hassabis, Demis (GBR), CEO and Founder, DeepMind
· Hoffman, Reid (USA), Co-Founder, Inflection AI; Partner, Greylock
· Karp, Alex (USA), CEO, Palantir Technologies Inc
· Kudelski, André (CHE), Chairman and CEO, Kudelski Group SA
· LeCun, Yann (USA), Vice-President and Chief AI Scientist, Facebook, Inc.
· Mundie, Craig J. (USA), President, Mundie & Associates LLC
· Schmidt, Eric E. (USA), Former CEO and Chairman, Google LLC
· Scott, Kevin (USA), CTO, Microsoft Corporation
· Sebastião, Nuno (PRT), CEO, Feedzai
· Suleyman, Mustafa (GBR), CEO, Inflection AI
ESPIONAGE
· Burns, William J. (USA), Director, CIA
· Campbell, Kurt (USA), White House Coordinator for Indo-Pacific, NSC
· Chhabra, Tarun (USA), Senior Director for Technology and National Security, National Security Council
· Easterly, Jen (USA), Director, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
· Fleming Jeremy (GBR), Director, British Government Communications Headquarters
· Sullivan, Jake (USA), Director, National Security Council
ENERGY
· Beurden, Ben van (NLD), CEO, Shell plc
· Little, Mark (CAN), President and CEO, Suncor Energy Inc.
· Looney, Bernard (GBR), CEO, BP plc
· Pouyanné, Patrick (FRA), Chairman and CEO, TotalEnergies SE
· Starace, Francesco (ITA), CEO, Enel S.p.A
· Vitrenko, Yuriy (UKR), CEO, Naftogaz
PHARMA, HEALTHCARE
· Bourla, Albert (USA), Chairman and CEO, Pfizer Inc
· Henry, Mary Kay (USA), International President, Service Employees International Union
· Leysen, Thomas (BEL), Chairman, Umicore and Mediahuis; Chairman DSM N.V.
· Walmsley, Emma (GBR), CEO, GlaxoSmithKline plc