Why haven't we heard about this organization in the media? Why isn't their background and financial dealings being investigated, their allegiance questioned?
Does this strike any of you as a conflict of interests...or is it just me?
They brought this economic crisis about, and are benefitting from it...where is the outrage?
Top economic positions in the US Federal Government
those deciding who gets bailed out, shut down, merged, millions in bonuses and are sending BILLIONS of tax payer dollars to overseas banks are held by men belonging to an organization of which their contributors and supporters have received billions of the American Taxpayers hard earned dollars.
Current members of the Group of Thirty
Click on the name for a biography.
Paul A. Volcker Chairman of the Board of Trustees
Jacob A. Frenkel Chairman
Geoffrey L. Bell Executive Secretary
Montek S. Ahluwalia
Abdulatif Al-Hamad
Leszek Balcerowicz
Jaime Caruana
Domingo Cavallo
E. Gerald Corrigan
Guillermo de la Dehesa Romero
Mario Draghi
Martin Feldstein
Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
Stanley Fischer
Arminio Fraga Neto
Timothy F. Geithner
Gerd Häusler
Philipp Hildebrand
Mervyn King
Paul Krugman
Guillermo Ortiz Martinez
Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa
Kenneth Rogoff
Tharman Shanmugaratnam
Lawrence Summers
Jean-Claude Trichet
David Walker
Zhou Xiaochuan
Yutaka Yamaguchi
Ernesto Zedillo
Senior Members
William McDonough
William R. Rhodes
Ernest Stern
Marina v N. Whitman
About the Group of Thirty
The Group of Thirty, established in 1978, is a private, nonprofit, international body composed of very senior representatives of the private and public sectors and academia. It aims to deepen understanding of international economic and financial issues, to explore the international repercussions of decisions taken in the public and private sectors, and to examine the choices available to market practitioners and policymakers.
The Group’s members meet in plenary sessions twice a year with select guests to discuss important economic, financial and policy developments.
Members of the G30 – central bank governors, government officials, leading economists and private sector experts from sixteen countries – have addressed a variety of topics during regular policy meetings and launched a number of comprehensive analytical studies to tackle the challenging questions in the world of economics and finance. The G30 is led by Paul A. Volcker, Chairman of the Trustees, and Jacob A. Frenkel, Chairman.
The Group of Thirty was launched at the suggestion of Robert Roosa, a U.S. Treasury Undersecretary, and the Rockefeller Foundation in New York in 1978 to commence a program aimed at fostering a better understanding of international economic and monetary policy. Geoffrey Bell was the principal architect of the Group and travelled the world to find potential members for the organization. Johannes Witteveeen, the Group’s first Chairman, suggested thirty as the maximum number of individuals that can easily be accommodated around a single table for stimulating group discussions.
A defining feature of the G30 is that the senior individuals who form its membership also serve as its principal workforce.
The work program is managed by a small staff based in Washington, DC, that provides policy guidance and administrative support for the meetings and projects that the membership decides to pursue.
The Board of Trustees, the Chairman and the members of the Group of Thirty are extremely grateful for the support, monetary or in kind, of our contributors. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our contributors and supporters who have helped make the G30 a successful institution as we approach our thirtieth year of existence.
Contributors and Supporters:
ABN AMRO Holding NV
American International Group
Arab Bank Plc.
Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development
Asociacion Española de Banca (AEB)
AXA Japan Holding Co. Ltd.
Axis Capital
Austrian National Bank
Banca d’Italia
Banco Central de Chile
Banco de Mexico
Banco de Portugal
Banco Mercantil
Banco Santander Central Hispano
Banque Centrale du Luxembourg
Bank Leumi le Israel BM
Bank of Greece
Bank of East Asia, Ltd.
Bank of New York
Bank of Nova Scotia
Barclays Bank PLC
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
BNP Paribas Bank
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
Central Bank of Malta
The Challenger Foundation
CIB Bank Ltd
Citi
Credit Suisse
Dah Sing Financial Group
Danmarks National Bank
Debs Foundation: Connected to the Democratic Socialists of America
Den Danske Bank A/S
Deutsche Bank AG
Deutsche Börse AG
Dubai Financial Services Authority
Euroclear
Euronext
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Geoffrey Bell and Co.
Goldman Sachs and Co.
Gulf International Bank
Henry Kaufman & Company, Inc
Hong Kong Monetary Authority
HSBC Holdings plc
ING Group
JPMorgan Chase
Lehman Brothers
LCH Clearnet Group Limited
Merrill Lynch
Monetary Authority of Singapore
Munich Re AG
Morgan Stanley & Co., Int’l
National Bank of Hungary
NewSmith
Nordea Bank
Norges Bank
People’s Bank of China
Reserve Bank of Australia
Reserve Bank of India
Reuters Holdings Plc.
Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority
Schroders plc
Sella Holding Banca
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken
Soros Fund Management
Standard & Poor’s
Sullivan and Cromwell
Sveriges Riksbank
Swedbank
Swiss National Bank
Swiss Re
UBS
UniCredito Italiano
Whitehead Foundation
Zurich Group
The G30 is a 501c3 non-for-profit institution. Donations in support of our program and activities are tax deductible. If your institution would like to become active in and support our work, please contact the G30 staff for more information on (202) 331-2472 or via email on info@group30.org. http://group30.org
America has been robbed blind, and the criminals are now in charge. So much for
transparency in government this fraud of a president promised.
Bankrupting America turns out to be their first order of business.
