Loblaw chair Galen Weston is among those invited to this year's exclusive Bilderberg conference in Hertfordshire, England.
Six Canadians are
among the powerful group of business leaders, academics and media
invited to this year’s highly secretive Bilderberg conference, according
to the official guest list.
The annual conference,
which starts Thursday in Hertfordshire, U.K., is a private,
off-the-record event where participants can freely share thoughts about
issues of mutual concern to Europe and North America, according to the
group’s website.
The high-profile,
invitation-only list this year includes such household names as Henry
Kissinger, a former U.S. Secretary of State; David Petraeus, the U.S.
army general who retired as head of the CIA amid a sex scandal; and Jeff
Bezos, founder and chief executive of Amazon.com.
Among the Canadians
are Loblaw Cos. Ltd. executive chairman Galen Weston; Indigo Books &
Music Inc. chief executive officer Heather Reisman; and Ed Clark,
president and chief executive officer of TD Bank Group.
Reisman and Clark also sit on the Bilderberg committee that prepares the conference program and selects the participants.
Other Canadians on
this year’s guest list include Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall; Frank
McKenna, a former New Brunswick premier who now chairs Brookfield Asset
Management and Rob Prichard, chair of Torys LLP and former president and
chief executive officer of Torstar Corp.
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