Maen Rashid Areikat

Coordinator General, Negotiations Affairs Department of the PLO, Palestine. Born in Jericho, he later moved to England and the US in 1978 where he received his degree of Bachelor of Science in Finance and later an MBA in management. Upon his return to Palestine in 1992, he joined the Orient House, the headquarters of the Palestinian Team to the peace talks. In 1998, Mr. Areikat became Director-General of the Negotiations Affairs Department of the PLO in Ramallah.