Subject: UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: 7/22 Breakfast in Washington, D.C. with Mr. Robert Bannerman, NEW Principal Commercial Officer, U.S. Consulate General Dubai
From: "Meghan Hagberg" <[email-masked]>
To: "Meghan Hagberg" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:14:04 -0400

The Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU) is pleased to announce a breakfast briefing with

Mr. Robert Bannerman
NEW Principal Commercial Officer
U.S. Consulate General Dubai

Friday, July 22, 2011
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Washington, D.C.

Member Cost: $35
Non-Member Cost: $70

Hosted by The Boeing Company

Please register here: UAE<http://bciu.org/wip02/online_event_invitation.asp?currentorpast=&eventsorprograms=events&IDNumber=1560&ProgramIDNumber=0&Keycode=2031214>

Biographical Information

Robert Bannerman will begin his post as Principal Commercial Officer at the U.S. Consulate General in Dubai later this summer. Mr. Bannerman most recently served as the Deputy Senior Commercial Officer in Rome, Italy. He was Principal Commercial Officer at the U.S. Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam from 2002 to 2006. Prior to his posting in Vietnam, he served as Commercial Attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Manila, Philippines from 1998 to 2001 and Beijing, China from 1995 to 1998.

Prior to joining the Foreign Commercial Service in 1994, Mr. Bannerman practiced law in Washington, D.C. with the firm of Mudge Rose Guthrie Alexander and Ferdon, and in Seoul, Korea with the firm of Kim & Chang. His areas of expertise include intellectual property law enforcement, international business transactions, and international trade litigation. From 1974 to 1983 he served as Attorney-Advisor in the Office of the General Counsel and Legal Advisor to the Chairman at the U.S. International Trade Commission in Washington, D.C.

Mr. Bannerman holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from St. Olaf College. He also earned a Juris Doctorate from the University of Minnesota. He is conversant in Italian, Mandarin and Vietnamese.

Meghan Hagberg
Senior Program Officer
Business Council for International Understanding
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