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Florence Eid-Oakden

CEO & Chief Economist
Arabia Monitor
Country or state 
United Kingdom
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Global
City 
London
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Languages 
English,
Arabic,
...
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Bio

Dr. Florence Eid-Oakden is the CEO and Chief Economist of Arabia Monitor. She 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, Dr. Eid-Oakden has also worked with the World Bank on Latin America and on North Africa, and subsequently, 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 for Bank ABC Jordan, the Arab Bankers Association of North America in New York, and sits on the Advisory Council of the Al Faisal University College of Business, Saudi Arabia. She has served as a Trustee of the American University in Paris, and a Director of Shuaa Capital in Dubai. Recently she served as a member of HSBC’s Middle East Financial System Risk Advisory Committee. Dr. Eid-Oakden received her Ph.D. in Organization Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with a joint MIT-Harvard Doctoral Committee, under the supervision of Nobel Laureate Professor Bengt Holmström. She is fluent in Arabic, English, French and Spanish, with a working knowledge of Italian and Portuguese.

Arabia Monitor is a research and strategy think tank specialised in the economies, markets and geopolitics of the Arab countries, and in the unfolding New Silk Route (One Belt One Road) interface with the Middle East & North Africa region.

Current position (3)

CEO & Chief Economist

Arabia Monitor

Board Member

Arab Banking Corporation International Bank

Board Member

Bank ABC Jordan

Degrees (1)
PhD in Economics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1994 to 2000

Presentations

Presentations (9)
Risks and opportunities of doing business in the Middle East
The low oil price environment: A rite of passage toward more responsive economic management in GCC
China’s New Silk Road will transform trade and investment patterns. Who benefits most?
Economics in a Turbulent World

How Will Developments in Energy Markets, The Rise of China, Economic Reform in KSA and Iranian Regional Ambitions Play Out.

The Middle East Today: What is exceptional and what isn’t?
Could entrepreneurship become a game-changer for MENA labour markets?
How can central banks suppress volatility?

What will the consequences be for increased rates? What are the implications of continued unconventional monetary policies by central banks for Europe? What will the outlook be for debt markets investors with continued Eurozone malaise?

Private Equity in Africa and the Middle East: Driving Africa’s Economic Transformation
Assessing the impact of Iran on regional geopolitical trends
Past talks (4)
21st Century Infrastructure in the Middle East
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) 2018 Annual Meeting
Mumbai, India
June 26, 2018
The New Global Disorder: Brexit, Trump and China
The 2018 World Forum for Foreign Direct Investment
Liverpool, UK
June 13, 2018
Realising Saudi Arabia’s Renewable Energy Targets
World Future Energy Summit
Abu Dhabi, UAE
January 15, 2018
The trade and investment relations between Egypt and China
GTR’s Egypt Trade & Export Finance Conference
Cairo, Egypt
November 7, 2017
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The Middle East today: What is exceptional and what isn´t? - ONS 2014, Norway
Dr Florence Eid at FIKR 11 Conference on Al Arabiya Television
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Books & Articles (2)

Arabia Monitor
财新博客

Expertise (27)

Business
Leadership
Social & Political
Middle East North Africa Belt and Road MENA Economics Geopolitics Banking Saudi Arabia UAE Private Equity Egypt Venture Capital Iran Oil Renewable Energy Investment Decision Making Wealth Management Risk Management China investment industry Arab World Lebanon Morocco

Awards & certifications (1)

The Arab Woman's Award (Finance)
Arab Woman Awards
2016
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Leading expert on the economies, markets and geopolitics of MENA and China's Belt & Road Initiative.

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