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Global Ambassador Dr. Toby Malichi, First Black to Receive International Peace Medallion and HonoraryDegree. Dr. Toby Malichi, Hon.D.Bus., D.H.L., Founding Executive Chairman and Global Head, Development,Investment & Diplomacy, Malichi Group Worldwide (Malichi.com),received the International PeaceMedallion and be conferred a Doctor of Humane Letters (honoris causa) from St. Paul ChristianUniversity in a ceremony on the honoree’s 72nd birthday. Malichi Group Worldwide, which operates inover 70 countries and celebrating over 40 years in business is based in Indianapolis, Indiana with affiliatestakeholders in Washington, DC, Africa, Dubai, Singapore, India, and China.
The International Peace Medallion is awarded to those who have made significant contributions to fosterworld peace through relationship building, community development, and courageous empowermentleading to rapprochement, reconciliation, and resolution among individuals and their cultures.
TheDoctor of Humane Letters is an honorary degree awarded to those who have distinguished themselvesthrough humanitarian and philanthropic contributions to society.“The values which guide Dr. Malichi as a world citizen—integrity, excellence, respect of people andculture—set him apart as an individual the SPCU board of directors chose as worthy of these honors,”said Mark Eutsler, the SPCU board vice president.
SPCU is a higher education ministry of the Archdioceseof the Midwestern States and Missionary Dependencies of the Evangelical Orthodox Catholic Church inAmerica.Dr. Toby Malichi is internationally-recognized and known for his sage advice as the “Go-To-Guy” and “AllThings Trade” is highly sought-after globally, and held in high regard by his contemporaries as a globalsmall business leader and Influencer, strategic thinker, trusted advisor, and highly-skilled businessdiplomat for developing strategies, positive relationships, and mitigating risk. that inspires leadership.Dr. Malichi’s magnetic personality, infectious smile, highly-skilled speaking and communication skills thatinspires leadership in all cultures are attributes from God, that allows him to attract, connect, and speakwith for the first time, world government, business and political leaders at the highest of levels whennavigating the headwinds of “the new realities of trade” amid, unprecedented economic and geopoliticalrisks, unlocking profitable trade channels in frontier, emerging, and developing countries, and facilitatingcross-border investment.
As Founding Executive Chairman and Global Head of Development, Investment & Diplomacy at MalichiGroup Worldwide. Dr. Malichi, who never meets a stranger is highly-regarded as “A Global Voice withInfluence and Business Diplomacy,” inspiring speaker, expert facilitator for cross-border investment andtrade deals, strategically advising and specializing in multinational small-and-medium sized enterprises(SMEs), private-sector global business leaders, and investment groups around the world, and is oftencalled on for his knowledge, expertise and experience on free trade agreements, trade-related policyissues, identifying, negotiating, closing cross-border deal flows, and social impact projects with Purpose,during his tenure as a White House selected official volunteer small business leader, and as an U.S.Chamber of Commerce board member, providing congressional testimony to the House Ways MeansCommittee officially speaking, advocating, and lobbying for the successful passage of over 95% of U.S.free trade agreements on behalf of U.S. Small-and-Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). Moreover, Dr.Malichi was officially selected and appointed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and White House
Administrations as an U.S. Delegate to the WTO, WEF, APEC, ASEAN, TABD, OEDC, CAFTA, USTR where heparticipated at the highest of levels engaging Heads of State, world government, business and politicalleaders from around the globe.Dr. Malichi was named twice a “Greater Washington Power Player” for 2000 & 2001 by the GreaterWashington Board of Trade.Freely giving of his time and expertise, Dr. Malichi, is a board member and immediate-past ViceChairman (First Black) of the Indiana District Export Councilhttps://indianadec.org/membership/(Appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce (nearly 34 years & longest serving Black nationally), andserving his 6th consecutive White House Administration), member of the White House BusinessCouncil/Affiliate Member of Business Forward, Global Advisor, and Executive Managing Director, GlobalChamber Indianapolis and Indianahttps://www.globalchamber.org/landing/indianapolis,State Advisor,US Global Leadership Council, Board Advisor, Institute for International Business, Center for InternationalBusiness Education Research (CIBER) Indiana University, Senior Advisor, Institute for SustainableDevelopment, Former Board Member, America China Society of Indiana and Independent Colleges andUniversities of Indiana.Dr. Malichi is an Auxiliary Chaplain for the Marion County Sheriff’s Department, and a MarketplaceMinister for Transform the World Global Ministries headquartered in Singapore. He is the proudRecipient of two (2) Sagamore of the Wabash (Highest honor bestowed by the Governor of Indiana), andis also an inaugural member of the Society of Sagamores, and Senior Fellow at the Sagamore Institute aThink Tank based in Indianapolis, IN. Dr. Toby Malichi is a Coronated African Chieftain, Ashanti TribeCentral Region, Accra, Ghana.In constant demand for his global business expertise, encouragement, and experience.
Dr. Malichi servedas National Advisor, U.S. Small Business Administration’s National Advisory Council (NAC); Elected andserved 6 years, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors (including service as Charter Member onits Small Business Council, service on its International Policy Committee for 13 years); served on theBoard and elected first Black to the Executive Committee, Center for International Private Enterprise(CIPE), an affiliate of the National Endowment of Democracy; Board and Executive Committee Member,Indiana State Chamber of Commerce and first Black Vice Chairman and Chairman, InIndiana SmallBusiness Council; Indiana Delegate, two (2) White House Conference on Small Business (Elected, 1986;Appointed, 1995 by late U.S. Senator Richard G. Lugar and then Ranking Member, Senate ForeignRelations Committee).A graduate with honors of Vincennes University, bestowed with an Honorary Degree, Doctor of Business;Inducted in the Indiana University Indianapolis (IUPUI) Athletics Hall of Fame, First Men’s BasketballTeam; First recipient of the Divine Nine Exemplar Award for Business, Indiana University AlumniAssociation, (Executive Board 1992-95), and Neal-Marshall Alumni Club.Dr. Malichi also graduated with distinction from the prestigious General Motor Corporation School ofManagement and Marketing. He was the youngest Division Manager in the history of General Motors
Corporation at age 23, Frigidaire Division, and first black for the Indianapolis Zone. Subsequently beingone of the youngest District Managers heavily recruited by General Motors Corporation/Chevrolet MotorDivision (Again First Black), Indianapolis Zone) where he earned the coveted and prestigious GMCorporate Leadership Ring for exceptional performance ranking him in the top 2% nationally.Dr. Toby Malichi is a 50-year + member, and Life Member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. (AlphaChapter).Since he was eight years old in the third grade. Dr. Malichi has dreamed of earning the Noble Laureate,Business for Peace.As Dr. Toby Malichi always says: Have a successful day and think globally!
