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Sheikh Hussein A Al-Banawi is Chairman and CEO of The Banawi Industrial Group (BIG), a manufacturing concern in speciality chemicals, packaging and food flavours with activities throughout the Middle East and Africa.

He is an inspirational leader dedicated to creating the next set of leaders in the Arab World. He is Founder of the Chair in Islamic Economics, Finance and Management at Rice University in Houston, Texas and a member of the Board of Trustees and the Executive Committee of the World Waqf Foundation of the Islamic Development Bank. He serves on the board of various civic organizations and also launched the Gerhart Centre for Philanthropy and Civic Engagement.

His business book, The Unknown Leader: Discover the Leader in You, is due to be published by Kogan Page in 2012.