Board of directors - Overview - History - Services for members

Staff

Ambassador Patrick N. Theros (Ret.)
 President and Executive Director
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Elie Haddad
Managing Director (Qatar)
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Amy Greenlee
 Program Director
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Heidi Simon
Program Assistant

 

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Board of Directors

Co-Chairmen

Mr. Rex W. Tillerson - Chairman & CEO, ExxonMobil Corporation

Dr. Ray Irani – Chairman & CEO, Occidental Petroleum Corporation

President

Ambassador Patrick Theros, US-Qatar Business Council

Non-Executive Directors

His Excellency Mr. Abdullah bin Hamad al-Atiyah – Chairman,
Qatar Petroleum; Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Energy and Industry

Shaikh Hamad bin Thamer Al-Thani, Chairman Aljazeera Corporation

Mr. David J. O’Reilly, Chairman and CEO, Chevron

Mr. James Mulva, Chairman and CEO, Conoco Phillips Corporation

Mr. Akbar Baker, CEO Qatar Airways

Mr. Nasser Hassan al-Ansari, Chairman, Qatar Diar

 

 

Overview

The U.S. - Qatar Business Council is a non-profit, private sector organization which provides a forum for discussion of key economic, commercial and other issues of interest to American companies doing or planning to do business in Qatar. The Council also provides information and sponsors events and programs which provide insight into Qatar and its international and business environment. As the only American organization focused on improving commercial relations with Qatar, the Council plays a leading role in expansion of the bilateral relationship. The Council is a membership-based organizations, and its focus lies on providing value-added services to corporate members in the US, Qatar, and around the world.

 

History

The U.S.-Qatar Business Council was founded in 1996 by those American companies which initiated the American entrance into Qatar’s economy following Desert Storm and the accession of His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifah Al-Thani. The Council was established with the goal of promoting commercial relations between the United States and the State of Qatar. In early 1997, the Council opened its office in Washington, where it conducts its major activities.

Services for members

The Council works to enhance economic and business relationships, as well as the general bilateral atmosphere, between the United States and Qatar.

  • Business Facilitation Services: We sponsor lunches, seminars and other events for our members to meet and interact with senior Qatari officials. The Council offers its members access and introductions to companies and markets in the United States and Qatar and publicizes to a larger audience their business activities. We assist members in travel planning travel to each country including assistance with appointments and meetings as appropriate and possible. Within practical limits the Council provides its members with commercial information and due diligence.

 

  • Enhancing the Bilateral relationship: The Council monitors and corrects or enhances news reporting about Council members that appear in the American media. We also bring information about our member companies to the attention of Government officials in each country.

 

  • Networking Events: The Council provides a social forum where members can meet and interact with their Council Member counterparts several times a year.

 

 

  • The Journal: The Council’s twice monthly publication, the U.S.-Qatar Journal, delivered by email to Council members presents the best and most comprehensive report and analysis on Qatar available today in the United States. You will find back issues posted on our Member's website. This Journal gives our members important news on Qatar that is generally ignored by the major media.

 

  • Our Partners: The U.S.-Qatar Business Council works closely with the American Embassy in Qatar, the Qatari diplomatic missions in Washington and New York, with respective Chambers of Commerce, the Bilateral US-Arab Chamber of Commerce and the Qatari Businessmen’s Association.

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