Screening of candidates
Only guests who fit one of the 6 roles of the Atrium spec are kept.
Guests identified28,587
Excluded19,663
Selected8,924
Selected by role
AcademicNamed position at a university or research institution4,498Think tankNamed position at a think tank or public policy institute736Former officialHeld a position in a public authority: ministry, regulator, central bank, parliament551LawyerPractices law, in a firm, in-house or at the bar255Economist or consultantEconomist, analyst or adviser, in a firm or independent873CommentatorAnalyzes current affairs or ideas for the general public: columnist, essayist2,011
Why the others are excluded
People
589 people
| Person | Decision | Role or reason | Why | Podcasts | Appearances |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silvestre Reyes first Mexican-American · Border Patrol | Selected | Former official | Former U.S. Representative in Congress until 2013. | 1 | 1 |
| Sion Simon former Labour MP | Selected | Former official | Former Labour MP. | 1 | 1 |
| Sir Alex Allan government's independent adviser on ministerial interests | Selected | Former official | Government's independent adviser on ministerial interests. | 1 | 1 |
| Sir Chris Deverell former British general | Selected | Former official | Former British general. | 1 | 1 |
| Sir Mark Lyall Grant former diplomat and National Security Adviser | Selected | Former official | Former diplomat and National Security Adviser. | 1 | 1 |
| Sir Peter Fahy counter terrorism expert | Selected | Former official | Former chief of Manchester police. | 1 | 1 |
| Siv Jensen | Selected | Former official | Former Finance Minister of Norway until 2020. | 1 | 1 |
| Sky Miller former State Department official · State Department | Selected | Former official | Former U.S. State Department official. | 1 | 1 |
| Soledad Fernández ex directora · Agencia Tributaria | Selected | Former official | Former director of Agencia Tributaria Spain. | 1 | 1 |
| Sonia Khan former Treasury special adviser | Selected | Former official | Former special advisor to British Treasury. | 1 | 1 |
| Stanislaw Koziej Gen., były szef BBN | Selected | Former official | General, former BBN chief. | 1 | 1 |
| Stefan Dejemyr fd gruppchef · Nationella insatsstyrkan | Selected | Former official | Former head of national special forces unit. | 1 | 1 |
| Steinar Karlsen pensionerad från norska PST · PST | Selected | Former official | Retired Norwegian PST. | 1 | 1 |
| Stephen Dorrell Health Secretary | Selected | Former official | Former Health Secretary. | 1 | 1 |
| Stephen Hadley National Security Advisor | Selected | Former official | Former National Security Advisor. | 1 | 1 |
| Steven Bannon former White House Chief Strategist | Selected | Former official | Former White House Chief Strategist. | 1 | 1 |
| Sue Biniaz | Selected | Former official | Former chief climate counsel at U.S. State Department. | 1 | 1 |
| Susan Monarez former CDC director · CDC | Selected | Former official | Former CDC director. | 1 | 1 |
| Susanne Heart tidligere folkevalgt | Selected | Former official | Former elected official. | 1 | 1 |
| Sławomir Cenckiewicz Szef BBN | Selected | Former official | Former head of National Security Bureau. | 1 | 1 |
| Tim Mayopoulos ex-CEO of Fannie Mae and ex-president of Blend · Fannie Mae, Blend | Selected | Former official | Former CEO of Fannie Mae and Blend. | 1 | 1 |
| Tjebbe van Oostenbruggen voormalig staatssecretaris | Selected | Former official | Former State Secretary (former). | 1 | 1 |
| Tobias Thyberg | Selected | Former official | Former Ambassador of Sweden to Ukraine (end 2023). | 1 | 1 |
| Tommaso Cerno | Selected | Former official | Member of Italian Senate until 2022. | 1 | 1 |
| Tore Vamraak sjeføkonom og tidligere statssekretær · Sparebanken Sør, Finansdepartementet | Selected | Economist or consultant et Former official | Chief Economist, former State Secretary Ministry of Finance. | 1 | 1 |
| Tracey Crouch Former Minister for Sport | Selected | Former official | Former Minister for Sport. | 1 | 1 |
| Victoria Atkins Conservative | Selected | Former official | Former Minister of State for Prisons and Probation (ended 2022). | 1 | 1 |
| Vincent Rigby Former National Security Adviser · CSIS | Selected | Former official | Former national security advisor to Canadian Prime Minister. | 1 | 1 |
| Vincenzo Amendola Partito Democratico | Selected | Former official | Italian minister for EU Affairs (end 2021) and Undersecretary (end 2022). | 1 | 1 |
| Virginie Rozière ancienne directrice du numérique · ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères | Selected | Former official | Former digital director at Foreign Affairs Ministry. | 1 | 1 |
| Wangari Maathai Friedens-Nobelpreisträgerin | Selected | Former official | Former Minister of Environment of Kenya (ended 2005). | 1 | 1 |
| William Gould IV labor law expert and former NLRB chair | Selected | Former official | Former president of NLRB. | 1 | 1 |
| Yola Wanders ancienne responsable sécurité · Penitentiaire Inrichting Vught | Selected | Former official | Former security official at Penitentiaire Inrichting Vught, public authority. | 1 | 1 |
| Ziad Bahaa El Din نائب رئيس وزراء | Selected | Former official | Former Vice Prime Minister of Egypt. | 1 | 1 |
| Zulfi Bukhari | Selected | Former official | Former special advisor to Pakistani Prime Minister. | 1 | 1 |
| Володимир Крижанівський перший посол України в Франції, депутат І-го скликання | Selected | Former official | First ambassador of Ukraine to France, former deputy. | 1 | 1 |
| د.أشرف العربي وزير التخطيط السابق · المعهد القومي للتخطيط | Selected | Former official | Former Planning Minister in Egypt. | 1 | 1 |
| 胡志強 前臺中市長、外交部長 | Selected | Former official | Former mayor and former Foreign Affairs Minister. | 1 | 1 |
| 陳良基 前科技部長 | Selected | Former official | Former Science and Technology Minister. | 1 | 1 |