AmCham Abu Dhabi and the U.S.-U.A.E. Business Council are honored to host a round table dinner and discussion featuring The Honorable Michèle Flournoy, Former U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, current Senior Advisor for the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), on Monday, October 7th, 2013 in Abu Dhabi.
AmCham Abu Dhabi and the U.S.-U.A.E. Business Council will host an exclusive roundtable discussion with the Honorable Michèle Flournoy, Former U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and current Senior Advisor at the Boston Consulting Group, and senior representatives of U.S.-U.A.E. government and industry. During the program, Ms. Flournoy will discuss issues central to the development of the U.A.E.’s defense, security, and information technology sectors and highlight opportunities for U.S. commercial partnership. For your information, a biography of Ms. Flournoy can be found below.
The Honorable Michèle Flournoy
Former U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
Senior Advisor
Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
Michèle Flournoy, the former U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, currently holds the position of senior advisory at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG).
Flournoy joins BCG’s Public Sector practice, where she provides advice on driving change in the government arena to BCG teams and the governments around the world.
Flournoy served as Under Secretary of Defense for Policy in the Department of Defense from February 2009 to February 2012. As the third-ranking official in the DoD, she served as the principal advisor to Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta in the formulation of national security and defense policy, oversight of military plans and operations, and in National Security Council deliberations. She also led the development of the department’s new strategic guidance and represented the DoD in dozens of foreign engagements, in the media, and before Congress.
Prior to her confirmation as Under Secretary, Flournoy co-led President Obama’s transition team at the Department of Defense.
In January 2007, she cofounded the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), a non-partisan think tank dedicated to developing strong, pragmatic, and principled national security policies. She served as CNAS’s president until returning to government service in 2009.
Before cofounding CNAS, she was a senior advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and served as a distinguished research professor at the National Defense University.
Flournoy was awarded the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service in 1998, 2011, and 2012 and is a recipient of several other DoD and Joint Chiefs of Staff civilian awards.
She is a member of the Defense Policy Board, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Aspen Strategy Group, and several nonprofit boards.
AmCham Abu Dhabi (the trademark of the American Business Group of Abu Dhabi) is a member of the global network of American Chambers of Commerce. The AmCham Abu Dhabi mission is to promote commerce, investment and goodwill between the United States of America, the membership, the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and the United Arab Emirates. AmCham Abu Dhabi is an independent, not-for-profit association comprised of Fortune 500 corporations, small and medium sized companies and prominent business leaders and entrepreneurs. AmCham Abu Dhabi provides a uniquely situated platform through which executives pursue and discuss issues impacting business operation between the U.S. and U.A.E. Substantive government advocacy programs, educational and networking programs and customized business service are just a few of the many benefits AmCham Abu Dhabi provides to its members. Through the support of its members, AmCham Abu Dhabi has become the recognized voice of U.S. business in Abu Dhabi, the capital city of the United Arab Emirates. www.amchamabudhabi.org
About U.S.-U.A.E. Business Council:
The U.S.-U.A.E. Business Council is a progressive business advocacy organization solely committed to the advancement of the trade and commercial relationship between the United States and the United Arab Emirates. The U.S.-U.A.E. Business Council provides its diverse membership unparalleled access to senior decision makers in business and government in the U.A.E. and in the U.S. The Business Council actively works to ensure that the U.S. and U.A.E. remain attractive destinations for foreign direct investment by conducting effective policy advocacy, undertaking various trade promotion initiatives, providing ongoing updates on the business climate in both countries, and helping develop strategic relationships between U.S. and U.A.E. business and government officials. www.usuaebusiness.org
