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The AAFM Global Board of Standards

The AAFM Global Board of Standards is the international council — professors, attorneys, economists and honorary advisors from leading universities, banks and regulators across the globe — that sets and assures AAFM's certification and accreditation standards.

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30+Board members & advisors
50+Nations represented
1996Established
151+Countries
Governance

What the Global Board does

The AAFM Global Board of Standards is the international council that owns the certification framework: it sets the body of knowledge, approves the examinations, admits accredited education providers and confers the designations. Its members and honorary advisors are professors, attorneys, economists and senior practitioners from universities, banks and regulators worldwide.

Independent governance is what makes a designation credible. Because standards are set and reviewed by this multinational board rather than by any single school or employer, an AAFM charter carries the same meaning across 151+ countries.

Board & advisors

Members & honorary global advisors

Prof. George S. Mentz, JD, MBA, CWM®
CEO, AAFM Global Board of Standards — USA
Prof. Dr. Roberto J. Santillán Salgado
Graduate Finance Programs, EGADE–ITESM, Monterrey; Founder, AAFM Latin & South America
Carl Thong, MBA, CWM®, MFP
President, AAFM Asia Standards & Accreditation; Founder, AAFM Asia
Dr. Ciro Martinez II, PhD, JD, LLM, CWM
Hon. Academic Standards, AAFM Law Certification Program
Dr. Ishaq Shafiq, PhD, MFP, Ch.E
AAFM Global Advisor — Quantum Consultants, USA
Dr. Cornell Collins, PhD, CPM
Global Advisor, AAFM & AAPM — Bahamas, India, Canada
Andrew Kane, OBE, CWM
CEO & MD, HSBC Private Banking — Wealth Management, California
Dr. Maurice Ewing, PhD (Princeton), CRA, FRM
Executive Director, Emerging Markets Risk Advisory — EU
Dr. Min WU, MFP, CWM
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Linda J. Sullivan, MBA, CPA, LL.M
USA Global Advisor — International Tax
Prof. Dr. C. P. Wolff, MFP
Maastricht University; Research Fellow, CEPR London
Dr. Robert Munro, PhD, MFP
University of Florida Law School — Intl. Financial Crimes Studies
Dr. George L. Salis, PhD, LLM
CEO & Principal, JurisConsults International Group
Dr. Taher R. Kidwani, CWM®, Ch.E
Managing Director, Yusr Islamic Bank
Dr. Obaid Al Zaabi
UAE Securities & Commodities Authority — Training & Research
Pierre Al-Khoury, PhDc, MFP, CAM
Dept. Chair, Management Studies, Hariri University
Dr. Mark Kayongo, PhD, MFP
National Bureau of Standards — Hon. Global Advisor
Dr. Shivakumar Deene, PhD, FRAS (London)
Hon. India Global Advisor, AAFM & AAPM
Elizabeth E. M. Thompson, LL.B, MFP
Registrar General of the Bahamas
Bernard W. Bunning, JD, LL.M, CPA, CFP, CTEP
High-Net-Worth Consulting — USA
Mike Nall, CPA, CM&A, MFP
Founder, M&A Association USA — Hon. Advisor
Kelvin Leong, MSc, CPA, FCCA
Hong Kong — Hon. Advisor
Prof. Dr. Chung-Liang Huang (Vincent Huang), PhD
Taiwan — Hon. Global Advisor
Dato Dr. James Alfred
AAFM Asia — Advisor & Presidential Advisor
Meocre Li
President, AAFM China Operations — Hong Kong & Mainland
F. Hale Stewart, JD, LLM, CWM, CTEP
Houston, TX — Hon. Global Advisor
Dr. Graham A. Orme, FAAFM, AFA
Director of HR & Finance, American Mission Hospital — Bahrain
Steven Burgeman, JD, LLM, CPA
Tax Lawyer — Illinois, USA
Joyce Molen, MBA, RFS, CPM
Texas, USA
Dr. Sean Rozario, PhD, MBA, CWM
Special Advisor — Asia & Singapore

A representative selection of the Board's professors and honorary global advisors across 150+ countries. Many are award recipients and honorary advisors of the AAFM Board of Standards.

FAQ

Global Board — FAQ

It is the international council — professors, attorneys, economists and honorary advisors from leading universities, banks and regulators — that sets and assures AAFM’s global certification and accreditation standards.

Prof. George S. Mentz, JD, MBA, CWM® serves as CEO of the AAFM Global Board of Standards.

It defines and maintains the certification curriculum, sets and assures examination standards, accredits education and training providers, and confers AAFM designations — independently of any single institution.

It brings together professors, attorneys, economists and senior practitioners, plus honorary global advisors, from leading universities, banks and regulators across multiple continents.

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