Marek Belka, President, National Bank of Poland, Warsaw; former Director, European Department,
International Monetary Fund, Washington D.C.; former Executive Secretary, United Nations
Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), Geneva; former Prime Minister and Minister of Finance
of Poland; former Ambassador-at-Large and Chairman, Council for International Coordination,
Coalition Provisional Authority, Baghdad
Dick Benschop, President Director, Shell Netherlands ; Vice President, Gas Market Development, The
Hague
Baron Jean-Pierre Berghmans, Chairman, Lhoist Group, Limelette, Belgium
Nils Bernstein, Governor by Royal Appointment, Chairman of the Board of Governors, National Bank of
Denmark, Copenhagen
*Georges Berthoin, International Honorary Chairman, European Movement; Honorary Chairman, The
Jean Monnet Association; Honorary European Chairman, The Trilateral Commission, Paris
Carl Bildt, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden; former Chairman, Kreab Group of public affairs
companies; former Chairman, Nordic Venture Network, Stockholm; former Member of the Swedish
Parliament, Chairman of the Moderate Party and Prime Minister of Sweden; former European Union
High Representative in Bosnia-Herzegovina & UN Special Envoy to the Balkans
Manfred Bischoff, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Daimler AG, Munich; former Member of the
Board of Management, Daimler AG; former Chairman, EADS
Antonio Borges, former Director of the European Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF),
Washington D.C.; former Chairman, Hedge Fund Standards Board, London
Tzvetelina Borislavova, Founder, Owner and Chairperson, CSIF; former Chairperson of the Supervisory
Board, CIBANK, Sofia
Ana Patricia Botin, Chief Executive Officer, Santander UK; Member of Santander Group’s Management
Committee; Member of the Board of Banco Santander and of the Executive committee, Madrid
Jean-Louis Bourlanges, Member, State Audit Court (Cour des Comptes), Paris; Associated Professor,
Institute for Political Studies in Paris; former Member of the European Parliament, Brussels; former
President of the European Movement in France, Paris
*Jorge Braga de Macedo, President, Tropical Research Institute, Lisbon; Professor of Economics, Nova
University at Lisbon; Chairman, Forum Portugal Global; former Minister of Finance
*Lord Brittan of Spennithorne, Vice Chairman, UBS Investment Bank, London; Trade Adviser to the
Prime Minister; former Vice President, European Commission
Jean-Louis Bruguière, Representative of the French Presidency of the Republic on the EU Equivalent
TFTP Project; former EU High Representative to the United States on the Terrorism Finance Tracking
Programme (TFTP/SWIFT); Judge, Paris
John Bruton, former European Union Ambassador & Head, Delegation of the European Commission to
the United States; former Prime Minister of Ireland, Dublin
Robin Buchanan, Senior Adviser, Bain & Company, London; former Dean and President, London
Business School
Patrick Buffet, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, ERAMET, Paris
*François Bujon de l'Estang, Ambassadeur de France; Senior International Adviser, Citi France; former
Chairman, Citi France, Paris; former Ambassador to the United States
Edelgard Bulmahn, Member of the German Bundestag; former Federal Minister, Berlin
Richard Burrows, Chairman, British American Tobacco, London; former Governor, Bank of Ireland;
former President, IBEC (The Irish Business and Employers Confederation), Dublin
Erhard Busek, Chairman, Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe (IDM); President, EURussia Centre; President, European Forum Alpbach; former Special Co-ordinator of the Stability Pact
for South Eastern Europe; former Vice-Chancellor and Federal Minister, Vienna
Hervé de Carmoy, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, ETAM, Paris; Honorary Chairman, Banque
Industrielle et Mobilière Privée, Paris; former Chief Executive, Société Générale de Belgique
Jürgen Chrobog, Chairman, BMW Stiftung Herbert Quandt, Berlin; former German Deputy Foreign
Minister and Ambassador to the United States
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