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On Monday, February 28, 2000, U.S.
Ambassador Frances Cook met with the group of over 40 MIT Sloan MBA
students and faculty that will travel, in March, to the Middle East
to visit Lebanon, Jordan, and Egypt. She briefed the group on the
current state of the peace negotiations, the economic climate, and
state of rapid takeup of technology in the Middle East. She also
shared some of her experiences in dealing with great figures in the
Region including the late King Hussein, King Abdullah, Hosni
Mubarek, and Barak. The insights that Ambassador Cook shared with
the students on best business practices in the Middle East will
prove invaluable for the trip, and lay the groundwork for
long-lasting friendships.
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Ms. Hind Suhail Bahwan and
Ken Morse |
(L-R) Ms. Bahwan, Frances
Cook, & Rafik Ward |
Ambassador Cook brought with her a
very special guest entrepreneur: Ms. Hind Suhail Bahwan. Ms. Bahwan
is the Chairperson of Bahwan Cybertek, one of the largest, fastest
growing, information technology companies in the Middle East. Ms.
Bahwan told the class about the current information technology
tornado that is currently sweeping through the Middle East. She then
shared her personal experience as a technology entrepreneur in the
Region. Both the students and faculty had a chance to ask very
valuable questions, which will no doubt aid them in their upcoming
meetings with top thought-leaders in the Middle East.
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Bahwan Cybertek, an associate
company of the Bahwan group is one of the largest information
technology companies in the Middle East representing world class IT.
vendors like 3 Com, Business Objects, Cisco, Compaq, Great Plains,
IBM, Microsoft, Novell, Oracle and Toshiba. Bahwan Cybertek, with
its large pool of technical manpower and excellent managerial
capabilities, is backed by a world class Offshore Development Centre
in Chennai, India, and has gained and retained the respect and
support of it's customers by consistently providing quality products
and services at affordable prices.
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Frances Dee Cook |
Fabrizio Campelli,
Rafik Ward, Frances Cook & Michelle Harp |
Frances Dee Cook, a career Foreign
Service Officer, is the former U.S. Ambassador to the Sultanate of
Oman. Ms. Cook joined the Foreign Service in 1967. Her first
assignment after language training was Special Assistant to Sargent
Shriver, Ambassador to France from 1968-1969. Her language skills
included fluent French and Arabic. She served in virtually all the
professional fields of the Foreign Service.
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Ambassador Cook has served in the
following capacities: member of the U.S. Delegation to Paris Peace
Talks on Vietnam, 1970-1971; U.S. Consulate General, Sydney,
Australia, 1971-1973; U.S. Embassy, Dakar, Senegal, 1973-1975;
Personnel Officer for Africa, USIA, 1975-1977; Director of the Press
Office, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State, 1978-1980;
Ambassador to the Republic of Burundi, 1980-1983; Consul General,
Alexandria, Egypt, 1983-1986; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State
for International Assistance, Bureau of Refugee Programs, 1986-1987;
Director, Office of West Africa Affairs, Department of State,
1987-1989; Ambassador to the Republic of Cameroon, 1989-1993; Deputy
Assistant Secretary of State for Regional Security Affairs, Bureau
of Political-Military Affairs, 1993-1995.
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