Email: hamaidia@aiac.com

• Consulting Invests & internationals development

• Coordination the Internationals Projects

• Business Advisors Company Global Consulting Investment

• Business Development Projects Cements-Fertilizers Sugar-Energy Renewable-Steel Factory-Projects Tourism- industrial-agriculture –Real Properties ect.

• Advisor Fertilizer DAP & TSP & ACID PHOSPHORIC from Tunisia

• Program Search information Financial- Partner Financial- industrial-commercial

• Seller Director Department Fertilizer company

• Senior Consulting Investment from Tunisia-Morocco-Libya-Algeria And MENA

• Business Advisors Projects Germany from Tunisia – Fertilizer& Energy

• Financial Advisor Solar Energy 100 MGW In Congo Finance per African Development Bank and other Fund Advisor Project Refinery Petroleum and Area Storage Oil & Gas in Congo

• Active in the Tunisian General Union of Industry and Trade and the Tunisian General Labor Union

Email: xbaptiste@aiac.com

Xevion Baptiste is a financial executive supporting climate tech and renewable energy investments across U.S. , Europe and Africa. At Goldman Sachs, she led the firm's $10-billion impact investing initiative. At the New York City Economic Development Corporation, Ms. Baptiste led ecosystem building for emerging tech industries. Ms. Baptiste served in the Obama White House within the National Economic Council. She earned a Masters Degree in Public Policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University, and a B.A. from the City University of New York.

Email: rbell@aiac.com

Bob received his electronics, computer integration, and nuclear technical training while serving as Launch Supervisor on US Navy Ballistic Missile submarines. Following at-sea posting he joined Naval Intelligence in Suitland Maryland as lead hardware engineer supporting integration of first of its kind database intel networking system. Transitioning to the private sector Mr. Bell then held increasing positions of responsibility for worldwide engineering support of large-scale data storage systems for several data storage and access firms including System Industries and Micro technologies. This progression led VP, Sr. VP and President of then Esterline Corp’s division, Excellon Automation.

While engaged in this progression Bob was responsible for manufacturing operations and worldwide support. The international nature of these business has resulted in deep understanding of international operations. Mr. Bell has led multiple ISO certification initiatives as well as Lean Process implementations.

Mr. Bell’s manufacturing experience and support spans industries from computer integration and networking, electronics capital equipment (PCB fabrication), and EMS. In the transportation industry support included system integration of advanced OEM locomotive manufacturing where he led worldwide warranty direct and logistics support as well as for-profit repairs. In aerospace Bob managed teams in precision manufacturing and machining of commercial aircraft structural components and landing gear hydraulic assemblies. These factories were in Asia-pacific locations as lower cost manufacturing options for US based companies. Bob has 10 years of experience as an expat.

Mr. Bell has been affiliated with AIAC since 2015 when he joined as part of an aerospace acquisition.

Email: yc.sybesma@aiac.com

Email: yc.sybesma@cintl-pm.com

Yolanda Cabrera-Sybesma is the founder and Managing Partner of CiNTL, a project management consultancy firm servicing the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, private and public health sectors. She is accountable for business operations, strategy, risk management, compliance, and business controls across CiNTL and oversight of all projects’ revenue, profit, and client satisfaction.

Yolanda has over 20 years of scientific and management experience in numerous public and private companies. She is advising clients across USA, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, and Asia. Her engagement focuses on research and development, operational strategy and change management, emerging markets’ expansion focused on new technology trends within pharmaceutical and biotechnology, and market access. Yolanda has a long-standing expertise in leading and developing the project management and operations function in the pharmaceutical and biotech space. She has built a reputation for agile operational excellence, driving innovative, strategy, working with the highest level of integrity, and a deep and passionate commitment to CiNTL clients.

Yolanda founded C. International while a student at Yale School of Medicine and spearheaded the design and development of a clinical database which led to additional client collaborations and expanding her consulting firm in the Netherlands where she would later partner up to form CiNTL.

Yolanda has held various senior management positions in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry. From negotiating RFPs to being a liaison between pharmaceutical companies and government public health officials.

Prior to working at CiNTL, Yolanda held leadership roles for Astellas Pharmaceutical, Genzyme, and PRA International, leading project managers and directors and supervising global Phase 1-IV portfolios and was a key contributor to the EMEA and FDA approval of Myozyme® for the treatment of rare diseases. In her roles, Yolanda has been responsible for projects with operating budgets of $500 million and has played a key role in improving and scaling up the procurement of projects by 30% in one year.

She serves on the Board of Directors for The Project Management Institute as VP and has served as the chairman of The Hera International Foundation. She has given speeches in conferences and founded LeadingLatinx, a platform that highlights Latinx Leaders making social impact with and covering topics related to Diversity and Inclusion.

Yolanda has won several scientific awards, including receiving a NIH Forgarty International Research Grant and has been recognized in WHO’s Who In Medicine and Research. In addition, she has co-published in Scientific Journals and recently published a book on Access to Medicines.

In October 2021, Yolanda was selected as member of Topvrouw (TopWoman) for the Netherlands.

Yolanda holds a Master of Public Health (MPH) from Vrije University (VU), The Netherlands and did her medical school education at Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut. Yolanda is fluent in Spanish and English and is proficient in Dutch

Email: rocolorina@aiac.com

Robert Colorina is a Director at AIAC Group and serves on several global boards.

He was previously with Ford Motor Group, Gulf & Western Corporation, Keppel Group (part of Temasek Holdings), and Bank of America Investment Banking.

Mr. Colorina is a graduate of the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia, where he later served on alumni boards for the University as well Gubernatorial appointments for the Commonwealth of Virginia to Asia Advisory, Police, and United Nations boards.

He is active in charitable and community interests including diversity / inclusion, other ESG areas, political policy, growth, turnaround and entrepreneurial development.

Email: bbrown@aiac.com

Brian David Brown has served as a senior business development executive at IBM, Xerox, AT&T, where Mr. Brown developed and introduced new communications technologies to large corporate clients. At CVS, Walgreens, and Walmart, Mr. Brown rolled out the first Interactive Voice Response systems which served to automate these retailers’ customer service programs. For the U.S. rail industry, Mr. Brown implemented satellite data communications systems, which provided vital, real-time operational data, promoting safety and efficiency by reducing mechanical failures and derailments nationwide. Mr. Brown is CEO of Big Law Business Development, where he provides training marketing services for the leading law firms in the US.

Email: egrebow@aiac.com

Edward Grebow is the Managing Director of Lakewood Advisors, LLC a boutique financial advisory and consulting firm providing services to financial institutions, media technology firms, financial technology companies and not for profit organizations. Mr. Grebow formed Lakewood Advisors in 2018 after serving for 6 years as a Managing Director of TriArtisan Capital Advisors, a private equity firm based in New York. He is known in the financial services, media and technology industries as a trusted problem solver and advisor to troubled banks, corporations and not-for-profit organizations. Some of his best known projects are the rescues and recapitalizations of union-owned Amalgamated Bank and Insurance Company ULLICO, the attempted privatization of student loan giant Sallie Mae, and the successful renovation of New York City’s landmark Ed Sullivan Theater. He has served on the Boards of Directors of numerous public companies and organizations. Mr. Grebow began his career as an accountant at Morgan Guaranty Trust Company in 1972. In 1973, he was appointed Assistant Treasurer, becoming the youngest officer of the bank at that time.

In 1976, Mr. Grebow moved to Morgan’s Profitability Systems Development Group as an Assistant Vice President and developed an account profitability system that was recognized as a model for the banking industry. Mr. Grebow became Vice President and COO of Morgan Bank (Delaware) in 1980, and in 1981 was named Chairman of Morgan Data Services, Inc. In 1982, as Vice President of Strategic Planning and Subsidiary Operations for J.P. Morgan & Company, Inc., Mr. Grebow evaluated acquisitions, advised senior management on expansion and served as a liaison with the Federal Reserve Bank. In 1985, Mr. Grebow was named Executive Vice President and COO of the Bowery Savings Bank. In this role, he worked with investors including Richard Ravitch, Warren Buffet and Laurence Tisch to develop an acquisition plan for the troubled bank. He oversaw operations and implemented cost saving measures that returned the bank to profitability. In 1988, Bowery was sold to H.F. Ahmanson & Co. for $200 million, doubling initial investments in the bank.

Well-known as a versatile problem solver by 1988, Mr. Grebow was named Executive Vice President of CBS Inc., where he was responsible for all operational and administrative functions at the $4 billion broadcast network and reported directly to President and CEO Laurence Tisch. Mr. Grebow managed a work force of 3,400, many of whom were union members, and his work for CBS in the field of labor relations was seen as groundbreaking in the broadcast industry. He oversaw a 40% expansion of CBS’s studio facilities in a seven-year period, and was a pioneer in implementing digital technology in the industry, winning an Engineering Emmy Award for achievement in television technology in 1992.

As part of the team that brought David Letterman to CBS, Mr. Grebow negotiated the purchase and renovation of the historic Ed Sullivan Theater as a home for Late Show with David Letterman. Purchased for $4 million, initial work at the building revealed challenges that many industry insiders doubted he could overcome. The project was, however, completed in 12 weeks—record speed for a project of its kind—and hailed as “The Most Ingenious Deal of 1993” by the Real Estate Board of New York. Upon completion, the CBS-owned theater and adjacent building boasted state-of-the art production and office spaces that also became home to the New York City Mayor’s Office of Film, Theater and Broadcasting.

In 1995, Mr. Grebow was named President of Tele-TV systems, a joint venture between three regional telephone companies that were attempting to develop interactive television services. During his tenure at Tele-TV, Mr. Grebow testified before the Federal Communications Commission on issues surrounding advanced television systems and the allotment of spectrum for digital television broadcasting. Following this position, in 1997, Mr. Grebow became television production equipment maker Chyron Corporation’s President and CEO, seeing this entity through a period of prosperity.

Beginning in 1999, Mr. Grebow led Sony Broadcast and Professional Company through the broadcasting industry’s transition from traditional to digital technology. As President of the leading television equipment manufacturer in the U.S. market, Mr. Grebow oversaw Sony’s partnership with Panavision Inc. to supply filmmakers with high-quality cameras and lenses that significantly advanced digital technology and were embraced by leading filmmakers around the world. He also broadened the company’s client base beyond the broadcasting and filmmaking industries to corporations and internet companies that had begun using digital video technology to meet a variety of needs.

After the tragedy of September 11, 2001, Mr. Grebow stepped down from his role at Sony when he was asked to head the Metropolitan Television Alliance, the organization of New York City broadcasters that was responsible for replacing the broadcast and emergency services transmission facilities that were destroyed in the attack on the World Trade Center. In this role, Mr. Grebow worked to organize alternative means of broadcasting, while a permanent site for a new tower was found and constructed. After consideration of locations in New Jersey and on Governors Island in New York Harbor, Mr. Grebow signed an agreement in 2003 to install 22 analog and digital antennas on the new Freedom Tower at the World Trade Center site.

In 2003, Mr. Grebow joined Ullico, a Washington, DC-based labor union-affiliated financial services and insurance company, as President. Dealing with fallout from several years of financial abuses and criminal activity by former executives and directors, he organized an infusion of capital, sold the company’s headquarters, and led a management overhaul that restored the company’s financial strength and reputation in a short time. His work earned him a reputation as a “turnaround specialist for financial services and labor-focused companies.”

Following this success, Mr. Grebow joined the private equity firm J.C. Flowers as a Managing Director in 2007 and oversaw a transaction to privatize student loan giant Sallie Mae. Sallie Mae had lost its government subsidies and was under investigation for aggressive lending practices, and Mr. Grebow’s problem solving acumen and relationships in Washington were to be key parts of the lender’s transition to private ownership. The $25 billion deal would have been the largest ever of its kind in the financial services industry, but the transaction was aborted during the financial crisis of 2008. Union-owned Amalgamated Bank was suffering from deficits that resulted from failed real estate loans and was under threat of closure by the FDIC when Mr. Grebow was hired as President and CEO in 2011.

In just a few months, he raised $100 million in capital for the bank from billionaire investors Wilbur Ross and Ron Burkle. He also oversaw the implementation of a new residential mortgage operation and other innovative retail banking products. Following the reelection of President Barak Obama in 2012, Mr. Grebow developed and implemented strategies to take advantage of the bank’s labor union affiliations so that it would become the bank of the progressive movement in the United States. Amalgamated became the official bank of the Occupy Wall Street movement, and was the only bank to offer financial assistance to the city of Scranton, Pennsylvania, when it was unable to pay its employees their salaries in 2012.

Under Mr. Grebow’s leadership, Amalgamated became the bank for the Democratic National Committee, the Democratic National Convention of 2012 and President Obama’s second inauguration in 2013. On several occasions throughout Mr. Grebow’s tenure, Amalgamated brought derivative lawsuits against corporations on behalf of its many pension fund clients, securing its reputation as a bank that would stand against corporate wrongdoing. These initiatives brought significant business to the bank and were integral to its return to profitability.

With Amalgamated Bank’s stability restored in 2013, Mr. Grebow returned to investment banking as Managing Director of TriArtisan Capital Advisors, where he continues to use his extensive knowledge and expertise in mergers, acquisitions, and financing. He is frequently called upon to serve as interim CEO in troubled situations. In March 2016, he was elected Director of Alcentra Capital Corporation, where he also serves as Chairman and Chairman of the Audit Committee and as a member of the Compensation and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees. He is Lead Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee at Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc., and is a Director of College Avenue Student Loans Inc.

Mr. Grebow is a trustee of WNET, New York City’s public television station, and of the Laborers International Union Charitable Foundation. He is a former member of the New York State Hospital Review and Planning Council, for which he was nominated by Governor Mario Cuomo and confirmed by the New York State Senate. From 1993 to 2002, he served as a Trustee of George Washington University, where he was also Chairman of the Committee on Academic Affairs. Mr. Grebow’s other former board memberships include the International Association of Fire Fighters Foundation, the American Film Institute, the Theatre Development Fund, Xenith Bankshares Inc and Panavision Inc. He is a 2013 recipient of the Emerald Isle Society’s Briscoe Award for supporting collaboration between New York City’s Irish-American and Jewish communities. Born in Lakewood, New Jersey, Mr. Grebow holds a BBA degree in finance and accounting from George Washington University. He currently lives in New York City with his wife and daughter.

Email: mrheller@aiac.com

M.R. Heller serves as Senior Vice President - Advanced Technologies to AIAC. He has (written) Edited eight books and written thirty-(six)four scientific journal articles concerning the design and Operation of jet engines, (aircraft frames), landing gears, commercial and business jet cabin interiors, nuclear power plants, automotive vehicles Power–Train (engines) and interiors. He is a global thought leader on the subjects of computer simulation and artificial intelligence.

M.R. Heller’s publications include the following subjects:

• The influence of turbo fan engines envelope under varying atmospheric conditions

• Nuclear, Maritime and Automotive Simulation Modeling

• Vehicle Simulation Oriented on Supercomputers

• Utilizing Parallel Processing computer Systems for High-Speed Simulation

• Artificial Intelligence – The Role of Supercomputers

• Distribution of Indoor Air Quality and Comfort in Aircraft and Vehicles Cabins

• Ergonomical Aspects, Task Requirements and Car Development Impact – IVECO-Ford Motor Co.

M.R. Heller is Founder and President of BINATUS S.A. and Founder and Managing Director of ASIMUTH (Applied Simulation Technology GmbH), He has held professional and academic positions with van Rietschoten & Houwens (a subsidery of Internatio Mueller (NL)), Control Data Corporation, Technical University Munchen, El–Al Airlines, and at the Technion –Israel Institute of Technology. His clients include major multinational corporations in the aerospace, automotive, power generation, Metal Industry (Investment Casting and Forging), (pharmaceutical), and metal implants for medical applications (device) sectors.

M.R. Heller holds advanced academic degrees from Technische Universität München and Technion – The Israel Institute of Technology.

Email: wmissac@aiac.com

Bill Isaac has an unparalleled career in the financial industry and public service, spanning over 50 years. He served as Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) from 1978 through 1985, working to maintain stability during the banking and thrift crises of the 1980s, when over 3,000 banks and thrifts failed. Today, Bill is a leading commentator and consultant to financial institutions and governments. He is the author of Senseless Panic: How Washington Failed America with a foreword by Paul Volcker. Mr. Isaac’s articles are published in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, New York Times, Financial Times, American Banker, and other leading publications.

Bill Isaac headed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) from 1978 through 1985, during the banking and thrift crises of the 1980s. He worked closely with the late Federal Reserve Board Chairman, Paul Volcker, helping to maintain stability in the financial system during one of the most tumultuous periods in U.S. banking history, when over 3,000 banks and thrifts failed, including many of the largest in the nation. Bill was appointed to the board of the FDIC by President Carter and confirmed by the Senate at the age of 34 and was named Chairman by President Reagan two years later, making him the youngest FDIC board member and chairman in history. Bill also served as chairman of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (1983-85), as a member of the Depository Institutions Deregulation Committee (1981-85), and as a member of the Vice President’s Task Group on Regulation of Financial Services (1984).

In addition to his service as FDIC Chairman, Bill Isaac has decades of experience in regulatory counseling and risk management services. He founded The Secura Group, a leading consulting firm, in 1986. Secura was acquired by FTI Consulting in 2011, where he served as senior managing director. Bill then partnered with Howard Milstein in the financial services business, serving on the boards of New York Private Bank & Trust and Emigrant Bank, as well as serving as Chairman of Sarasota Private Trust and Cleveland Private Trust. Bill is focused on expanding the trust business throughout the US and on developing a significant financial services consulting firm of which Blue SaaS Solutions will be an important part.

Bill Isaac is former Chairman of Fifth Third Bancorp, one of the nation’s leading banking companies, and is a former board member at TSYS, a leading payment processing company (now part of Global Payments). He has also served on the boards of Amex Bank, The Associates (a finance company formerly owned by Ford Motor Company), TransUnion (a credit reporting company formerly owned by the Pritzker family), and MPs Group (a staffing firm now owned by Adecco).

Bill is involved extensively in thought leadership relating to the financial industry. He is the author of Senseless Panic: How Washington Failed America with a foreword by Paul Volcker. His articles are published in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, New York Times, American Banker, Forbes, Financial Times, Washington Times, and other leading publications. He also appears regularly on television and radio, testifies before Congress, and is a speaker throughout the world.

Bill was formerly a senior partner of Arnold & Porter, which was a founding partner of The Secura Group. He left the firm in 1993 when Secura purchased Arnold & Porter’s interest in the firm. Before his appointment to the FDIC, Bill served as vice president, general counsel and secretary of First Kentucky National Corporation and its subsidiaries, including First National Bank of Louisville and First Kentucky Trust Company. Bill began his career with Foley & Lardner where he practiced general corporate law specializing in banking law.

Bill Isaac received a Distinguished Achievement Medal in 1995 from Miami University and a Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2013 from The Ohio State University. He is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Miami University Foundation and is a Life Member of the Board of Directors of The Ohio State University Foundation. In 2016 Bill co-founded with his former classmate the William Isaac & Michael Oxley Center for Business Leadership at Miami University.

Email: jhleach@aiac.com

Mr. Leach is a seasoned executive with over thirty years of experience in both public and private global companies. He is Senior Managing Director of the Leach Family Office and National Trust, LLC, which manages the financial interests of one of Rhode Island’s oldest industrial families. The Leach Family business was originally established in 1905.

National Trust LLC’s extensive US real estate holdings serve prominent governmental and corporate tenants, including the US Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Walmart, Home Depot, Lowes, Stop & Shop Supermarkets, Shaw's Supermarkets, and Cabela’s. In the 1990’s Mr. Leach pioneered the remediation and development of large, environmentally-challenged real estate with the cooperation of the US Environmental Protection Agency. This public/private process became a model for projects throughout the country. Mr. Leach is a member of the Board of Directors of Kenney Manufacturing Company, a Warwick, RI manufacturer of houseware products established in 1914.

Mr. Leach is the Chairman of the Rhode Island Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Foundation, and a former Chairman of the Providence City Planning Commission, where he served for twenty years. He has served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Lifespan/Miriam Hospital, a 247-bed teaching hospital affiliated with Brown University Medical School and of the Providence Public Library. He has also served as the Vice Chairman of the Touro Synagogue Foundation in Newport, Rhode Island, which preserves this National Historic Site. For his civic and philanthropic contributions, in 2021 Mr. Leach was awarded as Inductee to the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame.

He is a member of the Board of Trustees and the Treasurer of the Rectory School in Pomfret, CT. Mr. Leach is a member of the Army Navy Club of Washington, D.C., the University Club of Providence, the University Club at Penn, the London Press Club, the Hyannis Yacht Club, and the Family Office Association.

Mr. Leach is an alumnus of Nasson College and of postgraduate programs in Audit Committee Management and in Nonprofit Organization Management at Harvard Business School, and in Innovation Leadership at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Mr. Leach has been awarded Six Sigma Black Belt certification.

Email: leon@aiac.com

Leon Levy serves as senior advisor to the Founder and Chairman of AIAC, providing geopolitical and strategic advice on a wide range of matters. Prior to AIAC, he was Vice President in the Office of the Chairman at Goldman Sachs, serving as geopolitical and communications advisor to the firm’s President and Chief Operating Officer.

Before Goldman Sachs, Mr. Levy worked at Eurasia Group, the global political risk consultancy, analyzing global political trends and undertaking special projects alongside firm President Ian Bremmer. He previously worked as a strategist for former Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou’s 2015 snap election campaign, in addition to spending time as an Economic and Social Affairs Advisor to the Ambassador of Greece to the United Nations. Mr. Levy has written on foreign affairs in Time Magazine, CNN Business and the Atlantic Council, and has been interviewed on outlets like Bloomberg, CNBC and more. He has also lectured at Columbia University, and addressed global political and corporate conferences. 

Mr. Levy currently is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Economic Club of New York, and the Transatlantic Forum of the French-American Foundation. He holds his BA and Masters of International Affairs degrees from Columbia University.

Email: knishiwada@aiac.com

Kenji Nishiwada focuses on investment opportunities in the Japanese media and technology industries and brings extensive experience in global market development to the Avara Board of Advisors.

Kenji Nishiwada focuses on investment opportunities in the Japanese media and technology industries and brings extensive experience in global market development to the Avara Board of Advisors.

In the U.S., Mr. Nishiwada was the Senior General Manager of B2B Development at Sony’s Business and Professional Division, where he developed successful alliances with U.S. and European industry leaders and established Sony’s Business Solutions unit. Prior to this position, he was the Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing at the U.S. division of Sony Electronics, overseeing key joint ventures with Panavision and Accenture and increasing profits by $50 million.

In Europe, Mr. Nishiwada served as General Manager of Sony Communications, B.V., in the Netherlands, where he established the company’s B2B operations and tripled the unit’s sales over a five-year period. He has also served as Chairman of the Boards of Corporate Auditors at Felicia Networks, Sony Global Solutions, Sony Marketing and Sony EMCS.

Mr. Nishiwada holds a Master of Management Science and Business Administration degree from Waseda University.

Email: jolson@aiac.com

• U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 2006-2020

• Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, PA, Tampa, FL (Shareholder, 1988-2005)

• American Bar Association, Business Law Section; Business Bankruptcy Committee; chair of various subcommittees; Section Committee on Diversity and Inclusion

• The Florida Bar, Business Law Section (Section Chair, 1988-1989; Executive Council, 1982-present; Judicial Chair, Committee on Diversity and Inclusion)

• National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges – Liaison to American Bar Association

• BNA Bloomberg Law Bankruptcy Treatise, Contributing author and editor

• Harvard College, AB magna cum laude, 1971; Boston College Law School, JD 1975, Law Review

Email: preynolds@aiac.com

Paul Reynolds has over 36 years of experience leading all aspects corporate governance, government relations, community affairs, strategic planning, merger and acquisition negotiation and integration and regulatory compliance.

Until 2022, Paul served as Partner of Counsel at Dinsmore and Shohl, where he specialized in financial institutions and payment systems. Throughout his time there he advised clients on regulatory compliance, including financial services and broker-dealer and Registered Investment Advisor compliance, and corporate formations and transactions.

Before this, Paul had a 23-year career at Fifth Third Bancorp, where he served most recently as Executive Vice President, Chief Risk Officer and Secretary. Paul created a sophisticated corporate legal function to keep pace with significant growth including ever-expanding geographically diverse operations. As the function developed, he was asked to assume additional and varied responsibilities, including developing further in-house legal expertise in areas such as regulatory compliance, negotiation of mergers and acquisitions, management of community affairs, development of a government relations function and eventually assuming responsibility for management of human resources, merger and acquisition integration and strategic planning.

As a member of Fifth Third’s Executive Management group, Paul attended all Board of Director and Committee meeting as advisor and counsel. He also served as the point of contact and organization’s representative with state and federal regulators and other external constituents including significant community representation. Before serving as Chief Risk Officer, Paul also served as Chief Legal Officer and Chief Administrative Officer at Fifth Third.

Paul has served as Co-Chair of the Governor’s panel on Financial Institutions for the State of Ohio and on the Board of the Ohio Banker’s League, where he served as Chairman. He has spoken at various trade conferences and educational programs on legal matters and risk management in finance. He holds a B.S. in Management from Northern Kentucky University and a J.D. from University of Kentucky School of Law.

Email: rross@aiac.com

• Consultant at intersection of finance and technology to investment banks, hedge funds, family offices

• 35 years of experience as venture-backed SW entrepreneur; invented core calculation technology on Lotus 1-2-3

• SB (in 3 years) and SM from MIT; studied both computer science and public policy (economics, management, innovation)

Email: jsands@aiac.com

Jeff Sands is a Certified Turnaround Professional who provides strategic and operational guidance to AIAC companies and acquisition targets. Jeff has worked exclusively in distressed situations for nearly 20 years with his first turnaround being his own family’s manufacturing business. In 2020 Jeff was named the Turnaround Consultant of the Year by the M&A Advisor.

Prior to that Jeff had enjoyed 3 consecutive TMA Turnaround of the Year Awards for each of the following businesses: Vermont Aerospace (2017), Canadian Kraft Paper (2018) and Union Metal Industries (2019).

Jeff is the author of Corporate Turnaround Artistry, Fix Any Business in 100 Days which was published by J. Wiley & Sons 2020. He has lectured on the subjects of corporate turnarounds and debt restructuring at the MBA level and serves on various committees within the restructuring industry.

• 15+ years leading corporate turnarounds across dozens of industries

• Certified Turnaround Professional (CTP)

• Named 2020 Turnaround Consultant of the Year by The M&A Advisor

• Awarded one of the Turnaround Management Association’s Turnaround of the Year Award for each of the following businesses; Vermont Aerospace (2017), Canadian Kraft Paper (2018), Union Metal (2019

• Author of Corporate Turnaround Artistry, Fix any Business in 100 Days, J. Wiley & Sons, 2020

Email: fschlosstein@aiac.com

Frances Schlosstein is a Senior Advisor-Environmental for AIAC. Frances has a BA in Environmental Studies and master’s degree in business with Certifications in Sustainability and Global Sustainability Environmental Policy.

She oversees environmental due diligence, originating and qualifying deal opportunities.

Frances’ career includes intrapreneurial leadership positions at Citibank and PNC/Blackrock as well as entrepreneurial roles as head of US operations for a Siemens technology spinoff, now owned by McAfee, Vice president of Bluefield Holdings, an NRD Credit Bank and president of the TBLS Group and its Real Estate Liability Investment Group.

Email: rvanhoek@aiac.com

Dr. Remko van Hoek joined the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas in 2018 to teach and research procurement and supply chain and is its first ever full professor of practice. Gartner ranked the Walton College Supply Chain program the best in the US in 2020. He serves as executive director of the CSCMP (Council for Supply Chain Management Professionals) Supply Chain Hall of Fame that he was able to bring to the University of Arkansas as a service to the profession and to inspire future supply chain innovators and leaders. In addition to teaching regular graduate and undergraduate classes, he teaches customized executive education programs for JB Hunt, Walmart International, the State of Arkansas and others.

Dr. van Hoek previously taught at the Cranfield University School of Management in the UK, the largest SCM masters program in Europe, The Erasmus University in Rotterdam, the Netherlands and the Vlerick School of Management in Ghent, Belgium, simultaneously. He has lectured and delivered keynote addresses at conferences around the world, including in Singapore, Finland, Poland, Manchester, Copenhagen, London and Shanghai. He is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply and the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transportation, in the UK, and holds a fellowship at the Dole Institute at the University of Kansas, USA. Dr. Van Hoek served on CILT international committees and as Chairman of the Board of Directors of CSCMP. He has been on the CSMCP Board of Directors for over a decade and continues to serve on the Supply Chain Hall of Fame committee.

Dr. van Hoek is a co-author of three authoritative textbooks on supply chain management: Leading Procurement Strategy: Driving Value Through the Supply Chain (now in its 3rd edition); Integrating Blockchain into Supply Chain Management: A Toolkit for Practical Implementation; and Logistics Management and Strategy: Competing Through the Supply Chain (now in its 6th edition and translated into 7 languages and listed in the top 7 supply chain books of all times). He has authored 100+ articles that have been cited almost 9,000 times, winning him several best paper awards and placing him in the top 2% business scholars around the world in a Stanford/Elsevier study, October 2021. He has published an editor’s pick article about blockchain in the Spring 2021 issue of the Sloan Management Review and has published in the Harvard Business Review over a two-decade period, including his recent work on the COVID19 and blockchain. He is the only researcher to win the Plowman best paper award from CSCMP 3 times during his career, across a 3 decade period, and he was the first non-US CSCMP best doctoral dissertation award winner. In 2021 he won the IPSERA best paper award with managerial implications for his work on navigating the pandemic effect in the supply chain.

Email: evigodman@aiac.com

Mr. Vigodman is an active investor, board member and advisor to companies in the U.S., Europe, China, Japan, Brazil, and Israel. He specializes in businesses and technologies across the Pharma, Biotech, Agrifood-tech and Climate-tech domains.

From 2014 to 2017 he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, the world’s largest generic pharmaceutical company. From 2010 to 2014, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of ADAMA Agricultural Solutions, the world’s largest generic agrochemical company and the sixth largest global agrochemical company. From 2001 to 2009, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Strauss Group, a major multinational, branded, consumer food and beverage company. From 1998 to 2001 he served as CEO of Elite, the leading coffee and confectionary company in Israel. From 1991 to 1996 he served as senior partner in PriceWaterhouseCooper’s consulting division.

Mr. Vigodman’s outside activities have included senior government roles. From 2009 to 2017, he was a member of the Advisory Committee to the Israel National Economic Council, within the Prime Minister’s Office. From 2005 to 2009, he was a Member of the Advisory Board to the Governor of the Bank of Israel (under Dr. Stanley Fischer, Governor of the Bank of Israel, Chief Economist of the World Bank, and Vice Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve). From 1998 to 2001, Mr. Vigodman was a member of the Israel Securities Authority Governing Board.

Mr. Vigodman holds a Bachelor’s Degree - Accounting and Economics- Tel Aviv University and an MBA from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Email: george@walkertaxlaw.com

George Walker is an attorney and partner at the Practus LLP law firm founded in 2018. His work encompasses a range of corporate, partnership, and non-profit transactional matters, both domestic and cross-border in scope. Mr. Walker's industry and sector experience includes industrial manufacturing, financial services, renewable energy, real estate and cryptocurrency. He takes a particular interest in international project finance deals involving the African continent.

Mr. Walker has been active with the corporate, real estate, and/or tax law sections of both the American Bar Association and the DC Bar Assocation, and has served as Chair of National Bar Association's International Law Section (2022). He has been active in the French-American Chamber of Commerce, the District of Columbia Chamber of Commerce, and is a President Emeritus of the University of Pennsylvania's Black Alumni Society.

Prior to his current transactional focus, as a young attorney Mr. Walker studied and worked in Paris and Geneva where he cut his teeth in commercial and investor-state international arbitral disputes litigated within the ICSID and ICC frameworks. Outside the practice of law, Mr. Walker is a former Legislative Assistant to a Financial Services Committee member of the U.S. House of Representatives and a former FINRA-registered financial advisor.

Mr. Walker holds a BA from the University of Pennsylvania (2002), both a Juris Doctorate (2007) and a Master of Laws (2016) in federal taxation from the Georgetown University Law Center, and a Master of Laws (2011) in international business from the University of Fribourg. Mr. Walker is a licensed attorney in DC and NY, speaks fluent French and English, and is a father of three in Maryland.

Email: mwentzel@aiac.com

Martin has spent more than 15 years turning around businesses by transforming their operations and finance. He held roles as CEO, CRO, strategy advisor, board member, manufacturing manager and project manager. His impactful advice is recognized on the shop floor as much as in the board room.

Martin began his career at Siemens’ material handling division where he transformed the engineering process and implemented a global standard for system design. He then moved to the corporate finance group where he first joined as internal business consultant and later held a position as a director for mergers and acquisitions in New York.

Martin has a hands-on mentality which, supported by his broad experience, has helped him to drive change projects in countless different settings.

Martin holds an MBA from Duke University Fuqua School of Business as well as Master degrees in mechatronics and electrical engineering from the University of Applied Sciences in Bochum (Germany), Universite Blaise Pascal in Clermont-Ferrand (France) and London Southbank University (UK).

Martin is a motorsport enthusiast and avid tennis player. Martin resides in Florida with wife and two sons.

Email: myamaguchi@aiac.com

Masatoshi "Toshi" Yamaguchi is President of JICAM Pacific Co Ltd, an investing and consulting firm based in Osaka that specialises in bridging the cultural and business practices gap between Japan and international companies. Toshi has more than a half century's experience in this field. Past clients have included Oshkosh Corporation (establishing Japanese distribution and supply chain), Stanley Black & Decker (development and supply with Textron of high strength stainless steel for specialist applications). Current areas of focus with US and European clients are medical alloys, sensor bolts, anti loose wave thread fasteners and a predictive health monitoring device.

Toshi also has founded and leads Kizuna Tech LLP and the not-for-profit "Kobe Chats". The former concentrates on IOT and AI for factory digitalisation, working with software developers in Singapore and India. Kobe Chats helps entrepreneurs from West Africa, Ghana and the DRC to connect with Japanese counterparts. It also sponsors a "web village" to provide a platform for musicians, creators and artistic talent in general to reach an international audience and make connections beyond the local opportunities available to them in their home countries in Africa.