Dr. Garber is an economist and practitioner with 35 years of professional experience in the field of community economic development and finance. He is an accomplished consultant in the field of international microfinance and enterprise development and has worked on projects in four continents during more than 2.5 decades. Carter is a social entrepreneur who has helped found 5 financial institutions. Dr.

Author of article "Economy and religion".

Bernard M. Hoekman is the Director of the research area “Global Economics”. Prior positions include Director of the International Trade Department and Research Manager in the Development Research Group of the World Bank and economist in the GATT Secretariat. A graduate of the Erasmus University Rotterdam, he obtained his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Michigan. His research focuses on international trade and development questions and the governance of the global trading system.

Ahmed Galal is currently the President and Chairman of the Board of Forum Euroméditerranéen des Instituts des Sciences Économiques (FEMISE). He is a member of the Board of the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) and the MENA Health Policy Forum. Mr. Galal was Egypt’s Finance Minister between July 2013 and February 2014 and the ERF Managing Director from 2007 to 2016. Previously, he worked for the World Bank for 18 years where he conducted research and provided policy advice to governments in several regions. Galal authored or co-authored more than dozen books.

Stonemark, Inc. was founded in 1983. As a full-service premium finance company specializing in Commercial and Personal lines, purpose is to provide superior insurance premium financing services for the property and casualty agent.

Managing Partner, The International Investor; London, United Kingdom Thomas R. Gainor is presently Managing Partner at The International Investor, London, UK. From 1995-1998, he served as Partner with The International Investor, Safat, Kuwait. At TII, he founded the company’s fund administration unit, which is responsible for all legal and operational matters for 14 investment companies, and chaired the company’s Product Development Committee with primary responsibility in launching and maintaining eight investment products and three specialty indices.

Author of book,"Islamic banking and finance".

M. Shafik Gabr, Chairman and Managing Director of the Artoc Group for Investment & Development, is a renowned leader in international business, one of the world’s premier collectors of Orientalist art, and an accomplished philanthropist. Mr Gabr is the Chairman and a founding member of Egypt’s International Economic Forum, member of the International Business Council of the World Economic Forum and serves on Yale University President’s Council on International Activities.