Secretive society's big names include Kissinger, Rockefeller and a queen

Toronto Star
Jun. 18, 2006

Among prominent attendees at this year's conference of the Bilderberg group, a secretive society that includes some of the world's most powerful people:

Jacques Aigrain, CEO of Swiss Re.

George Alogoskoufis, finance minister of Greece.

Ahmad Chalabi, former deputy prime minister of Iraq and long-time opponent of Saddam Hussein.

George A. David, chairman of Coca-Cola.

Paul Desmarais, CEO of Power Corporation.

Richard Holbrooke, key American negotiator for 1995 Bosnian peace accords.

Vernon Jordan, friend and onetime presidential aide to Bill Clinton.

Henry Kissinger, foreign-policy guru and secretary of state under Richard Nixon.

Johann Koss, Norwegian Olympian and president of Right to Play organization.

Ed Kronenburg, director of NATO's private office.

Bernardino Leon Gross, Spain's foreign minister.

Ronald S. Lloyd, chairman of Credit Suisse First Boston.

Frank McKenna, former New Brunswick premier, now deputy chair of Toronto Dominion.

Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands.

Gordon Nixon, Royal Bank of Canada president, CEO.

George Pataki, governor of New York state.

Richard Perle, senior foreign policy adviser to U.S. President George W. Bush.

Heather Reisman, chair and CEO of Indigo Books and Music Inc.

David Rockefeller, retired banker, heir to oil fortune.

Dennis Ross, former Clinton Mideast negotiator.

Giulio Tremonti, VP of Italy's chamber of deputies.

James Wolfensohn, U.S. Mideast envoy, former head of the World Bank.

Robert Zoellick, deputy U.S. secretary of state.

CANADIAN PRESS