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MEI Scholar
Dr. Herman Franssen
Adjunct Scholar  
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Experience

  • President of International Energy Associates, Inc.
  • Served as Senior Economic Advisor to the Minister of Petroleum and Minerals of the Sultanate of Oman (1985-1996)
  • First senior Western advisor admitted to OPEC ministerial meetings (1986)
  • Provided biannual consultations on the crude oil market to the GCC Committee on Oil Markets
  • Served as Chief Economist to the International Energy Agency of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris
  • Director of the Office of International Market Analysis of the US Department of Energy (1978-1980)

Education

  • PhD, Tufts University, 1971
  • MALD, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, 1969
  • MA, Tufts University, 1968
  • BA in International Economics and Political Science, Macalester College, 1965
 

Expertise

Countries

Regional Issues

  • Special Conference: Libya, Africa & the West
  • Special Conference: Iran on the Horizon
  • MEI 61st Annual Conference: The Middle East in 2010