- Ford M. Fraker
Ford M. Fraker, of
Massachusetts , is the current U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia.Career highlights
Prior to his nomination, Fraker was serving as chairman of the
Trinity Group Limited , a private investment banking firm in the United Kingdom, [cite web |url=http://www.trinity-group.co.uk/index.php |title=Trinity Group Limited |accessdate=2007-05-07 |publisher=Trinity Group ] and as consultant forIntercontinental Real Estate Corporation inBoston .Fraker graduated
cum laude fromHarvard University in 1971 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He has served as a banker in the Middle East for more than thirty years. He began his career withChemical Bank , where he worked from 1972 to 1979. He worked inLebanon , theUAE , andBahrain , ending as a Vice President and Regional Manager for the bank’s Bahrain office. He joined theSaudi International Bank in 1979, [ [http://web.archive.org/web/20051109042114/http://www.trinity-group.co.uk/ford_m_fraker.html Trinity Group archived doc] ] and worked for SIB until 1991, holding positions of increasing management responsibility in the bank’s General Banking, Credit and Client Development units. When he left SIB in 1991, Fraker was serving on the bank’s Management Committee.He founded Fraker & Co. in 1991, and in 1993, he joined
MeesPierson Investment Finance (UK) Limited, where he was the managing director responsible for placing U.S. and European investment products with European and Middle Eastern institutional and private investors. In 1997, he co-founded Trinity Group Limited, and continued to serve as managing director and chairman until his nomination by President Bush.Personal and family
As of 2007, Fraker has been married for more than 23 years and has three children. He was born in Princeton,
New Jersey , and speaks French and Arabic.References
External links
* [http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2007/02/12/fraker_is_bushs_pick_as_ambassador_to_saudi_arabia/?rss_id=Boston.com+%2F+News+%2F+Local+news+from+The+Boston+Globe%2C+AP%2C+and+Reuters Boston Globe, February 13, 2007]
* [http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/82568.htm U.S. State Dept. biography]
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.