Today's Middle East

by Middle East and North Africa Club

Advocacy

Mon, Sep 14, 2015

6 PM – 8 PM

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E wing - Lecture Theatre 7

26 Sussex Place, Marylebone, London, NW1 4SA, United Kingdom

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What happens in MENA no longer stays in MENA
Societal transformations and revolutions are not exceptional, but technology has sped up the contagion. What is happening in MENA today, is in many ways similar to what happened previously in other parts of the world, with some unique aspects.

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E wing - Lecture Theatre 7

26 Sussex Place, Marylebone, London, NW1 4SA, United Kingdom

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Dr. Florence Eid-Oakden

Dr. Florence Eid-Oakden is the CEO and Chief Economist of Arabia Monitor. Dr. Eid has been a professor of economics and finance at the American University of Beirut and a visiting professor at INSEAD and HEC Paris. Formerly Head of MENA research at JP Morgan, she has also worked with the World Bank on Latin America & North Africa and on the buy side as a hedge fund investment professional. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Arab Banking Corporation International Bank in London and Arab Bankers Association of North America in New York, on the Advisory Board of the Al Faisal University College of Business, Saudi Arabia, and has been a
Trustee of the American University in Paris. Dr. Eid holds a Ph.D. in Organization Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with a joint Harvard-MIT doctoral committee. She is fluent in Arabic, English, French and Spanish.

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