BUSINESS, INVESTMENT, AND FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT DYNAMICS AND PROSPECTS
Chair:
Mr. Michael Markland - Vice President for Private Wealth Management, Morgan Stanley (Dubai).
Speakers:
Ambassador Ford Fraker - Senior Adviser and Chairman for the Middle East and North Africa Group, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P.; former U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia.
Ambassador Joseph LeBaron - Senior Adviser, Patton Boggs LLP; former U.S. Ambassador to Qatar and Mauritania.
Mr. Danny E. Sebright - President, U.S.-U.A.E. Business Council.
Mr. Lionel C. Johnson - Vice President, Middle East and North Africa Affairs, U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
March 31, 2010
Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center, Washington, DC
Featured Speaker:
John Hofmeister, Founder and Chief Executive, Citizens for Affordable Energy, and Former President, Shell Oil Company
Moderator:
Dr. John Duke Anthony, Founding President and CEO, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations
VIDEO PRESIDENT OBAMA’S ‘NATIONAL EXPORT INITIATIVE’ AND ARAB MARKETS: Growing Relationships
Mr. Francisco J. Sánchez – Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade and Head of the International Trade Administration
BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT
CHAIR:
Ms. Barbara G. B. Ferguson – Washington Bureau Chief, Arab News; Co-Chair, International correspondents committee, The National Press Club, Washington, D.C.; author, “Country Reports” on Bahrain, Morocco, and Kazakhstan for theWashington Times; embedded war correspondent during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm in Kuwait in 1990-1991 and in Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003.
SPEAKERS:
Ambassador Ford M. Fraker − Senior Adviser and Chairman for the Middle East and North Africa Group at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P.
Dr. Hani K. Findakly – Investment Banker and Director of Clinton Group, Inc.; former Vice Chairman of the Clinton Group; Member of the Council on Foreign Relations and its task forces on “The Balkans 2010” and “Middle East Trade and Investments.”
Mr. Brad Bourland − Chief Economist at Jadwa Investment Company.
Dr. Lama Suleiman − First Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI).
