
H.E. Floreta Faber is the Ambassador of the Republic of Albania to the United States. She has presented her credentials to President Barack Obama in 2015.
H.E. Floreta Faber has been working as the Executive Director of the American Chamber of Commerce in Albania since its opening in 2000 until 2015. In this capacity Ambassador Faber has been working closely with the representatives of the Albanian and American government, international organizations and the EU, alike business organizations in United States, Europe and beyond. She has been instrumental to the organization itself and to the development of functions like the advocacy capacity of business community in Albania. The working experience led her in becoming well-known and an expert in several fields, such as: public and government relations; facilitating roundtables and negotiations; managing organizations towards success; advocacy to the highest levels of government, international organizations and diplomatic circles; playing a great role in bringing the American and other international experiences to the Albanian environment.
From 1995 until the year 2000, Ambassador Faber worked with Deloitte & Touche, Tirana, Albania, including a secondment program with Deloitte & Touche, Prague, Czech Republic. She served in opening the Deloitte & Touche office in Tirana and moved to several position levels as the office was growing, carrying out the business development and participating and managing many different projects.
Ambassador Faber started her working experience in Shkoder, in 1990, working for three years in three different organizations: a local Chamber of Commerce, a Regional Business Agency and a public import-export company which gave her since than a strong background working with various Albanian government and emerging business environments.
H.E. Floreta Faber is a graduate of Tirana University, Faculty of Economics, in the Sphere of Circulation in 1990. From 1993 to 1995 she has been studying the two-year Master of Science Program for International Marketing & Strategy at the Norwegian School of Management in Oslo, Norway, including a period of studying as exchange student at the Washington State University, in Washington State in the USA. Her Masters Diploma in Marketing and Operational Management is awarded by MB University, in Albania. She has been following several executive programs and trainings, such as at Harvard University and International Visitor Leadership Program of the Department of States, focusing on programs of leadership, international relations and diplomacy, management, negotiations, accountability in governance, state protocols, and business development.
Ambassador Faber is born in Shkoder, Albania, on March 19th, 1968. She is married to Dr. Edmond Faber, vascular surgeon; they have a daughter Kesli (born in 2000) and a son Klint (born in 2003).