Background
Othman, Talat Mohamad was born on April 27, 1936 in Betunia, Palestine. Arrived in the United States, 1947, naturalized, 1954. Son of Mohamad Racheed and Damelize Ahmed Othman.
financial consultant investment banker
Othman, Talat Mohamad was born on April 27, 1936 in Betunia, Palestine. Arrived in the United States, 1947, naturalized, 1954. Son of Mohamad Racheed and Damelize Ahmed Othman.
Student Northwestern University With Harris Bank, Chicago, 1956-1978, v.
Othman is the President of Grove Financial, Incorporated. He is the Founding President of the Arab-American Business and Professional Association. In 1973, he founded the Midwest Chapter of the Forex Association of North America.
He serves as Senior Advisor of McKinley Reserve.
Illinois governor Jim Edgar proclaimed November 1, 1997 Haj Othman day in Illinois. In 2006, Othman received an honorary doctorate degree in humane letters from the Catholic Theological Union.
In 1947, Othman emigrated to the United States with his family. From 1956 to 1977, Othman served as an executive in the International Banking Department at Harris Trust and Savings Bank in Chicago, Illinois, as Vice President and Division Administrator of the International Money Management Division, including the International Economic Research Unit.
From 1978 to 1983, Othman was General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of the Saudi Arab Finance Corporation, Luxembourg, and General Manager of the Saudi Investment Group, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
From 1983 to 1995, he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Dearborn Financial Incorporated., Arlington Heights, Illinois. In 1987, Othman joined the board of Harken Energy to represent the interests of Abdullah Taha Bakhsh. Served as chair of the three member Audit Committee of which George West. Bush was a member.
In 1990, he was among 15 Arab-Americans invited to the White House after Saddam Hussein"s invasion of Kuwait.
In 1995, Othman formed Grove Financial, Incorporated. of Chicago and currently serves as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. lieutenant is an international investment management firm located in Long Grove, Illinois, specializing in managing investment funds and United States.-Middle East business. He is President of Crescent Capital Management, Limited Liability Company. Chicago, Illinois and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Amana Mutual Funds, Bellingham, Washington.
He is on the board of Bank One Wisconsin Corporation, Dansk International Design, Hartmarx Corporation, Tejas Power Corporation, PathoGenesis Corporation, and Amana Mutual Funds Trust. He is on the Deans Council of Advisors of Harvard"s Kennedy School of Government.
He is a boardmember of the Middle East Policy Council.
He is Chairman of the Islamic Free Market Institute founded by Khaled Saffuri. Othman served on the Board of Trustees for the Illinois State Universities Retirement System and the Illinois State Finance Authority.
Board directors Institute World Affairs, Milwaukee, 1986—1989, Khail Gibran Memorial committee, Washington, 1987—1989. President Islamic Cultural Center. Member advisory board Kennedy School Government Harvard University.
Member honorary board Mid East Studies Center University Chicago. Board directors St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, since 1991, Church Alsac-American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities. Member of Forex Association of North America (chairman, founding president Chicago chapter 1976, recipient plaque of Appreciation), Arab Bankers Association (president 1985-1987, board directors 1984-1989, recipient plaque of Appreciation), Middle American Arab Chamber of Commerce 1974-1978, (founding president 1977, board directors 1984-1991, recipient plaque of Appreciation), Chicago Club.
Married Isabelle Othman. Children: Joseph, Suad, Jamil, Rashid.