About Us

Guidance Financial Group is one of the few financial organizations in the world addressing the needs of housing finance consumers and institutional investors for high-quality and principled financial services and investment solutions.

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Global Products & Services

Guidance is a pioneer in the creation of values-based residential mortgages, secondary market housing finance solutions, and investment products and services for institutional investors.

Opportunities for Investors & Partners

Guidance offers investors, clients and global partners meaningful opportunities to participate in principles-based financial solutions in the housing finance and investment markets. We bring innovative products, deep management experience, an extensive institutional investment network, and a respected Shariah Supervisory Board.

Principled Finance

Guidance gives consumers, industry participants and institutional investors the ability to act upon their principled values through the financial services and investment solutions that we provide on a global basis.

Management

Guidance's worldwide team brings extensive experience, expertise and accomplishment in the fields of economics, finance, investment/operating business management, Islamic finance, research and development and pioneering product creation.

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Guidance Financial Group Management

Dr. Mohamad L. Hammour

Chairman, Guidance Financial Group

Paris, France

Dr. Hasnita Hashim

Senior Advisor and member of the Board, Guidance Investments

Kuala Lumpur

James Dodwell

Senior Vice President Capital Guidance

Washington, D.C.

Kal Elsayed

CEO Guidance Residential

Reston, VA

Bill McKay

Senior Vice President and COO, Guidance Residential

Reston, VA

Nick Minardi

Senior Vice President and COO, Guidance Residential

Reston, VA

Tom Gainor

Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Guidance Residential

Reston, VA

Stephen Hawkins

Director, Head of Real Estate, Guidance Investments

Kuala Lumpur

Patrick van Surell

Director, Institutional Business and Product Development, Guidance Investments

Dubai

Haresham Baharum

Associate Director, Institutional Business and Product Development, Guidance Investments; Compliance Officer, Guidance Investments

Kuala Lumpur

Rémy Fremaux

Chief Financial Officer, Geneva

Geneva

Philippe Valleix

Managing Director and Head of Asset Management, Guidance Investments Director of Shaza Hotels Ltd

Paris, France

Daniel Blatt

Vice President-Investments, Guidance Investments

Paris, France

George Anderson

Vice President and Head of Structured Finance, Guidance Financial Group

Washington D.C.

Steven Bernstein

Vice President – Guidance Financial Group

Paris, France

The following executives of Guidance Financial Group’s parent company, Capital Guidance, work closely with the management listed above.

Amer Hammour

Managing Director, Washington DC

James Dodwell

Senior Vice President, Washington DC

Martin Bury

Senior Vice President, Geneva

Mazen Mroueh

Vice President, Beirut