GAFM Global Academy of Finance and Management ®

Global Advisory Council

 

 

GAFM ® Global Board of Standards and Advisory: Global Certification Standards and Quality Assurance 

 

 

• Professor Dr. Roberto J. Santillán Salgado - Graduate Finance Programs at EGADE-ITESM, Monterrey Campus - Founder AAFM ® Latin & South America

• Dr. Enrico Salvagni - EU President of Accreditation

• Prof. George S Mentz, JD, MBA, CWM® – GAFM CEO Global Board of Standards – Lic. Counselor of Law and Notary Public*** - United States

• Dr. Ciro Martinez II, PhD, JD, LLM, MBA, CWM, MFP, CEC – Hon. Academic Standards - AAFM Law Certification Program www.llmprogram.org 

• Carl Chia Lin Thong, MBA, CWM ®, MFP – AAFM ® Asia (President of Asia Standards and Accreditation) - Founder AAFM ® Asia Singapore and China Chapter & Training

• Dr. Ishaq Shafiq – PhD, MFP, ChE – AAFM ® Global Advisor – USA and ACCE Economists – Quantum Consultants USA. Royal Society of Fellows Alliance - Africa, USA, Arabia

• Dr. Cornell Collins, PhD, MPM, CIPM, BCSH, CPM, CHt. – Bahamas, India and Canada – Global Advisor AAFM® and AAPM® - India, Canada, Bahamas, West Indies

Honorary Global Advisory Council - Global of Academic Advisors & Professors * Award Recognition

 

•Dr. David N. Bayor, Esq.; D.B.A., J.S.M, CRA™, CAM™, – Management Consultant, New York USA –Global Advisory Council

•Lawrence E. Creeden, JD, LLM, MBA, MSI, CMA, CFS, LIFA, Hon. Global Advisor

• Dr. Taher R. Kidwani. CWM ® Certified Chartered Wealth Manager, CAM Chartered Certified Asset Manager, ChE Chartered Economist-economic policy analyst, AAFM Board of Honorary Global Advisors. Yusr Islamic Bank, Managing Director

• Prof. Dr. Pablo Fernandez -  IESE Business School Madrid Spain 

•Meocre Li, CPA - President AAFM Approved Training China Operations - Hong Kong and Mainland  www.AAFM.org 

•Dr. Evangelos Giouvris, BSc (Hons), MSc (Dunelm), PhD (Dunelm), Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK), ChE (AAFM)

•Dr. Nicola A. Spence, PhD, CPM - San Francisco - Asia Global Advisory

•Prof. Dr. C. Bergström Stockholm School of Economics Department of Finance Head of the EFI (Economic Research Institute at the Stockholm School of Economics)
•Dr. Mohamed Yousry Elkhawaja, RBA™ Arabian Community Middle East North Africa. GAFM® Certified Trainer & Certifications Nominator
•Direktor: Prof. Dr. D. Sondermann, MFP Mas. Fin. Prof. ™ Universität Bonn - Institut für Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften
•Prof. Dr. G. J. Charreaux Universite de Bourgogne Dijon Cedex, Bourgogne 21066 France MFP™ Mas. Fin. Prof.™
•Dr. Horatius Jackie Williams (CEO/Chairman, H.J. Williams Enterprises) PhD, LLM, MBA - Hon. Global Advisor
•Syed N. Hussain, Ph.D, MBA, CBA, AMA , Senior Estate Manager, Consumer Insolvency MNP Ltd, Certified Consultant to Management, Business Restructuring Advisor.

•Dr. Shivakumar Deene, M.Com., M.Phil., Ph.D., FRAS (London), MIMA, (D.Litt.), Global Advisor AAFM® and AAPM® - Hon. India Global Advisor

•Dr. Trevor Hamilton, CWM®, FBIM, FJIM, FIMCJ, President of Trevor Hamilton and Associates International Management Consultants
•Manoj Jain, MPM ™- MQM ™- ITIL® V3 - PMI-RMP ® - PMP ® - MBA (Marketing) - B. E. (Electronics & Communications) - Honorary Global Advisory Board Member AAPM ™ - Member of PMI ® and AAPM ™.
•Dr. Keyur Thaker - Prof. at Indian Institute of Management, Indore - Hon. Global Advisor
•Assoc. Prof Anelia Radulova, PhD - Tsenov Academy of Economics - Svishtov - Honorary Global Advisory Board

•Prof. Dr. Isam Zabalawi - President The Arab Academy For Banking & Financial Sciences - Honorary Global Advisory Board and Standards Council Arabia

•Prof. Dr. Khalid Amin Abdullah - The Arab Academy For Banking & Financial Sciences - Honorary Global Advisory Board and Standards Council Arabia

•Dr. Abdulrahman Hashem - CEO - Center of International Authentication for Training and Consultation (Al •Tawtheeq Al Dowali) - Honorary Global Advisory Board & Standards Council

•Lic. Dr. Dr. Lawrence Lowell, PhD; ProfD; AMC™; MCMI; FIMS; Pr Bus C; MBA; PGD; LL B; Adv Dip. Management & Educational consultant. Founder/CEO, Lowell Professional Services, Ghana. Director LPS Centre for Open & Distance Education, Ghana Lecturer, Valley View University Kumasi campus, Ghana. Accredited Management Consultant (AMG™). Member (MICHE) International Council for Higher Education, Zurich. Member (MCMI) Chartered Management Institute (CMI) UK. Member Dunamis Degree Accreditation Association (DDAA) South Africa. Fellow (FIMS) Institute of Management Specialist (IMS) UK. Professional Business Consultant Design Technology and Management Society International (DTMSI) South Africa. Past Member Association for International Arbitration (AIA) Belgium. Hon. Global Adviser AAFM ® - Ghana.

•Khaled A Khalifa Alshehhi , Chairman of CIPS branch , UAE and Fertil VP, procurement. - Hon. Global Advisory
•Gil Cohen, PhD, Head of the Finance track Carmel Academic Center - Tel Aviv - Hon. Global Advisor
•Dr. Kossivi A. Afanvi, MD, CMgr MCMI (Chartered Manager Member of CMI), ChHE (Chartered Health Economist), Departement de Sante Publique-Faculte des Sciences de Sante, Universite de Lome-Togo.
•Brandi Powell-Espiritu, Executive Director, Center for Theoretical, Biological Physics, MBA, MPM, CIPM, AAFM-Fellow & Honorary Global Advisory Board Member
•Fengshun "Leo" Bin, PhD, CRA - Assoc Professor of Finance, U of I at Springfield- Hon. Global Advisor

•Dr. Margarita Bassabikova - Vice Chairmen of Audit Colleguim in Kazakhstan - Hon. Global Advisor

Dr Dimitris Koumparoulis, Director of the Economic Department at the UGSM-Monarch Business School Switzerland - Hon. Global Advisor.

Girish.K.Nair, MBA., MFT., M.Com., Lecturer in Fianance & Economics, Dept. of International Hospitality, Tourism and Business Management, Stenden University, Qatar - Hon. Global Advisor

Dr. Ioannis Salamouris Assistant Professor of Finance at Hellenic American University - Honorary Global Advisory Board

•Dr. Alan H. Harper, Ph.D., M.B.A., MFP ® - SouthUniversity -Virginia Beach | Asst. Professor- Business Administration & MBA – Honorary Standards Advisory

•Dr. Obaid Al Zaabi - Training and Research at UAE Securities & Commodities Authority - Government of UAE

Mr. Roland Micky Marengo MFP, AFA, RBA, AMC ® FAAFM. Management Consultant Seychelles, Honorary Global Advisor AAFM®.

•Dr. Raymond R. Tjandrawinata, PhD, MS, MBA, MFP, FSB, Biomedical Scientist and Business Development Professional, Jakarta, Indonesia
•Kristin M. Litts, JD, LLM, C.A.M.C., C.A.P.A., C.E.A., C.T.E.P., C.W.M., M.F.P.
•Dr. Pierre Al-Khoury PhDc, MMB, MFP, CAM  - Dept. Chair, Management Studies, College of Business Administration Hariri University
•Dir. Luna Christie Tjung, B.Sc., MFP, CVM, CPEP, CHP, Director of Fide Consultant Group, Singapore, Asia.
•Don Boulay, PhD, MASc, PMP, MPM, MCP
•Dr. Mark Kayongo, PhD, MFP™, RFS™ - National Bureau of Standards - Hon. Global Advisor
•Marianna Hamilton, JD, Chartered Compliance Analyst (TM), licensed CA RE Broker, Registered US Patent Attorney
•Sara M. Johnson, PhD candidate, CFP, CWM , LL.M, Private Wealth Consultant, BMO Harris Private Banking
•Dr. Jun Jiang, Ph.D. CWM - Honorary GLobal Advisory Asia
•Dr. Gregory P. Green, JD, LLM, MBA, MA, CWM®, CAM, MFP, RFC, RFP - Colorado USA - Hon. Global Advisor
•Prof. Dr. C. P Wolff, MFP - Maastricht University - The Netherlands Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research, London
•Dr. Robert Munro, PhD, MA, MFP - Gainesville, FL University of Florida Law School - Co-Director, Center for International Financial Crimes Studies
•Elizabeth E.M. Thompson, B.A., LL.B., MFP, Registrar General of the Bahamas, Barrister, Counsel and Attorney-at-Law, Master Financial Professional, Charter Professional Member
•Prof. Dr. Joseph Heinlein, Mas. Fin. Prof - Brussels "The Original US Business School in Europe" BU Belgium ** Now at NATO
•Prof. James Lavorgna, JD, CWM™, CFP™, LLM - AAFM Certified Trainer
•Prof. Dr. Shinichi Watanabe, PhD Mas. Fin. Prof™ - Belgium
•Dr. George L. Salis, PhD. LLM, LLB (Hons), BS, FAD, MFM, CWM, MFP Mas. Fin. Prof., - CEO & Principal JurisConsults Intl. Group, LLC Member: ABA, IBA, London Court Intl. Arbitration, Royal Society of Fellows
•Prof. Julia K. Brazelton, PhD, MFP Mas. Fin. Prof.™ Connecticut
•Dr. Lincoln B. S. Rosa, PhD, MBA, CompTIA ITProject+ SME, AAPM Member, IEC Fellow, ICECC, MCSE, Chair of AAFM Brazil, President of Silva Rosa Group. **

 

 

 

List of AAFM/AABFS Advisory Board Members MENA Region 

 

MENA Region Arab Academy for Banking and Financial Sciences President Prof. Isam Zabalawi

MENA Region Arab Academy for Banking and Financial Sciences Vice President Prof. Khalid Amin Abdulla

MENA Region Arab Academy for Banking and Financial Sciences General Manager Dr. Amr El- Nahas

MENA Region Arab Academy for Banking and Financial Sciences Director – Arab & International Relations Ms. Rana A. Al-Zou’bi

Beirut- Lebanon Fenicia Bank Branches Network Manager Mr. Ali Hussein Badran

Palestine Palestine Bank Training Manager Dr. Majid El Jedi

Egypt Arab African International Bank Head of Financial Institutions Division Mr. Mohsen Rashad

KSA The Saudi Investment Bank Consultant , Human Resources - Learning & Development Dr. Shehab E-Deen Ragei’e

KSA The Savola Group Chief Human Capital Officer Mr. Helal Omar

Jordan AABFS Banking Expert Dr. Zaher El Ramhey

Egypt KPMG Egypt Senior Partner Mr. Hesham El-Afandy

Egypt AABFS Banking Expert Mr. Mohammed Badra

Egypt Central Bank of Egypt General Manager

Supervision Sector Dr. Salah Shehata

Egypt Rasmala Egypt Asset Management Chairman & Managing Director, Asset Management Mr. Ahmed Abu El-Saad

Qatar AABFS Trainer & Consultant Mr. Nashat Gaber Mahmoud

Jordan Jordan Commercial Bank Chief Credit Officer CCO Mr. Mohammad Al-Quraan

 

List of AAFM/CWM Institute Advisory Board Members Asia Region

 

• Mr. Carl Thong Chairman of Board of Standards, AAFM Asia
• Mr. David Sicari Regional Head, Training for ANZ Wealth Management
• Dr. Christopher Goh Former Director of Credit Structuring, Merrill Lynch
• Mr. Jeslie Chui (Prof J) Chief Strategic Officer, Qilu International Holdings Limited
• Mr. Darvin Andreas Widjaja Managing Director, PT momenta, Former Regional Learning Manager for ANZ Private and Enablement
• Prof. Dr. George Mentz Founder AAFM® Global Board and former Licensed Senior Wealth Management Advisor Legg Mason/Citigroup USA. Prof of Wealth Management and Ethics
• Dewi Wiranti Managing Director for Financial Services – Accenture Indonesia

 

 
•Linda J. Sulllivan, MBA, CPA, LL.M - USA Global Advisor - International Tax   - Hon. Global Advisor
•Mahmoud Mufleh Mubaslat, CPA, CFE, CRA, MFP - Kuwait  Financial Executive -  - Hon. Global Advisor
•Nisha P Lakshmi, B-Tech, MBA, CBAP, RBA, ALMI, INS
•Mr. Young W.Carr, MFP, RFS, CGM, FiSMM, IOM, DGG, AistIIB - Council Chairman AbeSA - South Africa (Hon. Global Advisor)

•Mr . Ahmed Elkhidir Hamed Elsinnary , CTP -CFC - CBA – CIAT –MCP - CRA - FAAFM , Financial and Management consultant , Cigalah Establishments , Group Chief Internal Audit , Saudia Arabia - Jeddah ( SUDAN )

•Prof. (Dr.) Niranjan C. Bhat, Hon. Global Advisor for AAFM and AAPM, International & Grand PhD, FAAPM/FAAFM, MPM, CIPM, GPM, CPD and MFP. - India
•Hon. Dir. Andrew Kane, OBE, CWM, CRA - CEO and Managing Director HSBC Private Banking - Wealth Management, California - AAFM Master Financial Planner
•Dr. Mohammed Farid Abdulghany Ahmed Fathalbab, Ph.D, IRCA, CPM , CPES, CWM, CSSBB, CPA , PMP, MBA Financial and Management consultant, Member of British consulting center (BCC- UK) , Project management institute (PMI - USA), American Academy of Financial Management (AAFM - USA), Saudi organization quality council (SOQC) , Saudi organization for certified public accountant (SOCPA), International register of certified auditors (IRCA – UK),ASCB(E) for total quality Management – UK, International register of quality assurance organization (IRQAE – UK), Asian institute of quality management (AIQM – India ) , Egyptian organization for certified public accountant (EOCPA).   
•Keron Oliver Burrell JP MSc BSc CA MJIM CWM  Honorary Global Advisor
•Dr Abdul Karim Bangura - BBA,MBA,FIPFM,ICIA,FCAM,FIMS,FAIA(Acad),DBA,ACMA,ACCEA,FCFM,FAAFM,MFM
•Prof. Dr. Swarnankur Chatterjee, PhD, CMA, FAD - Athens, GA, USA University Faculty

•Dominic Vincent Ligot, Industry Consultant, Data-Driven Marketing, Certified Risk Analyst (AAFM), Chartered Economist (AAFM)

•Jonathan Dougherty, J.D., LL.M., CWM, CAM, MFP Mas. Fin. Prof.™ *
•Romeo A. Ocfemia Jr., CPA, CFE, CRA – Hon. Global Advisor, Middle East and Asia
•Honorable Dr. Ishaq Shafiq, PhD, MFP, CEPA -Master Financial Prof. Quantum III Consultants Group, LLC - United States
•Bernard W. Bunning, MBA, JD, LL.M, CPA, PFS, CFP, CTEP, MFM, MFP, CWM,, CFS, CVA, CM&AA - Hign Net Worth Consulting
•Dr. Min WU, MFP, CWM, - Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
•Dr. Alfred Kahl, PhD Canada and US Mas. Fin. Prof. **
•Prof. Lena Booth, Thunderbird Am. Grad. School of Int'l Mgmt. Finance Department World Business US and Singapore
•Dr. Ahmed Omar, CFE, MFP, CAMC -  USA - Hon. Global Advisor
•Prof. Dr. Rajesh Mohnot, Acad. Head FTMS Business School in Singapore, RBA, MFP™ Mas. F.P.
•Prof. Gary K. Hunter, Ph.D. Arizona State University  
•Mike Nall, CPA, CM&A, MFP California, USA **  - Founder Merger Acquisitions Association USA * Honorary Advisor
•Dr. F. Thomas Winters III, JD, MBA, CPM, MFP Mas. Fin.
•Prof. Richard Paul Kleeburg, CMA, MBA, JD, PhD
•Dr A. Ejaife, PhD, CAM, RFS, MFP - Nigeria and England
•Dr. Thanaiwong Kirativanich, MFP - Thailand
•Profesor Carl Thong, MFP, CEC - Singapore -Director – Royal Mint Wealth Management, Malaysia
•Thomas Irwin, MFP, RFS, CAM - Houston Texas
•Mr. Ayman Dwidar, CMA, CFM Managing Director, Orbit Management Consultancy  - Hon Global Advisor Saudi Arabia
•Joyce Molen, MBA, RFS, CAM, CPM, RBA, MFM, MFP Mas. Fin. Prof. - Texas
•Kelvin Leong, MSc, CPA, MFP, RBA, CSA, FCCA, MIEEE - Hong Kong (Honorary Advisor)
•Matthew D. Hutcheson, MS, CPC, AIFA™, CRC, Chairman and Editor of the Journal of Fiduciary Responsibility -Author, Trainer, and Radio Personality for Finance - Oregon
•Dr. Y. Chay, Dr. Y. Chay, MFP, MFM, RFS, CAM, FAD, CWM- Price Waterhouse Coopers - Special Advisor for Singapore and Asia- Price Waterhouse Coopers - Special Advisor for Singapore and Asia
•Dr. Sean Rozario, PhD, MBA, MFP, FAD, CWM, MFC - Special Advisor Asia and Singapore.
•Michael Bradford, MBA, CWM, ChFC - Capital One Private Client Group (Honorary Advisor)
•Prof. Dr. Chung-Liang Huang (Vincent Huang ) , Ph.D., MFP, CWM, RFS, RBA- Taiwan - Hon. Global Advisor
•Prof. Dr. Niels Schnecker, PhD, MFM, CCE Managing Senior Partner, Schnecker van Wyk & Pearson - Romania
•Dr. E. Oestriecher, CEC, A.A., B.E.S. M.Ed., Ph.D., N.D.. E-Business Executive, Booze Allen Hamilton - Annapolis, MD, USA
•Prof. Dr. Swarnankur Chatterjee, PhD, CMA, FAD - Athens, GA, USA University Faculty
•Dr. Maurice Ewing, CRA, FRM (GARP), PhD (Princeton), CRA (AAFM), Executive Director, Emerging Markets Risk Advisory - EU European Union
•Dr Abdul Karim Bangura - DBA, BBA, MBA, MFM, IPFM, ICIA, FCAM, FIMS, FAIA(Acad), ACMA, ACCEA, FCFM
•Steven Burgeman, JD, LLM, CPA, MBA, MAFM, CTS - Tax Lawyer - Illinois, USA - Hon. Gl. Adv.
•F. Hale Stewart. JD, LLM, CWM, CAM, CTEP - Houston, TX USA - Hon. Global Advisor
•Dr. Graham A Orme FAAFM, AFA - Director of Human Resources and Finance - American Mission Hospital - First Hospital in the Arabian Gulf
•Dato Dr. James Alfred - AAFM Asia - Advisor and Presidential Advisor

•Dr. Shivanand R. Koppalkar, Dip. (Computer Technology), ADCSSA&A, BE (Computer Engg), MBA - Business Administration (USA), Doctorate - Business Administration (USA), MPM ®, CIPM ®, PME ™, CEC ™ , CSA ™, CMBA™, MCP ™, MBCS, MMC™ , MBC™ , MQC™ , MQM ™, CSOE, CISRCP, CLC ™ , CSMA™ , CAM ™, Agile Methodologies - Certified Scrum Master & Certified Scrum Producct Owner Accreditations, CWM® - Founder President & CEO, Xplore Software Consulting Inc (USA) (http://us.xplore-software.com) and Founder Director, Xplore Software Consulting Inc. Ltd (UK). (http://www.xplore-software.com), Hon. Global Advisor for AAPM ® Board of Standards and AAFM ® Board of Honorary Global Advisors

•Samuel Bonzu, B.Soc.Sc (Hons) -Economics, Master of Public Policy, CEPA ™, Ch.E. ™, Policy Analyst, National Revenue Authority Sierra Leone and the Institute of Public Administration and Management (IPAM), University of Sierra Leone. Hon. Global Advisory Council

•Elizabeth C. Fojtu, CWM, CTEP, CAPA, Trust, Estate, and Wealth Transfer Planning for high net worth clients, McManus & Associates, New York and New Jersey, U.S.A., www.mcmanuslegal.com 

•Suraj K. Mishra, CWM - Hon. Global Advisor Asia and India

•Mosbah Al Khatib, AMC - Hon. Global Advisor - Middle East and Asia

•Issa Alanati - Hon. Global Advisor - Middle East and Asia

•Rami Jamal - Economist, ACI Dealing Certificate, CPM. Associate - Asset Management, SICO Investment Bank. Kingdom of Bahrain.

•Dr. Michael Kwateng, D.Sc, MBA, MFP, RFS, Ghana Cocoa Board, AAFM Hon. Global Advisor.

•Oudit N. Rai B.A., M.A., LL.B., LL.M. - AAFM Hon. Global Advisor.

•Dr. jur. Lawrence E. Creeden, JD, LLM, MBA, MSI, CMA, CFS, LIFA, Hon. Global Advisor

•Arben Kola, M.A, J.S.M., CITA, MFP, CTS, CRA, CAMC, CCA - Global Advisory Council

•Dr. jur. Constance Sartor Walker, JD, CFE, AFA, AMA, MMC, Financial Consultant/Professor, North Carolina USA - Honorary Global Advisor USA

•Robert Ssuuna, MA.EPP, BSc.QE, ChE |Supervisor Research , Statistics & Policy Analysis Commissioner General's Office | Uganda Revenue Authority

•Dr. jur. Nicholas Heath Wooten, JD, CAM, MFP - Honorary Global Advisor USA

•Mr. Tamer H. Alsayed, CMA, CRA, MFP, RFS, CFP, MBA - Honored Global Advisory

•Mr. Iqbal Ismail Patel, MBA, BS, MFP – AAFM ® USA (Loan Manager at Sadara Chemical Company)

•Khalifa M. Al Khalifa MFC, CRA, CICA Director of Internal Audit

•Mary J. Williams, MBA, CAM, CEP, CFS, CPM, CTS, MFP, RFC - Honorary Global Advisory Board

•Brigitte Jaward-Hachem MFM, CEO American Center for Educational & Professional Services - Honorary Global Advisory Board

•Husam Ali Hussein, CCO, CRMA, CFE – UAE Government - Honorary Global Advisor UAE

•P. ANSHU, MFP®, CFP CM, AIII, FINRA 7/24/66, Six-Sigma(GB), Founder Chairman (BFSI Gurukul)- Hon. Global Advisor Asia and India "

•Solomon Kwasi Kyei, MBA, AMA, CIMA Adv. Dip MA, BSc. - Honorary Global Advisory Board

•Engr. Syed Farhan Hussain Rizvi | P.E., B.E (Electrical), MPM, CIPM, CDCS, CDCP, ITILF, HPCP, HPCSA, HPAPC, MCTS, MSCA, MCSA:Messaging, MCP, CCNA | Project Manager, Technology Consultant & Solution Architect | AAPM USA Honorary Global Advisor

•Mr. Jaime Arroyo, MBA, MISM, MPM, Information Systems Executive - AAPM® Honorary Global Advisory Committee Member

 

 

** The AAFM ® Super Board of Standards is responsible for keeping the standards of AAFM at the highest level which includes approving accredited schools and colleges such as ABA AACSB ACBSP EQUIS and government recognized programs. Administrative decisions for the Global Certification and Accreditation Operations are solely subject to the company law, operating agreements, and or bylaws** Faculty Award Winners, Honorary Advisors, Advisory Council Members, and general members can not legally act or speak for the organization nor counsel or advise the organization in any legal capacity. The AAFM Board Ceased to Exist in 2014.  The GAFM Global Academy of Finance and Management now owns all certifications of the former American Academy.