Edwin Hitti

Edwin E. Hitti (orn 1961 in Damascus) is an economics and policy strategy advisor, one of the world's foremost motivational gurus and philanthropists.
About
Hitti was brought up in a semi-political and elitist milieu, a well known personality of great integrity and vision, a descendant of two revered Middle East families, the Hitti's, a family who's marked peerage is thought to date back to the 'Hittites' 13th century BC a clearly labeled family, further enhanced by numerous ancestral academic prominence's such as Professor Phillip K. Hitti regarded among the world's leading authorities on Arab and Islamic historical studies. The Farah's a family in which his ancestral descendant's is clearly marked by Elia Farah, last of Governors or High Commissioners in the Greater Syria Region under the Ottoman Empire, whose domain stands testimony in the city of Hamah, Syria, commemorated by its avenue.
Lord Edwin made his mark early in his chosen career advising governments at head-of-state level on matters of economics, privatization and strategic alliances setting up a private network of experts across a wide variety of fields to offer 'Imaginative Solutions' to intractable problems.
A resourceful philanthropist who, after many years of discreetly advising heads of state in North America, the Middle East, and South East Asia, providing economic and policy strategy advice to governments, public and private sectors, divulge the key to his success in carrying out business, particularly in Asia, is the strategy he adopts in developing close relationships with key individuals, based upon mutual trust and confidentiality. Attained his title by a duly enacted bestowment act of lineage. A Shariah Scholar by virtue of ethnicity and background. Founder of The Arab Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in Hong Kong, a non-profit organization, the sole Commercial Arab Chamber within the Greater China region, a leading organization at promoting commercial ties between Hong Kong, China and the Arab World. He has been at the forefront of setting up the building blocks of Islamic Banking and Finance in Hong Kong, establishing the sole Hong Kong 'Shariah Advisory Council' and most recently launching the first 'HK Islamic Index' an instrumental platform at establishing and enhancing Hong Kong's Islamic Banking and Finance gateway role within the Greater China Market context.
Business
Lord Edwin is currently the President of The Arab Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The chamber is not associated with any specific government, it is a not-for profit organization registered in Hong Kong. The chamber's purpose is to promote commercial ties between China/Hong Kong and the Arab World. International Islamic Mediation and Arbitration Centre, Shariah Advisory Council, The Mosque Building Fund, HK Institute of Islamic Studies, and the Amwal Credit Union.
Books
Lord Edwin is an accomplished author with two books published under his name and many more in the works. The first book he authored was Glassnotes on the Sideline (ISBN 0-9682196-0-8) followed by Basic Mechanics of Islamic Capitalism (ISBN 978-988-17217-2-3), currently found throughout the world in libraries and universities as one of the most complete introductions into modern Islamic Finance and Capitalism.

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