Mr. John Hancock Dickson is a senior advisor on economy and government relations at the Global Peace Foundation. He has founded World Trade Centers in Okinawa and Afghanistan, and advised on others, most recently Georgetown, Guyana. Mr. Dickson was the founding chairman of the World Trade Centers Association’s Committee on Peace and Stability through Trade, organizing initiatives highlighting the contribution of the private sector to peace and stability. He serves on the executive committee of the UN’s Alliance of NGOs for South South Cooperation and serves on the boards of several significant civil society organizations, including the Latin American Presidential Mission.