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Outstanding Speakers
One of the highlights of the American Club program is the Monthly Luncheon at which outstanding speakers are invited to be our guests and address the Club.

Below is a representative selection of distinguished personalities* who have spoken to the luncheon groups in the past:

Enjoying cocktails before the luncheon, from the left, Helmut Weidenbach, Managing Director of Commerzbank; Charles Antony Shaw recently retired President of British Petroleum; and Jan Stahlie of the Tracon Corporation

Jesús Aguirre
Duke of Alba

Carmen Alborch
Spanish Minister of Culture

José María Alvarez del Manzano
Mayor of Madrid

Narciso Andreu
President, Iberia Airlines

José María Aznar
President, Popular Party

Hon. Reginald Bartholomew
U.S. Ambassador to Spain

Hon. Schlomo Ben Ami
Israeli Ambassador to Spain

Peter Bruce
Staff Correspondent, Financial Times

Hon. Guido Brunner
German Ambassador to Spain

Tom Burns
Correspondent, Washington Post

Hon. Richard C. Capen, Jr.
U.S. Ambassador to Spain

José María Carrascal
Newscaster, Antena 3 TV

Jaime Carvajal y Urquijo
President, Ford España

Hon. Emilio Cassinello
President, State Society Expo '92

Mario Conde
President, Banesto

Maj. Gen. Gerald A. Daniel
Commander, 16th Air Force

Fernando Fernández Tapias
President of Naviera F. Tapias Group

Carlos Ferrer Salat
President, CEOE

Manuel García Pelayo
President, Tribunal Constitucional

Julian García Valverde
President, RENFE

Danielle Gardner
Journalist and Art Expert

Hon. Richard N. Gardner
U.S. Ambassador to Spain

Antonio Garrigues Walker
J.& A. Garrigues Law Firm

Hon. Ehud Ghul
Israeli Ambassador to Spain

Mayra Gómez Kemp
Television Personality

Hon. David N. Greenlee
Charge d'Affaires, U.S. Embassy

Hon. Samuel Hadas
Israeli Ambassador to Spain

Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Harpe
Commander, 16th Air Force

Antonio Hernández Mancha
President, Alianza Popular

Emilio F. Iodice
Counselor for Commercial Affairs, U.S. Embassy

José Antonio Jáuregui
Social and Biosocial Anthropologist

Hon. Julie Loranger
Canadian Ambassador to Spain

Thomas McCoy
V.P., Southern Europe, RJR

Ramón Mendoza Fontenla
President, Real Madrid

George S. Moore
Former Chairman, Citicorp

Dra. Elena Ochoa
Sexologist and TV Presenter

Manuel Olivencia Ruiz
Commissioner General, Expo '92

Alfonso Osorio García
Former Spanish Vice President

Eduardo Punset
Deputy to the European Parliament

Tomás de la Quadra Salcedo
Minister of Territorial Administration

Denis Rafter
Actor and Teacher of Speech and Drama

Joaquín Ruiz Giménez
Public Defender

Edward Schumacher
N.Y. Times Bureau Chief

Fernando Schwartz Girón
Editorialist, El País

Pedro Schwartz Girón
Economist and Lawyer

Hon. Igor Sergevich
Russian Ambassador to Spain

Jesús de la Serna
President, Madrid Press Association

Anthony Shaw
Former President of BP

H.M. King Simeon of Bulgaria

Ramón Tamames
Economist, Commentator

Baron von Thyssen Bournemisza
Art Collector and Philanthropist

Hon. Terence Todman
U.S. Ambassador to Spain

Steven Winegar
President, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Hon. David Wright
Canadian Ambassador to Spain

Hon. Joseph Zappala
U.S. Ambassador to Spain

Alberto Ruiz Gallardon
President of the Community of Madrid

H.E. Qiu Xiaoqi
Ambassador of China to Spain

Mr. Joaquín Guirao

H.E. Joseph D. Bernardo y Medina
Ambassador of the Republic of Philippines to Spain

H.E. Vusi Bruce Koloane
Ambassador of South Africa to Spain

Mr. Daniel F. Keller
Consul General of the US Embassy in Spain

H.E. Do Hgoc Son
Ambassador of Vietnam to Spain

H.E. Alezander I. Juznetsov
Ambassador of the Federation of Russia to Spain


* Identifying titles were those held at the time of speaking to The American Club.