Chaque année depuis 1954, ces chefs d’entreprise et politiques y échangent sur l’économie mondiale. En grand secret.

 

Depuis jeudi, 130 personnalités du monde des affaires et de la politique sont réunies dans l’hôtel Suvretta House, à Saint-Moritz : des « global leaders » qui ont l’habitude de se retrouver et de s’enfermer, jusqu’au dimanche, pour discuter de l’actualité de la planète.

Ce club très fermé s’appelle le « Bilderberg ». Cultivant le secret des discussions, il fait le bonheur des conspirationnistes de tout poil, prompts à imaginer un gouvernement mondial occulte. Certes, c’est le seul club ou vous risquez de renverser votre café sur David Rockefeller, Bill Gates,ou Henry Kissinger.

Aucune décision n’y est prise : il ne s’agit que de discussions à bâtons rompus entre des gens influents ou puissants, flanqués de quelques experts pour relever le niveau.

Bilderberg veut parvenir à un consensus sur l’évolution du monde

En cela, Bilderberg participe, comme d’autres clubs du même type (où on retrouve d’ailleurs souvent les mêmes gens) à l’élaboration d’un consensus international des élites sur la façon dont le monde évolue – consensus qui ne heurte jamais les intérêts des élites, on s’en doutera.

Restreint et fermé aux regards extérieurs, ce club fait passer Davos pour le camping de Palavas-les-Flots. Il tient son nom de l’hôtel Bilderberg, aux Pays-Bas, où il s’est réuni pour la première fois en 1954. Il se réunit chaque printemps dans une ville différente, invariablement du jeudi soir au dimanche midi.

Le lieu de la rencontre est tenu secret le plus longtemps possible. Les discussions sont franches et rien ne doit filtrer dans la presse ou sur internet : le moindre écart, et l’indiscret est rayé de la liste. C’est cette opacité qui permet aux nombreuses théories du complot de s’épanouir.

La liste des participants de 2011 a été dévoilée par le site suisse 20 Minuten Online. La voici, complète, en anglais, et en commençant par la France.

France

• Baverez, Nicolas. Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
• Bazire, Nicolas. Managing Director, Groupe Arnault /LVMH
• Castries (de), Henri. Chairman and CEO, AXA
• Lévy, Maurice. Chairman and CEO, Publicis Groupe S.A.
• Montbrial (de), Thierry. President, French Institute for International Relations
• Roy, Olivier. Professor of Social and Political Theory, European University Institute

Organisations internationales

• Almunia, Joaquín. Vice-President, European Commission
• Daele (Van), Frans. Chief of Staff to the President of the European Council
• Kroes, Neelie. Vice President, European Commission ; Commissioner for Digital
• Lamy, Pascal. Director General, World Trade Organization
• Rompuy (Van), Herman. President, European Council
• Sheeran, Josette. Executive Director, United Nations World Food Programme
• Solana Madariaga, Javier. President, ESADEgeo Center for Global Economy and Geopolitics
• Trichet, Jean-Claude. President, European Central Bank
• Zoellick, Robert B. President, The World Bank Group

Allemagne

• Ackermann, Josef. Chairman of the Management Board and the Group Executive Committee, Deutsche Bank
• Enders, Thomas. CEO, Airbus SAS
• Löscher, Peter. President and CEO, Siemens AG
• Nass, Matthias. Chief International Correspondent, Die Zeit
• Steinbrück, Peer. Member of the Bundestag ; Former Minister of Finance

Autriche

• Bronner, Oscar. CEO and Publisher, Standard Medien AG
• Faymann, Werner. Federal Chancellor
• Rothensteiner, Walter. Chairman of the Board, Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich AG
• Scholten, Rudolf Member of the Board of Executive Directors, Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG

Belgique

• Coene, Luc. Governor, National Bank of Belgium
• Davignon, Etienne. Minister of State
• Leysen, Thomas. Chairman, Umicore

Canada

• Carney, Mark. J. Governor, Bank of Canada
• Clark, Edmund. President and CEO, TD Bank Financial Group
• McKenna, Frank. Deputy Chair, TD Bank Financial Group
• Orbinksi, James. Professor of Medicine and Political Science, University of Toronto
• Prichard, J. Robert. S. Chair, Torys LLP
• Reisman, Heather. Chair and CEO, Indigo Books & Music Inc. Center, Brookings Institution

Chine

• Fu, Ying. Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Huang, Yiping. Professor of Economics, China Center for Economic Research, Peking University

Danemark

• Eldrup, Anders. CEO, DONG Energy
• Federspiel, Ulrik. Vice President, Global Affairs, Haldor Topsøe A/S
• Schütze, Peter. Member of the Executive Management, Nordea Bank AB

Espagne

• Cebrián, Juan. Luis CEO, Prisa
• Cospedal, María Dolores de. Secretary General, Partido Popular
• León Gross, Bernardino. Secretary General of the Spanish Presidency
• Nin Génova, Juan María. President and CEO, La Caixa
• H.M. the Queen of Spain

Etats-Unis

• Alexander, Keith B. Commander, USCYBERCOM ; Director, National Security Agency
• Altman, Roger C. Chairman, Evercore Partners Inc.
• Bezos, Jeff. Founder and CEO, Amazon.com
• Collins, Timothy C. CEO, Ripplewood Holdings, LLC
• Feldstein, Martin S. George F. Baker Professor of Economics, Harvard University
• Hoffman, Reid. Co-founder and Executive Chairman, LinkedIn
• Hughes, Chris R. Co-founder, Facebook
• Jacobs, Kenneth M. Chairman & CEO, Lazard
• Johnson, James A. Vice Chairman, Perseus, LLC
• Jordan, Jr., Vernon E. Senior Managing Director, Lazard Frères & Co. LLC
• Keane, John M. Senior Partner, SCP Partners ; General, US Army, Retired
• Kissinger, Henry A. Chairman, Kissinger Associates, Inc
• Kleinfeld, Klaus. Chairman and CEO, Alcoa
• Kravis, Henry R. Co-Chairman and co-CEO, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
• Kravis, Marie-Josée. Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute, Inc.
• Li, Cheng Senior. Fellow and Director of Research, John L. Thornton China
• Mundie, Craig J. Chief Research and Strategy Officer, Microsoft Corporation
• Orszag, Peter R. Vice Chairman, Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.
• Perle, Richard N. Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
• Rockefeller, David. Former Chairman, Chase Manhattan Bank
• Rose, Charlie. Executive Editor and Anchor, Charlie Rose
• Rubin, Robert E. Co-Chairman, Council on Foreign Relations ; Former Secretary of the Treasury
• Steinberg, James B. Deputy Secretary of State
• Thiel, Peter A. President, Clarium Capital Management, LLC
• Varney, Christine A. Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust
• Vaupel, James W. Founding Director, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
• Warsh, Kevin Former Governor, Federal Reserve Board
• Wolfensohn, James D. Chairman, Wolfensohn & Company, LLC

Finlande

• Apunen, Matti. Director, Finnish Business and Policy Forum EVA
• Johansson, Ole. Chairman, Confederation of the Finnish Industries EK
• Ollila, Jorma. Chairman, Royal Dutch Shell
• Pentikäinen, Mikael. Publisher and Senior Editor-in-Chief, Helsingin Sanomat

Grande-Bretagne

• Agius, Marcus ? Chairman, Barclays PLC
• Flint, Douglas J. Group Chairman, HSBC Holdings
• Kerr, John. Member, House of Lords ; Deputy Chairman, Royal Dutch Shell
• Lambert, Richard. Independent Non-Executive Director, Ernst & Young
• Mandelson, Peter. Member, House of Lords ; Chairman, Global Counsel
• Micklethwait, John. Editor-in-Chief, The Economist
• Osborne, George. Chancellor of the Exchequer
• Stewart, Rory. Member of Parliament
• Taylor, J. Martin. Chairman, Syngenta International AG

Grèce

• David, George. A. Chairman, Coca-Cola H.B.C. S.A.
• Hardouvelis, Gikas. A. Chief Economist and Head of Research, Eurobank EFG
• Papaconstantinou, George. Minister of Finance
• Tsoukalis, Loukas. President, ELIAMEP Grisons

Irlande

• Gallagher, Paul. Senior Counsel ; Former Attorney General
• McDowell, Michael. Senior Counsel, Law Library ; Former Deputy Prime Minister
• Sutherland, Peter D. Chairman, Goldman Sachs International

Italie

• Bernabè, Franco. CEO, Telecom lia SpA
• Elkann, John. Chairman, Fiat S.p.A.
• Monti, Mario. President, Univers Commerciale Luigi Bocconi
• Scaroni, Paolo. CEO, Eni S.p.A.
• Tremonti, Giulio. Minister of Economy and Finance

Pays-Bas

• Bolland, Marc J. Chief Executive, Marks and Spencer Group plc
• Chavannes, Marc E. Political Columnist, NRC Handelsblad ; Professor of Journalism
• Halberstadt, Victor. Professor of Economics, Leiden University ; Former Honorary
• H.M. the Queen of the Netherlands
• Rosenthal, Uri. Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Winter, Jaap W. Partner, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek

Norvège

• Myklebust, Egil. Former Chairman of the Board of Directors SAS, sk Hydro ASA
• H.R.H. Crown Prince Haakon of Norway
• Ottersen, Ole. Petter Rector, University of Oslo
• Solberg, Erna. Leader of the Conservative Party

Portugal

• Balsemão, Francisco Pinto. Chairman and CEO, IMPRESA, S.G.P.S. ; Former Prime Minister
• Ferreira Alves, Clara/ CEO, Claref LDA ; writer
• Nogueira Leite, António. Member of the Board, José de Mello Investimentos, SGPS, SA

Russie

• Mordashov, Alexey A. CEO, Severstal

Suède

• Bildt, Carl. Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Björling, Ewa. Minister for Trade
• Wallenberg, Jacob. Chairman, Investor AB

Suisse

• Brabeck-Letmathe, Peter. Chairman, Nestlé S.A.
• Groth, Hans. Senior Director, Healthcare Policy & Market Access, Oncology Business Unit, Pfizer Europe
• Janom Steiner, Barbara. Head of the Department of Justice, Security and Health, Canton
• Kudelski, André. Chairman and CEO, Kudelski Group SA
• Leuthard, Doris. Federal Councillor
• Schmid, Martin. President, Government of the Canton Grisons
• Schmid, Eric. Executive Chairman, Google Inc.
• Schweiger, Rolf. Member of the Swiss Council of States
• Soiron, Rolf. Chairman of the Board, Holcim Ltd., Lonza Ltd.
• Vasella, Daniel. L. Chairman, Novartis AG
• Witmer, Jürg. Chairman, Givaudan SA and Clariant AG

Turquie

• Ciliv, Süreyya. CEO, kcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S.
• Gülek Domac, Tayyibe. Former Minister of State
• Koç, Mustafa V. Chairman, Koç Holding A.S.
• Pekin Sefika. Founding Partner, Pekin & Bayar Law Firm