Jawad M. Hashim: Biography

JMH

Academic Background

  • BA Economics; College of Commerce and Economics
    University of Baghdad, 1960 (First Class Honors).

  • M.Sc. Economic Statistics
    The London School of Economics and Political Science
    University of London, 1963.

  • Ph.D. Economic Statistics
    The London School of Economics and Political Science
    University of London, 1966.

Professional Positions

  • June 1982 - 1985
    Director & Member of the Executive Committee of Investcorp; Bahrain, London and New York. Between july 1980 and May 1982, as President of the Arab Monetary Fund, he created INVESTCORP under the auspices of Arab Monetary Fund.

  • 1982 - 1986
    Member of the Distinguished Panel of Eminent Persons of the United Nations Programme on Regional & Inter-Regional Cooperation (UNITAR).

  • 1978 - 1983
    Member of the Group of 30. The Consultative Group of International and Monetary Affairs; New York.

  • May 1977 - May 1982
    President, Arab Monetary Fund; Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

  • Nov. 1974 - May 1977
    Advisor to the President of Iraq. Member of the Economic Planning Board — Iraq. Chairman of the Second Session of Economic Commission for West Asia (ECWA) UN.

  • May 1972 - Nov. 1974
    Minister of National Economic Planning and Chairman of the Steering Committee of the Planning Board, Baghdad, Iraq.

  • Dec. 1971 - May 1972
    Advisor to the President of Iraq.

  • Jan. 1971 - Dec. 1971
    Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, University of Baghdad.

  • July 1968 - Jan. 1971
    Minister of National Economic Planning and Chairman of the Steering Committee of the Planning Board Baghdad, Iraq.

  • Dec. 1967 - Dec. 1968
    Chief Editor of the “Economist”, The Quarterly Journal of the Iraqi Economist Association.

  • Jan. 1967 - July 1968
    Lecturer at the college of Economics and Political Science, University of Baghdad. Director General of the Planning Board for Education and Social Development, Iraq. Economic Advisor to the Prime Minister of Iraq. Director General of the Central Statistical Organization, Iraq.

  • 1966 - Jan. 1967
    Research Assistant at the London School of Economics and Political Science, London.

Memberships & Other International Organizations

  • 2003 - Present
    Member of the RCMI (Royal Canadian Military Institute), Toronto, Canada.

  • 1978 - 1987
    Fellow of the International Bankers Association, Washington, DC.

  • 1980 - 1985
    Member of the Study Group on Energy and World Economy, New York.

  • 1980 - 1990
    One of the fifteen trustees of the “AFRICA HOUSE”, London, England.

  • 1977 – Present
    Honorary sponsor of The World Parliament.

Biographical References

  • 1980 - 1983
    Who's Who - International

  • 1980 - 1983
    Who's Who - In the Middle-East

Publication - Papers

  • The Future Relationship Between Energy Demand, OPEC & the Value of the Dollar; Presented to the Conference Board in Europe, Brussels: December 14, 1978; published in the OAPEC Bulletin, January 1979 and in The Journal of Energy and Development, Vol. VI, No.1, University of Colorado; 1980.

  • An Understanding of the Importance of Arab/Islamic Funds Available for Development Projects & Economic Support; Presented to the Financial Times Conference on Business in the Gulf, London; January 30, 1979.

  • A Comment on Floating Exchange Rates; Presented to the Bermuda Conference; February 1979.

  • Measures to Restore International Financial Confidence & Stability; Presented to the Annual Meeting of the American-Arab Association for Commerce & Industry, Inc. , New York; May 15, 1980.

  • Current Economic & Financial Development in the World and Arab Economies; Presented to the Seventh Annual Conference of the Inter Arab Cambist Association, Hong-Kong; June 1, 1980.

  • Towards a Gulf Monetary Area, Issues in Development: The Arab Gulf States; Published in MD Research & Services, London; 1980.

  • The Creation of the AMF: Is it a First Step Towards Arab Monetary Integration; Presented to the Inter Arab Cambist Association Meeting, Kuwait; March 26-29, 1981.

  • Oil, Foreign Exchange & Financial Discipline; Presented to the 59th Annual Meeting of the Bankers’ Association for Foreign Trade, Boca-Raton, Florida; May 31 - June 4, 1981.

  • Notes on Arab National Economic Plans: Imbalances; Presented to the CBI-COMET Conference on Middle-East Development Plans, London; Sep. 1981.

  • OPEC & The International Oil Market: A Proposal for Cooperation; Paper presented at Colloquium on Euro-Arab cooperation, Arab-European Chamber of Commerce, Brussels; April 20-22, 1983.

  • What Next for OPEC? - Institutional Investor, New York; June 1983.

  • The Shape of the Post-Gulf War: Middle-East; US Congressional Record, Vol. 137, No. 30; February 22, 1991.

  • Financial Services & Middle-Eastern Politics; 15th Annual Symposium on Banking in the International Environment, Thunderbird: The American Graduate School of International Management (Arizona, USA); January 1994.

  • Post-War Iraq: An Opinion on Political Role & Business Opportunities; Key Note Speech, The Albany Club, Toronto; April 22, 1991.

  • Reconstruction of Iraq: Post-Saddam Hussain; Paper presented to the Spring Conference of the Atlantic Council of Canada, and presented to the Royal Canadian Military Institute; May 2003.

  • INVESTCORP - The TrueStory Of Its Creations; 2008

Publication - Books

  • The Development of Iraqi Economy: Foreign Trade Sector; 1970

  • Science, Technology and Industrial Development; 1976

  • Industrialization Prospects of Iraq Up to the Year 2000 (Study prepared for the United Nations); May 1977

  • National Accounts: Methods of Estimating National Products, National Expenditure & National Income; 1989

  • Capital Formation in Iraq; 1990

  • Political Memoirs Of Ex-Planning Minister Jawad Hashim (In Arabic); 2003