Alice Nicole Rogoff, managing director of the Washington merchant banking firm of G. William Miller & Company, was married yesterday to David Mark Rubenstein, a partner in the Washington law firm of Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge. Rabbi David Saperstein performed the ceremony at Protocol House in Washington.
The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mortimer Rogoff of Washington, was formerly assistant to the director of the Office of Management and Budget and assistant to Donald E. Graham, publisher of The Washington Post. She graduated from the Dalton School, Connecticut College and the Harvard Business School. Her father is chairman and president of Navigation Sciences Inc., a computer software company in Bethesda, Md. Her mother, Sheila Rogoff, is an artist.
Mr. Rubenstein is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rubenstein of Baltimore and Lake Worth, Fla. He was formerly an associate with the New York law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison and served in the Carter Administration as deputy assistant to the President for domestic affairs and policy. He graduated magna cum laude from Duke University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and from the University of Chicago Law School, where he was an editor of The Law Review. His father is a manager of the Gucci store in Palm Beach, Fla.

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Kareim M. Abbouda

Kareim M. Abbouda

at (Memac) Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide
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Toronto, Canada Area
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Public Relations and Communications

Kareim M. Abbouda's Overview

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  • FOUNDER & DIRECTOR: MENA - KINSEY MCALLEN COMMUNICATIONS, Saudi Arabia at Kinsey McAllen Communications Inc.
  • COO & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR - PENTOMINOS LTD – Hong Kong at Pentominos Ltd – Hong Kong
  • DIRECTOR, HEAD OF TECHNOLOGY - CITIGATE DEWE ROGERSON (CDR) – Hong Kong at Citigate Dewe Rogerson – Hong Kong
  • MANAGING SUPERVISOR - FLEISHMAN-HILLARD – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia at Fleishman-Hillard – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • ACCOUNT DIRECTOR- BURSON-MARSTELLER - Middle East & North Africa (based in Egypt) at Burson-Marsteller – Cairo, Egypt
  • ACCOUNT MANAGER - IMPACT/BBDO (based in Saudi Arabia) at BBDO – Cairo, Egypt; Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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  • The American University in Cairo
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Kareim M. Abbouda's Summary

Passion; Vision; Growth. These concepts characterize Kareim Abbouda’s success as a trail-blazing public relations strategist and communications expert. With 10+ years of executive leadership at the helm of multinational agencies, including Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide, Citigate Dewe Rogerson, Fleishman-Hillard and BBDO, Mr. Abbouda offers a vertical understanding and nuanced prowess across various PR vehicles to drive communications, brand marketing, public affairs and media relations.

In his Directorial role with Ogilvy, Mr. Abbouda spearheaded transformational changes to introduce brand marketing best-practices, enhance team PR competencies and build internal inroads to provide clients with encompassing solutions. Similarly at Citigate, Mr. Abbouda pioneered comprehensive recruitment and training stratagems to rapidly reverse the agency’s slagging reputation in the APAC IT & Technology PR market. Additionally, Mr. Abbouda offers extensive entrepreneurial and business leadership acumen, launching, building from the ground-up and successfully operating 2 PR agencies catering to top-tier technical and government clientele.

Trusted advisor and strategic counsellor, Mr. Abbouda nurtures long-term client relationships, tenaciously pursues fresh opportunities and holds a track record of wins from pitching new business. Throughout his career, Mr. Abbouda has customized unique PR programs for top-tier corporate clients including the Carlyle Group, Samsung, Sun Microsystems, AMD, BMW/Rover Group, Kimberley-Clark, and Coca-Cola; as well as diverse government sectors. For his precedent-setting work, Mr. Abbouda holds publications in the Journal of Public Relations Research and is a frequent guest lecturer and industry thought-leader for Universities and media outlets.

Specialties

Strategic PR Account Planning
Financial Forecasting & Analysis
Tactical Crisis Communications
Piloting Change Management
Deep-Cutting Process Re-engineering
Business Development Breakthrough
B2B & B2C Promotional Campaigns
Strategic Alliances & Partnerships
Driving Market Share Growth
Coaching & Mentorship
Multidisciplinary Stakeholders
Brand Development & Positioning

Kareim M. Abbouda's Experience


DIRECTOR: SAUDI ARABIA - OGILVY PUBLIC RELATIONS WORLDWIDE

(Memac) Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide

Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry
June 2008 – Present (3 years)
* Rose to the challenge of cultivating a performance-driven 11 member team and nurturing an advanced talent pool of capable personnel with core competencies across PR best-practices, client relations and media management.
* Overhauled PR approach, eradicating isolated projects to implement strategic and client-centric plans for both short and long-term brand integrity & development, organic business growth and enhanced opportunities for market capture.
* Integral contributor to the agency’s high-profile win of the coveted Emaar, The Economic City, and retained relationships with Samsung, Bayer Pharmaceuticals, Indomie-brand foods and a number of strong, locally-bound brands.
* Samsung – Multi-Media Campaign Management: rescued faltering account through personalized consulting with the country manager & brand counselling for a tactical PR strategy that propelled Samsung’s market-hold from 3rd to 2nd place.
* Confidential Client – Crisis Management: successfully managed crisis communications to circumvent allegations of hazardous effects from consumption of E621 (MSG) in food products.
* Carlyle Group – Greenfield Market Entry: choreographed PR strategy for this global alternative asset management firm’s $500Million market entry.

FOUNDER & DIRECTOR: MENA - KINSEY MCALLEN COMMUNICATIONS, Saudi Arabia

Kinsey McAllen Communications Inc.

Public Relations and Communications industry
December 2004 – June 2008 (3 years 7 months)
* Build the company from the ground up, enlarged operations and elevated company reputation, acquiring multinational business with up to 40% year-over-year growth and team expansion from 6 to 11 personnel.
* Steered the precedent-setting Arla Foods comeback against the anti-Danish boycott, recovering the client’s 80% market-share loss in 6 months and rescuing the global food co-operative.
* Gained industry-wide recognition with results published in the Journal of Public Relations Research: Examining the Heuristic Value of Models of International Public Relations Practice: A Case Study of the Arla Foods Crisis (2008).

Gaither, T. Kenn and Curtin, Patricia A. (2008) 'Examining the Heuristic Value of Models of International Public Relations Practice: A Case Study of the Arla Foods Crisis', Journal of Public Relations Research, 20:1, 115 - 137

COO & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR - PENTOMINOS LTD – Hong Kong

Pentominos Ltd – Hong Kong

Computer Software industry
July 2002 – November 2004 (2 years 5 months)
* Co-launched this entrepreneurial PR agency specializing in top-tier IT & Technology communications & public engagement solutions; double-hatting in Operational & Business Generation roles with ownership across key pipelines: profitability, HR, project management, financial & cash-flow management, as well as legal relations with internal & external stakeholders.

DIRECTOR, HEAD OF TECHNOLOGY - CITIGATE DEWE ROGERSON (CDR) – Hong Kong

Citigate Dewe Rogerson – Hong Kong

Public Relations and Communications industry
October 2000 – June 2002 (1 year 9 months)
* Operationalized the Hong Kong office, strengthen the APAC regional practice and introduce the firm’s Momentum Management™ (MoMa) methodology across Singapore, India and Japan.
* Catapulted CDR’s Hong Kong brand as a desired agency in IT & technology communications pitches.
* Reversed years of poor credentials in the market by via deep-cutting recruitment & training efforts: Innovated “A+A” teambuilding stratagem, sourcing professionals with “Attitude + Aptitude” for success; Originated “Speed & Accuracy” regional culture, educating teams on IT & Technical consulting.

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Pauline Brown
Pauline Brown has helped to acquire and build world-class consumer brands for more than 20 years. Prior to 2010, she was a Managing Director at The Carlyle Group, one of the world's leading private equity firms, where she focused on investment opportunities in the consumer and retail sectors. She recently resigned from her position at Carlyle in order to pursue more entrepreneurial and socially-oriented opportunities. Earlier in her career, Pauline was the Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Global Business Development at Avon Products, where she developed the company's long-term growth strategy, drove key components of its restructuring plan and oversaw all external initiatives. Pauline joined Avon from The Est?e Lauder Companies, where she was the Vice President of Corporate Strategy and New Business Development, responsible for all mergers, acquisitions and licensing. During her tenure, Pauline helped to expand Est?e Lauder’s portfolio from 8 to 25 distinct beauty brands. She began her business career as a Management Consultant at Bain & Company. She currently serves on the Boards of Directors of Moncler SpA, an Italian sportswear company; the New York City Investment Fund (Retail & Tourism Group); the Women's Association of Venture and Equity; and Cosmetic Executive Women. She is an active member of several organizations for women business leaders, including The Committee of 200 and The Women's Forum. She earned an M.B.A. from the Wharton School at The University of Pennsylvania and a B.A. from Dartmouth College. She is a member of the 2008 class of Henry Crown Fellows at the Aspen Institute.