Hani Omar has over forty years of diverse experience in public accounting, auditing, consumer lending, retail banking, commercial lending, risk management, and life and health insurance. He had held multiple positions before retiring at several major commercial international and local banks and insurance companies. Specifically, Bank of America, Bank of Montreal, and CIT Financial Corporation among others. During his extensive career, he was responsible for special purpose investigation of borrowers, pre-loan surveys, collateral monitoring engagements, consulting lenders on workouts and mergers and acquisitions, and liquidation of defunct companies after lenders closed companies and liquidated them. In his capacity as a vice president, loan officer, loan department manager, and a (comprehensive) forensic auditor, he gained experience in banking, insurance, personal and commercial loans, and junior mortgages. Before he retired in 2008, as a vice president, loan officer, and team leader, he led in training and supervising junior auditors to survey new businesses recommending loans to the credit department. He participated in discussions and analysis of loans always adding value in recommending or declining new loans. He conducted pre-loan surveys for commercial banks on various businesses, such as Petroleum terminals, wineries, steel companies, metal fabricators, scrap dealers, and meat packers and slaughterhouses, to name a few. He conducted collateral monitoring engagements for asset-based lenders on various businesses as above. He was involved in large and small loans varying from 100 million to 500 million dollars. He conducted investigations of targeted businesses in leveraged buyout situations for financial institutions contemplating financing the transactions. Hani is an alumnus of Roosevelt University in Chicago, Illinois. Had an honorable discharge after six years of service from the United States Army in 1972. And a world traveler who has traveled to Europe, Africa, both the Americas and Asia. An author of several articles and books. Books written by the Author: - “AKABA – The Great Arab Revolution of 1916” “Lawrence of Arabia” – “A Chronicle of an English Spy”