Ziad-Alexandre Hayek is a globally recognized statesman and strategist at the intersection of public-private partnerships, international finance, and AI governance. He serves as President of the World Association of PPP Units & Professionals (WAPPP) and Strategic Advisor to Paxon Group, and was a candidate for the presidencies of both the World Bank and Lebanon. As Secretary-General of Lebanon's High Council for Privatization and PPP and Vice Chair of the United Nations Working Party on PPP, he helped shape global PPP standards and the UN PPP Model Law. Before that, he held senior positions at Citibank, Salomon Brothers, Bear Stearns, and Indosuez, leading transactions in securitization, telecommunications, and technology across New York, London, and emerging markets. A serial technology entrepreneur, Hayek is Co-Founder of HyperCycle AI and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He is a seasoned board director, keynote speaker at over 150 international conferences, and trusted advisor to governments and multilateral institutions on infrastructure, economic reform, and AI policy. He has lived and worked across every continent and is conversant in eleven languages.