BSc (Hons) in Accountancy, Kogod School of Business, American Univ.; JD, Georgetown Univ. Formerly: practised corporate law and M&A deals/structuring, Kirkland & Ellis, London and Washington DC; Founder, Global Consulting, an int'l development firm; with Fortune 500 companies incl. ExxonMobil, AOLTimeWarner, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Hamilton Capital. Currently, CEO, Habboush Group. Chairman of the Board of various JV companies incl.: Halliburton-Habboush Int'l; Fluor-Habboush Int'l; Hanwha-Habboush Int'l; SK-Habboush Int'l. Member, District of Columbia Bar and US District Court (Federal).