Arabia Standards Board: The AAFM ® Academy of Financial Management  - American & International

* The Arabian Standards Board is composed of members from the: AAFM, AABFS, MELC, and GIFM.

AAFM ®  Super Board of Presidents - Global Boards

• Prof. Dr. Roberto J. Santillán Salgado – MS Finance Program at EGADE-ITESM, Monterrey Campus - Founder AAFM® President Latin South America  http://www.aafm.us/latinamerica.html

• Prof. George S Mentz - JD, MBA, CWM® – AAFM ® CEO USA – Board of Standards – Licensed. Counselor of Law and Notary Public** www.financialcertified.com

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

• Carl Thong - MBA, CWM®, MFP – AAFM® Asia - Founder AAFM ® Asia Chapter & Training - President of Asia Standards and Accreditation www.aafmasia.com

• Prof. Stephen Polak - MSA/MSL, CPA/PFS, CWM®/CAM, MPM/CIPM - AAFM ® Super Board - Academic, US Governmental Liaison and Law School Advisor – Founder AAFM® North Africa & Middle East - GIFM & MELC www.aafmgcc.com  in conjunction with MELC Middle East Lighthouse Consultants

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

• Dr. Cornell Collins - PhD, MPM, CIPM, BCSH, CPM, CHt. – President - Bahamas, India and Canada – Global Advisor AAFM® and AAPM® - India, Canada, Bahamas www.AAFMIndia.com

Mr. Polak is available as an Expert Trainer for GCC and Middle East Regions for: International Tax, Transfer Pricing, IFRS Courses, & Fraud Examination courses.

Law Professor & Coordinator Financial Instruments / Fraud & Financial Forensics Sub-Specialization

MS Law – International Tax & Financial Services, Thomas Jefferson School of Law

MS Administration/Management, Saint Michael’s College

BS Accounting, Johnson & Wales College

Currently, Prof. Polak is not only the Financial Products coordinator at Thomas Jefferson School of Law’s Walter H. and Dorothy B. Diamond’s International tax and Financial Services program, but is employed full time by the US Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service as a Senior Internal Revenue Agent in IRS’s Tax Exempt and Government Entity Division as a Federal State and Local Government Specialist where he was recruited to participate in IRS’s three year National Research Project on employment taxes.

Prior to this assignment Prof. Polak completed a three tour as a Financial Products and Transaction Examiner with the Large Business and International Division where he was responsible for examining complex financial products developed by investment banks and used by multinational companies. Professor Polak has also held numerous positions with the National Treasury Employees Union, such as, Union Steward, Total Quality Officer, Union Representative on IRS’s Partnership Council and finally Vice President of Chapter 39.  Prof. Polak started his career with the US Government as a Staff Auditor assigned to the Department of Defense – Defense Contract Audit Agency where he was responsible for auditing all defense contractors in the State of Vermont, as well as, supporting Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) negotiations of the pricing of weapon systems.

Prof. Polak is also a rights holder or principal in the Middle East Lighthouse Consultants group which is a premier intellectual property enforcement firm with offices in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arabs Emirates.

Prof. Polak holds the following credentials that focus on wealth management, Personal Financial Specialist from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and Chartered Wealth Manager and Chartered Asset Manager from the American Academy of Financial Management (AAFM). He has also been licensed as an insurance producer, stock broker and investment advisor while employed by AXA Equitable, New York Life Insurance/Securities Companies and then with HD Vest Financial Services when he owned and operated his medium sized CPA Firm.

Prof. Polak also holds two specialized certifications that focus on forensic accounting and financial fraud; they are the Certified Fraud Examiner certificate issued by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) and the Certified in Financial Forensics certification issued by the AICPA and also holds two certifications that focus on project management from the American Academy of Project Management (AAPM). They are the Master Project Manager and Certified International Project Manager.

He is a member of the AAFM and AAPM “ Board of Standards - Global Advisory Board” as the academic and US Government Regulatory and Law School Advisor and a member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiner’s Advisory Council for Education, as well as, AICPA’s Editorial’s Board of Advisors for the” Journal of Accountancy” and “The Tax Advisor” where he regularly edits proposed manuscripts for publication.

Finally, Prof. Polak is a licensed Certified Public Accountant and holds a Master of Science of Laws in International Tax & Financial Services from Thomas Jefferson School of Law, a Master of Science in Administration and Management from Saint Michaels College and a Bachelor of Science in accounting from Johnson & Wales College and currently is a Ph.D. candidate in International Law and Financial Services at Thomas Jefferson School of Law.