Governance and Funding
Bilderberg is governed by a Steering Committee which designates a Chairman; members are elected for a term of four years and can be re-elected. There are no other members of the Bilderberg conference. The Chair's main responsibilities are to chair the Steering Committee and to prepare with the Steering Committee the conference program, the selection of participants. He also makes suggestions to the Steering Committee regarding its composition. The Executive Secretary reports to the Chairman.
The expenses of maintaining the small Secretariat of the Bilderberg meetings are covered wholly by private subscription. The hospitality costs of the annual meeting are the responsibility of the Steering Committee member(s) of the host country.
Chairman
Chairman and CEO, AXA Group
DEU | Ackermann, Josef | Former CEO, Deutsche Bank AG |
GBR | Agius, Marcus | Non-Executive Chairman, PA Consulting Group |
USA | Altman, Roger C. | Executive Chairman, Evercore |
FIN | Apunen, Matti | Director, Finnish Business and Policy Forum EVA |
PRT | Balsemão, Francisco Pinto | Chairman, Impresa SGPS |
FRA | Baverez, Nicolas | Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP |
ITA | Bernabè, Franco | Chairman, FB Group SRL |
NOR | Brandtzæg, Svein Richard | President and CEO, Norsk Hydro ASA |
ESP | Cebrián, Juan Luis | Executive Chairman, Grupo PRISA |
CAN | Clark, W. Edmund | Group President and CEO, TD Bank Group |
BEL | Davignon, Etienne | Minister of State |
DEU | Enders, Thomas | CEO, Airbus Group |
DNK | Federspiel, Ulrik | Executive Vice President, Haldor Topsøe A/S |
NLD | Halberstadt, Victor | Professor of Public Economics, Leiden University |
USA | Jacobs, Kenneth M. | Chairman and CEO, Lazard |
USA | Johnson, James A. | Chairman, Johnson Capital Partners |
GBR | Kerr, John | Deputy Chairman, Scottish Power |
USA | Kleinfeld, Klaus | Chairman and CEO, Alcoa |
TUR | Koç, Mustafa V. | Chairman, Koç Holding A.S. |
USA | Kravis, Marie-Josée | Senior Fellow and Vice Chair, Hudson Institute |
CHE | Kudelski, André | Chairman and CEO, Kudelski Group |
USA | Mathews, Jessica T. | President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace |
ITA | Monti, Mario | Senator-for-life; President, Bocconi University |
USA | Mundie, Craig J. | Senior Advisor to the CEO, Microsoft Corporation |
USA | Perle, Richard N. | Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute |
CAN | Reisman, Heather M. | Chair and CEO, Indigo Books & Music Inc. |
AUT | Scholten, Rudolf | CEO, Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG |
IRL | Sutherland, Peter D. | Chairman, Goldman Sachs International |
USA | Thiel, Peter A. | President, Thiel Capital |
INT | Trichet, Jean-Claude | Honorary Governor, Banque de France; Former President, European Central Bank |
GRC | Tsoukalis, Loukas | President, ELIAMEP |
SWE | Wallenberg, Jacob | Chairman, Investor AB |
USA | Warsh, Kevin | Distinguished Visiting Fellow, The Hoover Institution, Stanford University |
Member Advisory Group
USA | David Rockefeller |