Qatar’s LNG-driven prosperity is reshaping both its domestic eco-nomy and its international footprint. In late October, Sheikh Bandar Al-Thani, governor of the Central Bank of Qatar and Chairman of the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), the nation’s sovereign wealth fund, met in New York with Larry Fink, chairman and CEO of asset management giant BlackRock. Their second meeting within a year underscored a deepening partnership through which Qatar gains access to world-class wealth advisory while