AAFM® Board of Standards and Experts

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

  • Professor Dr. Roberto J. Santillán Salgado – Master of Science in Finance Program at EGADE-ITESM, Monterrey Campus – Founder AAFM ® Latin South America
  • Prof. George S Mentz, JD, MBA, CWM® – AAFM CEO USA – Board of Standards – Lic. Counselor of Law and Notary Public***
  • Dr. Ciro Martinez II, PhD, JD, LLM, MBA, CWM, MFP, CEC – Hon. Academic Standards – AAFM Law Certification Program llmprogram.org
  • Carl Thong, MBA, CWM ®, MFP – AAFM ® Asia (President of Asia Standards and Accreditation) – Founder AAFM ® Asia Chapter & Training
  • Professor Stephen Polak, MS, CPA, CWM, CAM – AAFM ® Super Board – Academic, US Governmental, and Law School Advisor – AAFM® Governmental Liaison & GIFM
  • Dr. Ishaq Shafiq – PhD, MFP, ChE – AAFM ® Global Advisor – USA and ACCE Economists – Quantum Consultants USA. Royal Society of Fellows Alliance
  • Dr. Cornell Collins, PhD, MPM, CIPM, BCSH, CPM, CHt. – Bahamas, India and Canada – Global Advisor AAFM® and AAPM® – India, Canada, Bahamas

AAFM® Board of Honorary Global Advisors

Global Board of Academic Advisors & Professors * Award Recognition
    • Dr. George L. Salis, PhD. LLM, LLB (Hons), BS, FAD, MFM, CWM, CEPA, ChE, MFP Mas. Fin. Prof.,  – Principal Income Tax Analyst (International) at Vertex, Inc., one of the largest tax software development companies in the world.  Member: ABA, IBA, London Court International Arbitration, Royal Society of Fellows
    • Dr. Taher R. Kidwani. CWM ® Certified Chartered Wealth Manager, CAM Certified Asset Manager, ChE Chartered Economist, AAFM Board of Honorary Global Advisors. Yusr Islamic Bank, Managing Director
    • Suraj Mishra, CWM®, MFP®, Special Advisor Asia – Global Advisory Council
    • Mr William Chan, MFP, CAM, CRA, AIF, CFOS – Founder, Stamford Privee Family Office (hyperlink to stamford-privee.com) , President, Family Office Exchange Asia (hyperlink to fox-asia.org) .
    • Mr. Young W.Carr, MFP, RFS, CGM, FiSMM, IOM, DGG, AistIIB – Council Chairman AbeSA – South Africa (Hon. Global Advisor)
    • Dr. Mark Kayongo, PhD, MFP™, RFS™ – National Bureau of Standards – Hon. Global Advisor – Africa
    • Dr. Trevor Hamilton, CWM ®, FBIM, FJIM, FIMCJ, President of Trevor Hamilton and Associates International Management Consultants  UK and West Indies
    • Prof. Dr. C. Bergström Stockholm School of Economics Department of Finance Head of the EFI (Economic Research Institute at the Stockholm School of Economics)
    • Direktor: Prof. Dr. D. Sondermann, MFP Mas. Fin. Prof. ™ Universität Bonn – Institut für Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften
    • Dr. Gregory P. Green, JD, LLM, MBA, MA, CWM®, CAM, MFP, RFC, RFP  – Colorado USA – Hon. Global Advisor
    • Prof. Dr. G. J. Charreaux Universite de Bourgogne Dijon Cedex, Bourgogne France MFP™ Mas. Fin. Prof.™
    • Linda J. Sullivan, MBA, CPA, LL.M – USA Global Advisor – International Tax
    • Prof. Dr. C. P Wolff, MFP – Maastricht University – The Netherlands Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research, London
    • Carl Benjamin Holt FCSI CCO CAM CWM Int Dip RM (FAAFM) MICA – Dubai, UAE
    • 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
    • Dean J. Mc Farland, PhD, CMA Chartered Market Analyst* Dean of The Tulane Freeman School of Business*
    • James Lavorgna, JD, CWM™, CFP™, LLM – AAFM Certified Trainer
    • Prof. (Dr.) Niranjan C. Bhat, Hon. Global Advisor for AAFM and AAPM, International & Grand PhD, FAAPM/FAAFM, MPM, CIPM, GPM, CPD and MFP. – India
    • Prof. M. Dalton, PhD, CPA, JD, CWM -CEO Money Education Co.** Honorary Advisor to the Board
    • Hon. Dir. Andrew Kane, OBE, CWM, CRA – CEO and Managing Director HSBC Private Banking – Wealth Management, California – AAFM Master Financial Planner
    • Prof. Dr. Pablo Fernandez IESE Business School Madrid Spain
    • Dr. Nicola A. Spence, PhD, CPM – San Francisco – Asia
    • Jack McCaffery III, JD, LLM, CWM, MBA, DBA ABD, CAM, MFP Mas. Fin. Prof.™ *
    • Prof. Dr. Swarnankur Chatterjee, PhD, CMA, FAD – Athens, GA, USA University Faculty
    • Jonathan Dougherty, J.D., LL.M., CWM, CAM, MFP Mas. Fin. Prof.™ *
    • Prof. Dr. Shinichi Watanabe, PhD Mas. Fin. Prof™ – Belgium
    • Prof. Jean Bellemans, Mas. Fin. Prof – Brussels
    • Dr. Benjamin Findley, CPM, Colonel, USAFR (Ret) (Special Honorary Advisor)
    • Prof. Julia K. Brazelton, PhD, MFP Mas. Fin. Prof.™ Connecticut
    • Prof. Thomas W. Goldman, JD, LLM, FAD,CWM, MFP M. Fin. Prof.
    • Cody Tellis, JD, LLM, MFP, CWM, CTEP, CAM – California, USA
    • 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. **
    • 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
    • Phillippe Chan, Chief Financial Officer, BNP paribas (Hong Kong)
    • Dr. Venkateshwar Reddy, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Graduate Programs, University of Colorado-Colorado Springs
    • 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
    • H. Freedman, JD, MBA, RFS, MFM, RBA – Advisor – Florida
    • Prof. Dr. Rajesh Mohnot, Acad. Head FTMS Business School in Singapore, RBA, MFP™ Mas. F.P.
    • Prof. Edwin D. Dimaculangan, CPA, MBA, RFA Philippines
    • Prof. Gary K. Hunter, Ph.D. Arizona State University
    • Peggie A. Russell, J.D, RBA – Business Analyst – Tennessee, USA (Honorary Global Advisor)
    • Michael Hsu, J.D., MPF, CTEP, CWM
    • Peter J, Loughlin, JD, LL.M., Esq., MFP Mas. Fin. Prof., Attorney-at-Law, Member Royal Society of Fellows; Member International Bar Association
    • Hon. Sameh Temraz, MFP, CWM – Regional Director Zurich Int’l
    • Renee Fisher, Esq. BA, LLB, MBA, CAM, Nassau Bahamas
    • Gary S. Burroughs, CPA, CTEP CEP, TEP, CEA, President of BSB, Inc., Oregon, USA MFP™ Master Financial Professional ™
    • Joseph P. Mathew, MBA, RFA, CAM, CPM, President, Hybrid Energy Advisors, Inc.
    • Zhong-yi Yang, MFTA,RFA,CPIM,CEPA Taiwan Advisor
    • Prof. Luke Tan, CWM, PhD ABD – President Thermed Ent., Inc.
    • Michael Preiss, MFP, RFS, CWM AAFM Certified Trainer Asia
    • Craig Tapper, MFP, RFS, CWM AAFM Certified Trainer Asia
    • Gerald J. Shields, JD, CTEP, Mas. Fin. Prof. Washington DC
    • Andy Ong, Chair, Wealth Management Association, Singapore
    • Chris Goh, Academic Director, Finance Programs, ACPE, Singapore
    • Pamela Peng, MFP Director, IVY Schools, Taiwan (Special Advisor Asia)
    • Lic. Carsten Preusse, RFA, CAM, Mas. Fin. Prof.
    • Prof. Tobias M. Mendelson, JD, CTEP, Mas. Fin. Prof.
    • Tan Sri Dato Prof. Dr James Alfred BA Hons(Econs), LLB, MBA, PhD, FIoD, FCMI, FCIM, FIPlantE, FSOE, FCILT, FIOSH, FRSH, FCCS, CPA(Ireland), CPA(USA), MFP(Master Financial Professional), RFA, CMA, CIPM
    • Prof. Christophe Couallier, MFP, RFA – UOP Orlando, FL
    • Prof. Alexander Van de Putte, PhD, RFA, CRA, MFP, Master Financial ProfessionalTM – Professor of Finance at the Rouen School of Management in France, Fellow at Birkbeck College (University of London) and Shell International Executive.
    • Mike Nall, CPA, CM&A, MFP California, USA **
    • Dr. E. Oestriecher, CEC, A.A., B.E.S. M.Ed.,Ph.D., N.D., Ph.D. E-Business Executive, Booze Allen Hamilton – Anapolis, MD, USA
    • Dr. M. G. Junginger – Director Business Development, Financial Executive – Munich, Germany* New Elected Member
    • Yuen Heng, Kwan (Jeffrey), MBA, MPA, CWM, MFP, CTEP, CVM CRA, CMP – SVP – M&P Global Financial Services, Inc. USA Honorary AAFM Advisory Board for Asia.
    • 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
    • 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
    • R. Martinez, MS, CPA, CTEP Honorary Advisor**
    • 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 – Anapolis, 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
    • 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
    • Mike C. Barnes, MBA, RBA – Georgia, USA – Hon. Global Advisor
    • Ing. Mag. Harald Parapatits, RFS, CPM, MFP
    • C. Guenzel, MFP, CFP, CAM Honorary Board of Advisors**
    • Prof. Dr. Lawrence Flagle, DBA, MBA, MFP Mas. Fin. Prof. **
    • Emad A. Rahim, M.S.M.,C.B.M.,Chairman and CEO of Human Service Assn. of CNY
    • Dr. Graham A Orme FAAFM, AFA – Director of Human Resources and Finance – American Mission Hospital – First Hospital in the Arabian Gulf
    • Clancy Fiifi Dontoh. Ch.E, MFM, CVM, CCF – Ghana Financial Executive
    • Hock Yew Lim (Michael), CPM, CMA, CWM, FAAFM, FCMI, EMHFBOA, CSAMS, CBPA, MCDBA, MCP – Malaysia, Hong Kong, China, AAFM Special Advisor in Asia
    • Carl Thong -Asia President – AAFM – Singapore and China
    • Sunao Fujii – AAFM Asia – Advisor and Presidential Advisor
    • Dato Dr. James Alfred – AAFM Asia – Advisor and Presidential Advisor
    • Meocre Li – President AAFM China Operations – Hong Kong and Mainland
    • Gao Wen – AAFM Asia – Advisor and Presidential Advisor
    • Clive Weatherhead – AAFM Asia – Advisor and Presidential Advisor
    • Pamela Peng- AAFM Asia – Advisor and Presidential Advisor
    • David A Iraka CWM – South Africa – Director – Ancestry Capital
    • EMMANUEL OPOKU WARE, CMA, MFP, CPM – Hon. Advisor Ghana Africa
    • Jeffrey C. Rooney,MS, BSBA, CAM, CAMC, CITA, CRA, CCA,CPBA – New York USA
    • Tripthi M. Mathew, MD, MPH, MBA, MFM, MFP, RFS – NJ – USA Hon. Advisor
    • Ryland T. Campbell, CWM Executive Chairman of Capital and Credit Group ( Jamaica) and “Observer Newspaper” Jamaican Business Leader of the Year and Government of Jamaica Awardee.
    • Dominic Vincent Ligot – AAFM – Board of Honorary Global Advisors
Members on the Global Advisor List are Honorary Emeritus Faculty which is purely an Award Status and Recognition of Academic Excellence, Life Service, and Research. Members may nominate faculty to the board of advisors and faculty members have rights to offer amendments for the innovation of standards for AAFM. Faculty members are in no way considered to be faculty of the AAFM except within the limits of an Honorary or Emeritus Faculty Award Recognition. . They are simply recognized faculty members of Select Universities Worldwide that have been unanimously approved to receive honors from AAFM.
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