Wharton Middle East Alumni Conference 2004
Leading in a Changing Business Environment
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
March 13, 2004

Dr. Odeh Aburdene
Managing Partner,
CT Capital International, Inc.

Dr. Odeh Aburdene is Managing Partner of CT Capital International, Inc., which provides advisory services to clients located primarily in the Middle East. From 1975 to 1980, he served with the First National Bank of Chicago and in 1980 joined Occidental Petroleum as Vice President for Middle East business. Dr. Aburdene is a member of the New York Council on Foreign Relations, and a board member of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, the Rand Center for Middle East Public Policy, Search for Common Ground, America Mideast Educational and Training Services, and Seeds of Peace. He received his Ph.D. from the Fletcher School and also studied the Middle East Oil Industry at Harvard University.