Ford
M. Fraker,
Ambassador to Saudi Arabia
Ford
M. Fraker was sworn in on April 11, 2007 as U.S.
Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
At the time of his nomination by President
George W. Bush, Ambassador Fraker was serving as
Chairman of the Trinity Group Limited, a private
investment banking firm in the United Kingdom
and as consultant for International Real Estate
Corporation in Boston, MA.
Ambassador Fraker graduated cum laude from
Harvard University in 1971 with a Bachelor of
Arts degree.
Ambassador Fraker has served as a banker in the
Middle East for more than thirty years. He began
his career with Chemical Bank where he worked
from 1972 to 1979. He worked in Lebanon, the UAE,
and Bahrain, ending as a Vice President and
Regional Manager for the bank�s Bahrain
office. He joined the Saudi International Bank
in 1979 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, Ambassador Fraker was serving
on the bank�s Management Committee.
Ambassador Fraker 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.
Ambassador Fraker has been married to his wife,
Linda M.H. Fraker, for more than 23 years. They
have three children, Antonia, Jonathan, and
Charlie. Antonia and Jonathan are attending
university, and Charlie is completing his high
school studies.
Ambassador Fraker was born in Princeton, NJ and
speaks French and Arabic.
As
of August 13, 2007
The President intends to
nominate Ford M. Fraker, of Massachusetts, to be
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of
the United States of America to the Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia. Mr. Fraker currently serves as
Chairman of Trinity Group Limited and consultant
to Intercontinental Real Estate Corporation.
Prior to this, he served as Managing Director of
MeesPierson Investment Finance (UK) Limited.
Earlier in his career, he served as Head of
Banking for Saudi International Bank. Mr. Fraker
received his bachelor's degree from Harvard
University.
Source:
As of February 12, 2007
