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The Forum Council represents the interests of the Forum's partners and members. The Council's main objective is to implement the strategic plan of the Forum. It has specific responsibility for ensuring that the membership of the Forum is deeply and actively engaged in pursuing its mission of improving the state of the world. The Council is comprised of a core of members and partners.

Members of the Forum Council of the World Economic Forum

Josef Ackermann, Member of the Board of Managing Directors, Deutsche Bank AG, Germany

Khalid A. Alireza, Chairman, Xenel / Saudi Cable Company, Saudi Arabia

Rahul Bajaj, Chairman and Managing Director, Bajaj Auto Limited, India

Franco Bernabè, Vice-Chairman, Andala 3G SpA, Italy

Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, CEO, Nestlé SA, Switzerland

John Browne, Group Chief Executive, BP, United Kingdom

Hubert Burda, Publisher and CEO, Hubert Burda Media Holding GmbH & Co. KG, Germany

Victor L. L. Chu, Chairman, First Eastern Investment Group, Hong Kong SAR

Bertrand Collomb, Chairman and CEO, Lafarge, France

James Copeland, Global CEO, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, USA

Douglas N. Daft, Chairman and CEO, The Coca-Cola Company, USA

Vernon J. Ellis, International Chairman, Accenture, United Kingdom

Niall FitzGerald, Co-Chairman, Unilever Plc, United Kingdom

M. Shafik Gabr, Chairman and Managing Director, Artoc Group for Investment and Development, Egypt

Jack Greenberg, Chairman and CEO, McDonald's Corporation, USA

Gian Maria Gros-Pietro, Chairman, ENI SpA, Italy

Donald R. Keough, Chairman, Allen & Company Inc., USA

Nemir A. Kirdar, President and CEO, Investcorp, Bahrain

Martin Laing, Chairman, John Laing Plc, United Kingdom

Gernot A. Langes-Swarovski, Chairman, Daniel Swarovski Corporation, Austria

Kenneth L. Lay, Chairman and CEO, Enron, USA

Maurice Lévy, Chairman and CEO, Publicis Communication, France

Chris F. Liebenberg, Chairman, Nedcor Limited, South Africa

George W. Mallinckrodt, President, Schroders Plc, United Kingdom

Arne Martensson, Chairman, Svenska Handelsbanken, Sweden

Yuzaburo Mogi, President and CEO, Kikkoman Corporation, Japan

Hugh M. Morgan, CEO, WMC Limited, Australia

Minoru Murofushi, Chairman, Itochu Corporation, Japan

Marilyn C. Nelson, Chair and CEO, Carlson Companies Inc., USA

Taizo Nishimuro, Chairman, Toshiba Corporation, Japan

Marcel Ospel, Chairman, UBS AG, Switzerland

Hasso Plattner, Co-Chairman and CEO, SAP AG, Germany

James J. Schiro, Global CEO, PricewaterhouseCoopers, USA

Daniel Vasella, Chairman and CEO, Novartis AG, Switzerland

Jacob Wallenberg, Chairman, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken, Sweden

P. B. Watts, Chairman, Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies, United Kingdom

Azizan Zainul Abidin, Chairman, Petronas (Petroliam Nasional Berhad), Malaysia

Lorenzo H. Zambrano Treviño, Chairman of the Board and CEO, Cemex, Mexico

 

source: World Economic Forum website