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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 Intercontinental
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.
For
more information: www.state.gov;
http://riyadh.usembassy.gov
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