#  US-Saudi Relations: More than a Marriage of Convenience 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **October 18, 2012** 

 04:00PM - 06:00PM EDT 

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 **CGIS, Knafel Building, Room 262, 1737 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA**  



 

 



 

Presented by the **Middle East Seminar.**  
  
**Ford Fraker** is the former United States Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 2007-2009; prior to serving in Saudi Arabia, Ambassador Fraker had spent most of his career in the financial services industry as a banker and a consultant in the Middle East. He began his career with Chemical Bank where he worked from 1972 to 1979 in Lebanon, the UAE, and Bahrain, ending as a Vice President and Regional Manager for the bank's Bahrain office. In 1979, he joined Saudi International Bank (SIB) where he spent 12 years in roles that included managing the General Banking, Credit and Client Development units and serving on the bank's Management Committee. In 1991, he founded Fraker & Co, a consulting firm that specialized in the Middle East. In 1993, he joined MeesPierson Investment Finance (UK) Limited, where he was a Managing Director responsible for placing U.S. and European investment products with European and Middle Eastern institutional and private investors. In 1996, he co-founded and later served as Managing Director and Chairman of the Trinity Group Limited, a private investment banking firm, and also acted as a consultant for Intercontinental Real Estate Corporation. Ambassador Fraker received his undergraduate degree from Harvard University.

**Contact:** [Marina Ivanova](mailto:mivanova@fas.harvard.edu)  
**Sponsors:** Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University

*As a Title VI National Resource Center, CMES is partially funding this program with U.S. Department of Education grant funds. The content of this program does not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the U.S. Department of Education.*



 

 



 

 See also:- [ WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar ](/eventseries/me-seminar)
- [ 2012-13 ](/academic-year/2012-13)
 
 

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