Saudi and Gulf States Business Opportunities
Date: Thursday, April 16, 2015 - Friday, April 17, 2015
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, 100 N. 6th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Join GIC as we welcome special guest H.E. Abdullah Alireza, former minister of commerce and industry for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Saudi and Gulf States Business Opportunities
AGENDA
1:30 p.m. | Registration
2 p.m. | Welcome Remarks
George Tsetsekos, Dean Emeritus of Drexel LeBow College of Business
2:05 p.m. | Saudi Arabia: The Way Forward, An Economic Overview
H.E. Abdullah Alireza, Vice Chairman of the Xenel Group and Former Minister of Commerce and Industry of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
3:05 p.m. | Legal Aspects of Doing Business with the Arabian Gulf
Paul Homsy, Partner, Eaton & Van Winkle
3:45 p.m. | Benefits of US-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement
Rose Sager, Trade Representative, Kingdom of Bahrain
4:30 p.m. | Concluding Remarks
George Tsetsekos, Dean Emeritus of Drexel LeBow College of Business
Earn Continuing Education Credit
Saudi and Gulf States Business Opportunities has been approved for 3 CTFA credits by the Institute of Certified Bankers (ICB). CTFA credits should be distributed as follows: 3 INV. This statement should not be viewed as an endorsement of this program or its sponsor. ICB Members must report these credits at www.icbmembers.org.
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Speakers
Abdullah Alireza
Vice Chairman of Xenel IndustriesH.E. Abdullah Alireza served as minister of commerce and industry from March 2008 to December 2011. Prior to this position, H.E. was minister of state and member of the Council of Ministers from May 2003 to March 2008.
Paul Homsy
Partner, Eaton & Van WinklePaul Homsy is one of the leading authorities on the Arabian Gulf, Islamic finance and the laws and business conditions of this region. He is a partner in the law firm of Eaton & Van Winkle (www.evw.com) and a senior advisor for the Middle East at Volaw (www.volaw.com), one of the leading private wealth advisory and trust companies in Jersey, in the Channel Islands.
Rose Sager
Trade Representative, Kingdom of BahrainBorn and raised in Bahrain, Rose Sager immigrated to the US where she received a B.S. in mathematics and business from City University of New York. Her career has included positions in the financial and insurance industries and training director at a major US airline.
George Tsetsekos, Ph.D.
Francis Professor of Finance and Dean Emeritus Drexel’s LeBow College of BusinessDr. George Tsetsekos, serves as the Francis professor of Finance and Director of the Risk Management Center at the LeBow College of Business. He served as Dean of LeBow (2002-2012) and under his transformative leadership the college achieved national rankings and quality milestones in research and teaching.