In 1989, Issa S. Baluch founded Swift Freight International, one of the top freight and logistics providers in the Middle East & Africa. He was president of the National Association of Freight Logistics of the UAE; and president of the Zurich-based International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA). Mr. Baluch has authored two previous books, Transport Logistics: Past, Present and Predictions, and Transport Logistics, the Wheel of Commerce. He has been a Senior Fellow of the Advanced Leadership Initiative of Harvard University and currently serves on the Dean’s Council at Harvard Kennedy School. He is Chairman of First Hectares Capital, AKILI, and the FIATA Logistics Academy.