A. Robert Abboud
Board Member
cosmetology
alberto culver company
United States of America
Biography
Mr. A. Robert Abboud is the President at A. Robert Abboud and Company. He served as the President and Chief Operating Officer of Occidental Petroleum Corporation. He served as an Independent Co-Chairman of Ivanhoe Energy Inc. He was Chairman of First Chicago Corporation and The First National Bank of Chicago, Chairman of First City Bancorporation of Texas and Chairman of ACB International, Ltd. Under Mr. Abboud's Chairmanship, First Chicago was the first U.S. bank to open an office in China in 1978. He has been an Independent Lead Director of Ivanhoe Energy Inc. since May 17, 2006. He has also served on numerous Boards of Directors, many of them as Audit Committee Chairman, including Occidental Petroleum, Canadian Occidental Petroleum, Standard Oil Company (Indiana), Cities Service Co., The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, The International Monetary Market, Inland Steel, Field Enterprises, AAR Corp., Alberto Culver Company, Hartmarx Corp., and ICN Pharmaceutical. Mr. Abboud is a graduate of Harvard College and of Harvard Law and Business schools and is a U.S. Marine combat veteran.
Research Interest
Pharmaceutics & Drug Delivery Research
