Najuticajnija svjetska skupina "Bilderberg" održati će ovogodišnji sastanak sutra u britanskom gradu Hertfordshire, a teme tradicionalnog sastanka najmoćnijih ljudi svijeta nisu poznate.

Mnogi politički i ekonomski analitičari i novinari tvrde kako skupina Bilderberg ima veliki utjecaj na svjetska zbivanja, a neki je optužuju kako tajno upravlja čovječanstvom.

O čemu će u Britaniji raspravljati moćni političari, medijski moguli i najjači industrijalci svijeta - ostaje tajna, kao i većina informacija o toj skupini.

Ono što ovogodišnji sastanak razlikuje od ranijih jeste činjenica da je objavljen popis sudionika.

Među sudionicima će se ovaj put naći i osnivač Amazona Jeff Bezos i glavni direktor "Googla" Erik Smith.

Na "Bilderbergove" konferencije može se doći samo sa pozivnicom, a među onima koji su sudjelovali na sastancima su kraljevi, predsjednici država, industrijski moćnici, te čelnici najjačih svjetskih korporacija.

Prva konferencija održana je u Hotelu "Bilderberg" u Holandiji 1954. godine, a cilj joj je bio da popravi loš stav Evropljana prema SAD i da promoviše "atlanticizam" - ideju o bliskoj saradnji Evrope i Sjeverne Amerike.

Postoji veliki broj novinara koji pasionirani prate sastanke "Bilderberga" i objašnjavaju da se na tim sastancima dogovara o ključnim političkim i ekonomskim događajima u svijetu.

Službeni popis sudionika

*Josef Ackermann (GERMANY)
Royal Dutch Shell – Board of Directors
Investor AB – Board of Directors (Jacob Wallenberg’s investment company)
National Bank of Kuwait – International Advisory Board
Akbank – International Advisory Board
Siemens AG – Supervisory Board

*Roger C. Altman (USA)
Evercore Partners – Chairman
(Evercore = investment banking / private equity – managing assets of $12 billion)

Luís Amado (PORTUGAL)
Banco Internacional do Funchal (BANIF) – Chairman
(Total assets €15.7 billion, 2010)

Johan H. Andresen (NORWAY)
FERD – Owner and CEO
(FERD = Norwegian finance conglomerate; private equity / hedge funds; holdings of around £2billion.)

*Francisco Pinto Balsemão (PORTUGAL – Former Prime Minister)
Santander – International Advisory Board
Impresa – President and CEO
Impresa = largest media group in Portugal, turnover 273 million euros (2008)

*Franco Bernabè (ITALY)
Telecom Italia – Chairman and CEO
(Telecommunications & media: total assets €89.13 billion)
JP Morgan International Council
PetroChina – Board of Directors

Peter Brabeck-Letmathe (SWITZERLAND)
Nestlé – Chairman
Credit Suisse Group – Vice Chairman
Exxon-Mobil – Board of Directors

Mark J. Carney (CANADA)
Bank of England, incoming Governor
Bank for International Settlements – Board of Directors
Group of Thirty (economic / monetary advisory group)

*Henri de Castries (FRANCE)
Bilderberg Group – Chairman of Steering Committee
AXA Group – Chairman and CEO
(Global investment and insurance group; assets: €730 billion, 2011)
Nestlé – Board of Directors

Willibald Cernko (AUSTRIA)
UniCredit Bank Austria AG – CEO
(market leader in Austria – commercial / investment banking, asset management;
revenue €199.2 billion, 2011)

Jeppe Christiansen (DENMARK)
Maj Invest – CEO (Danish investment company – assets £58 million, 2012)
Novo A/S – Director (venture capital group)

*Edmund W. Clark (CANADA)
TD Bank Group – Group President and CEO
(Canada’s 2nd largest bank; assets $801 billion, 2012)

Timothy C. Collins (USA)
Ripplewood Holdings, LLC – CEO and Senior Managing Director
(private equity / asset management / venture; assets $10 billion)
RHJ International – Director & Chairman of the Investment and Strategy Committee
(financial holding company, owner of Kleinwort Benson private bank)

Robert Dudley (USA/UK)
BP plc – Group Chief Executive
Rosneft – nominated to Board of Directors (Russian oil giant)

John Elkann (ITALY)
Fiat – Chairman
Economist Group – Board of Directors

*Thomas Enders (GERMANY)
EADS – CEO
(Global aerospace/defence corporation; assets: €88.48 billion)
HSBC Trinkhaus – Governing Board
Allianz – Joint Advisory Council
(Allianz = insurance / asset management / banking; assets €624.95 billion, 2010)

J. Michael Evans (USA)
Goldman Sachs & Co. – Vice Chairman, Global Head of Growth Markets,

Douglas J. Flint (UK)
HSBC Holdings plc – Group Chairman
(world’s largest bank; assets $2.69 trillion, 2012)
Institute of International Finance – Chairman (powerful bank lobby)

*Prof. Victor Halberstadt (HOLLAND)
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. – Board of International Advisors
Chugai Pharma – International Advisory Council
(Japan’s biggest pharmaceutical company)

*Kenneth M. Jacobs (USA)
Lazard – Chairman and CEO
Global investment bank; revenue $1.905 billion (2012)

Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. (USA)
Senior Managing Director, Lazard
American Express Company – Advisor to the Board of Directors

*James A. Johnson (USA)
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. – Board of Directors
Forestar – Board of Directors (real estate / oil & gas company)

*Sir John Kerr (UK)
Rio Tinto – Board of Directors
World’s 4th largest mining company; revenue $51 billion (2012)
Scottish Power – Vice Chairman
Scottish American Investment Company PLC – Director
Business for New Europe – Advisory Council

*Klaus Kleinfeld (GERMANY)
Alcoa Inc. – Chairman and CEO (aluminium/metals; assets $40.1 billion, 2011)
Morgan Stanley – Board of Directors
Bayer – Supervisory Board (big pharma / chemicals)

*Mustafa Koç (TURKEY)
Koç Holding A.Ş. – Chairman
One of Europe’s largest companies; revenue £34 billion (2011)
Includes finance arm, Koçfinans.
JP Morgan International Council
Monument Capital Group – Advisory Board (private equity)
Rolls Royce – International Advisory Board

Henry Kissinger (US)
JP Morgan International Council
American Express Company – Advisor to the Board of Directors

Henry R. Kravis (USA)
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. – Co-Chairman and Co-CEO
Private equity / leveraged buyouts; assets $40.37 billion (2011)

*Marie-Josée Kravis (USA)
Federal Reserve Bank of New York – International Advisory Committee
Publicis – Supervisory Committee (one of world’s 3 biggest advertising companies)
LVMH – Board of Directors

Pascal Lamy (FRANCE)
Director-General, World Trade Organization
Transparency International – Advisory Council

John Lipsky (USA)
HSBC, Board of Directors

Peter Löscher (GERMANY)
Siemens AG – President and CEO
Deutsche Bank – Supervisory Board
Munich Re – Supervisory Board (reinsurance / insurance; assets: €236.36 billion)

Peter Mandelson (UK)
Lazard International (Chairman)

Frank McKenna (CANADA)
TD Bank Group, Deputy Chair

Kenneth B. Mehlman (USA)
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. – Partner

John Micklethwait (UK)
The Economist – Editor-in-Chief
The Economist Group – Board of Directors
BritishAmerican Business – International Advisory Council

*Craig J. Mundie (USA)
Microsoft Corporation – Senior Advisor to the CEO
President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology

Juan María Nin Génova (SPAIN)
La Caixa – President and CEO
Caixabank – Deputy Chairman and CEO
(La Caixa = Europe’s leading savings bank; Spain’s 3rd largest financial institution)
Repsol – Board of Directors
Banco BPI – Board of Directors
Gas Natural Fenosa – Board of Directors
Erste Group Bank AG – Supervisory Board

Michael Noonan (IRELAND)
Minister for Finance
European Investment Bank – Board of Governors (non-profit EU institution)

*Jorma Ollila (FINLAND)
Royal Dutch Shell, plc – Chairman
Outokumpu – Board of Directors (stainless steel; revenue €4.229 billion, 2010)
Tetra Laval – Board of Directors (privately owned Swiss-based packaging giant)

Peter R. Orszag (USA)
Citigroup – Vice Chairman

Dimitri Papalexopoulos (GREECE)
Titan Cement Co. – Managing Director
Eurobank Ergasias – Board of Directors (Greece’s 3rd largest bank)
Hellenic Foundation for European & Foreign Policy – Board of Directors

J. Robert S. Prichard (CANADA)
Torys – Chair (Canadian law firm)
Bank of Montreal – Chairman
(one of Canada’s “big five” banks; assets $535 billion, 2013)
Onex Corporation – Board of Directors (private equity / investment)

Steven Rattner (USA)
Willett Advisors – Chairman (Michael Bloomberg’s $25 billion investment fund)

*Heather M. Reisman (CANADA)
Indigo Books & Music Inc. – CEO
Onex Corporation – Board of Directors (private equity / investment)

Wolfgang Reitzle (GERMANY)
Deutsche Bank – Chairman, European Advisory Board
Linde AG – CEO & President (world’s largest industrial gas company)
Holcim Ltd – Board of Directors (cement & aggregates giant)
Continental AG – Chairman (German auto parts)

*David Rockefeller (USA)
Rockefeller & Co. – Honorary Director (global investment / asset management)
Bilderberg Group – Member Advisory Group (sole member)
Trilateral Commission – Founder and Honorary Chairman

Robert E. Rubin (USA) (former Secretary of the Treasury)
Centreview Partners – Counselor (investment banking / private equity)

Eric E. Schmidt (USA)
Google Inc. – Executive Chairman
President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology

*Rudolf Scholten (GERMANY)
Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG – Board of Executive Directors (securities / bonds)

Risto Siilasmaa (FINLAND)
Nokia Corporation – Chairman of the Board of Directors
Nexit Ventures – Advisory Board (venture capital)

*Peter D. Sutherland (IRELAND)
Goldman Sachs International – Chairman
Koç Holding A.Ş. – Board of Directors
Allianz SE – Supervisory Board
Coca-Cola – International Advisory Council

*Peter A. Thiel (USA)
Clarium Capital / Thiel Capital – President
Facebook – Board of Directors
Founders Found – Partner (venture capital)
Mithril Asset Management – Founder (company based in Mauritius)

*Jean-Claude Trichet (FRANCE)
EADS – Board of Directors
Group of Thirty – Chairman

*Daniel L. Vasella (SWITZERLAND)
Novartis AG – Chairman
American Express Company – Board of Directors
PepsiCo – Board of Directors

Peter Voser (SWITZERLAND)
Royal Dutch Shell plc – CEO
Roche – Board of Directors

*Jacob Wallenberg (SWEDEN)
Investor AB – Chairman (financial holding company; assets £45 billion, 2010)
SEB – Deputy Chairman (retail / merchant bank; assets £460 billion, 2011)
ABB – Board of Directors (power & automation company; assets $28 billion, 2012)
Coca-Cola – Board of Directors

James D. Wolfensohn (USA)
Wolfensohn and Company – Chairman and CEO (private equity investments)
China Investment Corporation – International Advisory Council
(sovereign wealth fund)
Transparency International | USA – Advisory Council
The Bretton Woods Committee – Co-Chair
Citibank – International Advisory Board, Chairman.

Robert B. Zoellick (USA)
Rolls Royce – International Advisory Board

Članovi Upravnog odbora Bilderberg skupine su označeni zvjezdicom.