Ziad-Alexandre Hayek has 44 years of experience in investment banking, corporate strategy, artificial intelligence, technology, public policy, and public-private partnerships. He has lived and worked in Africa, Europe, the Middle East, the US, and Latin America. In 2019, he was nominated to be President of the World Bank. Hayek is currently President of the World Association of PPP Units & Professionals, Head of Global Strategic Alliances at HyperCycle.ai, and member of the Board of Trustees of USEK University. Previously he was Vice Chair of the UN Working Party on PPP, Secretary General of Lebanon’s High Council for Privatization and PPP, CEO of Lonbridge Associates, Senior Managing Director of Bear Stearns, President of Indosuez Mexico, Head of International Securitization at Citibank, and Vice President at Salomon Brothers. He is and has been a member of the boards of multiple companies, banks, universities, NGOs, and tech startups. He was a member of the US Council on Foreign Relations. Hayek has an MA in International Management from UT Dallas. He has studied Middle East Affairs at Harvard, is certified in artificial intelligence by IBM, and is registered as a CEO of a financial institution by the UK Financial Conduct Authority. Hayek is a citizen of the US, the UK and Lebanon, and is conversant with 11 languages. For more info, please see www.linkedin.com/in/zahayek.