Mr. Imad N. Fakhoury serves as Minister of Planning & International Cooperation of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, and is the Chairperson of Economic Development Cabinet Committee and of the King Abdullah II Fund for Development in addition to overseeing the Department of Statistics. Minister Fakhoury has held numerous other positions including, most recently, Senator, Chief of Staff of His Majesty King Abdullah II at the Royal Hashemite Court, Minister of Public Sector Development, and Minister of State for Mega Projects, among others. He chaired Public Sector Development Committee, Infrastructure and Mega Projects Committee, and Civil Service Council & National Training Institute. He is a former member of World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on MENA and was awarded Al Hussein Medal by King Abdullah II (2008) and received the Eisenhower Fellowship (2002).