Jon Lewis - The Mammoth Book of Cover-Ups

This booklet is an account of the 1999 Bilderberg Meeting and is distributed only to participants of this and past conferences and to prospective participants of future conferences. It represents a summary of the panellists’ opening remarks for each session, and of the comments and interventions in the subsequent discussion.

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Participants

HONORARY CHAIRMAN

Belgium

Etienne DavignonChairman, Société Générale de Belgique

HONORARY SECRETARY GENERAL

Netherlands

Victor HalberstadtProfessor of Economics, Leiden University

PARTICIPANTS

Italy

Umberto AgnelliChairman, IFIL-Finanziaraia di Partecipazioni

Spain

Esperanza Aguirre y Gil de BiedmaPresident of the Spanish Senate

United States of America

Paul A. AllaireChairman, Xerox Corporation

Portugal

Joaquim F. do AmaralMember of Parliament

Sweden

Anders AslundSenior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Portugal

Francisco Pinto BalsemaoProfessor of Communication Science, New University, Lisbon; Chairman, IMPRESA

Sweden

Percy BarnevikChairman, Investor

United States of America

Evan BayhSenator (Democrat, Indiana)

Italy

Franco BernabéManaging Director and CEO, Telecom Italia

Sweden

Carl BildtMember of Parliament

Canada

Conrad M. BlackChairman, Telegraph Group

United States of America

Charles G. BoydExecutive Director, National Security Study Group

Canada

John A. D. de ChastelainChairman, Independent International Commission on Decommissioning

Great Britain

Kenneth ClarkeMember of Parliament

Norway

Kristin ClemetDeputy Director General, Confederation of Business and Industry

France

Bertrand CollombChairman and CEO, Lafarge

United States of America

Jon S. CorzineRetired Senior Partner, Goldman Sachs & Co.

Portugal

João Cardona G. CravinhoMinister for Infrastructure, Planning and Territorial Administration

Greece

George A. DavidChairman of the Board, Hellenic Bottling Company

United States of America

Christopher J. DoddSenator (Democrat, Connecticut)

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United States of America

Thomas E. DonilonAttorney-at-Law, O’Melveney & Meyers

Turkey

Gazi ErcelGovernor, Central Bank of Turkey

Turkey

Sedat ErginAnkara Bureau Chief, Hürriyet

United States of America

Martin S. FeldsteinPresident and CEO, National Bureau of Economic Research

International

Stanley FischerFirst Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund

Italy

Paolo FrescoChairman, Fiat

Italy

Francesco GiavazziProfessor of Economics, Bocconi University, Milan

Canada

Peter GodsoeChairman and CEO, Bank of Nova Scotia

United States of America

Donald E. GrahamPublisher, The Washington Post

Netherlands

Frank H. G. de GraveMinister of Defence

Portugal

Eduardo C. Marçal GriloMinister of Education

United States of America

Chuck HagelSenator (Republican, Nebraska)

Sweden

Tom C. HedeliusChairman, Svenska Handelsbanken

Norway

Per Egil Hegge Editor, Aftenposten

Canada

Peter A. HerrndorfFormer Chairman and CEO, TVOntario; Senior Visiting Fellow, University of Toronto

United States of America

Jim HoaglandAssociate Editor, The Washington Post

Norway

Westye HöeghChairman of the Board, Leif Höegh & Co.; Former President, Norwegian Shipowners’ Association

United States of America

Richard C. HolbrookeAmbassador to the UN designate

Belgium

Jan HuyghebaertChairman, Almanij N. V.

International

Otmar IssingMember of the Executive Board, European Central Bank

United States of America

Vernon E. Jordan JrSenior Partner, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP (Attorneys-at-Law)

Bulgaria

Nikolai KamovMember of Parliament

Turkey

Suna KiraçVice-Chairman of the Board, Koç Holding

United States of America

Henry A. KissingerChairman, Kissinger Associates

Germany

Hilmar KopperChairman of the Supervisory Board, Deutsche Bank

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Greece

Yannos KranidiotisAlternate Minister for Foreign Affairs

United States of America

Marie-Josée KravisSenior Fellow, Hudson Institute

United States of America

Jan LeschlyCEO, SmithKline Beecham

International

Erkki LiikanenMember of the European Commission

Canada

Roy MacLarenHigh Commissioner for Canada in Britain

Canada

Margaret O. MacMillanEditor, International Journal

Great Britain

Peter MandelsonMember of Parliament

United States of America

Jessica T. MathewsPresident, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

United States of America

William J. McDonoughPresident, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

United States of America

Richard A. McGinnChairman and CEO, Lucent Technologies

Portugal

Vasco de MelloVice Chairman and CEO, Grupo José de Mello

Ukraine

Ihor MityukovMinister of Finance

France

Dominique MoïsiDeputy Director, IFRI

International

Mario MontiMember of the European Commission

Portugal

Francisco Murteira NaboPresident and CEO, Portugal Telecom

Germany

Matthias NassDeputy Editor, Die Zeit

Netherlands

Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands

Iceland

David OddssonPrime Minister

Poland

Andrzej OlechowskiChairman, Central Europe Trust

Finland

Jorma OllilaChairman of the Board and CEO, Nokia Corporation

International

Tommaso Padoa-SchioppaMember of the Executive Board, European Central Bank

Germany

Werner A. PergerPolitical Correspondent, Die Zeit

Great Britain

Jonathon PorrittProgramme Director, Forum for the Future