Dr. Odeh Aburdene

Dr. Odeh Aburdene is President of OAI Advisors, which provides advice and consultancy on Middle East business, energy, and private equity. Before OAI, he was a Managing Partner of CT Capital International, Inc. Dr. Aburdene received his PhD from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, specializing in oil economics. His thesis analyzed the impact of Middle East oil on the U.S. balance of payments. He also studied the Middle East oil industry at the Harvard Center for Middle Eastern Studies and participated in several study groups in the United States and the Middle East on US-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) relations.  

From 1975 to 1980, Dr. Aburdene served the First National Bank of Chicago as Vice President responsible for the Middle East. In 1980, he joined Occidental Petroleum as Vice President responsible for the Middle East. In 1980, he joined Occidental Petroleum as Vice President for Middle East business and as an adviser to senior management. 

Dr. Aburdene has published several articles on international monetary and petroleum issues. He is also a member of the New York Council on Foreign Relations, the International Advisory Board of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, the Advisory Board of the Rand Center for Middle East Public Policy, the Advisory Board of Search for Common Ground, the board of Seeds of Peace.