Maher Habbal is a Senior Instructor for IHRDC. He spent the last seven years with Saudi Aramco as the head of Economic Evaluation and Portfolio Analysis Division for Aramco Chemicals. He led the economic evaluation team on multiple billion dollars global investment projects in Petrochemicals and Refineries complexes. Before joining Aramco, he spent more than 20 years with IHRDC where he was responsible for developing and implementing the business simulation models used in IHRDC management programs and workshops. Before joining IHRDC, Mr. Habbal worked three years with Arthur D. Little, Inc. as a Senior Financial Analyst in financial reporting and modeling. Also, as a member of the teaching staff at the Arthur D. Little School of Management Master of Science in Management Program, he taught Finance, Economics and Accounting. Mr. Habbal holds a M.S. degree in Management from Hult International Business School and a B.S. in Business Economics from the Lebanese American University.