Ammar Charani
Mr. Charani started his Mechanical Engineering studies at Damascus University and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the University of Central Florida. While a student at UCF in 1985, Mr. Charani designed a biodegradable staple and delivery mechanism to repair a torn meniscus. This design was later patented and now is credited with major savings in operation time and with limited side effects. After various businesses in import-export and real estate, in 1989 he created an affinity marketing company, International Community Marketing, to promote calling services for Fortune 50 companies mainly MCI, AT&T, GTE and Bell Atlantic specializing in ethnic markets and education related causes. This company grew to over 1000 US-based employees and over $200M in annual sales. Later, Mr. Charani established telecom companies in the US and Switzerland for long distance services, ISP and Voice over IP. In 2000, Mr. Charani co-founded Guidance Financial, which is today the largest sharia-compliant financial products company in the USA with a growing global operation focused on primary and secondary home financing. Currently Mr. Charani manages Arxiel Ventures, a private venture company which makes strategic investments in Carbon Abatement and Renewable Energy (CARE). Mr. Charani also chairs and participates in various companies in telecom, call center services, home financing, distributions and clean renewable energy in North and South America, the Middle East, India, Europe and Africa.

Nakhli Zeidan
Mr. Zeidan has 25 years experience in the investment banking industry. Mr. Zeidan was the head of global foreign exchange derivatives, trading and sales for Bank Indosuez before taking over as Treasurer for the Americas based in New York.  As the Head of Asian equities cash and derivatives trading for Indosuez W.I. Carr securities in Hong Kong, Mr. Zeidan served as Managing Director and a member of the firm's executive committee in charge of equity derivatives and all trading activities. Mr. Zeidan was also the head of Japanese securities operations as the Japanese representative for Credit Agricole Indosuez securities (Japan).  Mr. Zeidan brings to Arxiel and Carbonexis an intimate knowledge of cash and futures markets trading and brokerage, the experience of managing credit and market risks, sensitivity to the issues of regulatory compliance and reputational risks. He has been on the advisory committees of a number of exchanges and financial industry forums.  Mr. Zeidan is currently the Managing Director of Asia Pacific Consulting which specializes in due diligence of investment funds and providing risk management services and products for the financial industry.  Mr. Zeidan earned a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Universite St Joseph and a Masters Degree in Money & Banking from Sorbonne University.

Dr. Jan-Olaf Willums
He is the Chairman and founder of InSpire Invest. Previously, he held senior management positions in Storebrand, Norway's largest financial sector company, Saga Petroleum and Volvo Petroleum, and chaired two of the earliest venture capital and investment companies in Norway in the 1980's. In 1990 he was appointed to head the Energy and Environment Office of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in Paris, and Secretary General of the Industry Forum at the Rio Earth Summit, Brazil in 1992, where he was cofounder and became Executive Director of WICE, the World Industry Council for the Environment. WICE later merged to become the World Business Council for Sustainable Development in Geneva, where he was a director until 1998. He is Professor at the Norwegian School of Management, and board member of the Center for Corporate Citizenship. He is on the Advisory Board of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and of the World Bank Institute, and member of the Private Sector Advisory Board of the World Bank Corporate Governance Forum. Dr. Willums holds a Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Swiss Institute of Technology and a Doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Abdel Hafidh Chaibi
Mr. Chaibi is an international business development professional with 16 years experience particularly in Tunisia, Maghreb countries, the United States of America, and the United Kingdom. His areas of expertise include international business development (market research, agent appointment, project management, tender facilitation, tourism, trade (export/import) and investment promotion); corporate communications; government & public relations, lobbying & fundraising. Early in his career, he started as a Project Engineer in the petroleum sector mostly in southern Libya. As the Commercial Officer at the British Embassy in Tunis, Mr. Chaibi benefited from specific training related to program design and Management, trade promotion, and business partnership development and assisted UK businessmen exploring business opportunities in the region. Mr. Chaibi held the position of executive Director of the World of Knowledge Foundation in Orlando Florida and organized programs and events supporting education, access to technology programs benefiting minority communities in the USA and implemented US Government funded programs in Venezuela, Algeria, and Bangladesh. He was the Executive Director of the Tunisian American Chamber of Commerce for over 5 years. His main achievements were achieving its self sustainability before the lapsing of a USAID institutional strengthening grant in 1994, creating a successful training program, and developing membership, trade programs and business/lobbying missions. Mr. Chaibi holds a Master’s Degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA.