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Adam M. Hock (born September 10th 1964) is an American Businessman who has founded and co-founded several companies in the financial sector. He became prominent in mid-2011 for his work supporting the Libyan revolution whereby he personally visited the presidents of several countries successfully lobbying for recognition of the Libyan Transitional National Council as the sole legitimate governing body of Libya.

Early Life and Education
Hock was born in Manhattan, New York and was raised in Westchester, New York. He attended Rutgers University on a football scholarship however injury prevented his continuation. He graduated from Iona College in New Rochelle N.Y. with a B.A. in business administration.

Professional
After college, Hock co-founded New Beginnings Venture Capital Company, which assisted in the raising of funds for young technology firms. He and his company were recruited and absorbed by the Private Client Services division of Bear Stearns. Hock later founded Integrated Strategies Inc., a management consulting company in the financial services vertical where he held the position of Chief Executive Officer. Integrated Strategies provided Management Consulting services for some of the largest financial services companies in the world. Integrated Strategies Inc. was acquired by a publicly traded technology integration company on July 29th 2005. In 2007 Hock launched another management consulting company, Alliance Strategies which works with the world’s largest financial institutions and began offering its services in additional verticals such as Telecommunications and government work related to the United States Space Agency. He is presently still the largest shareholder of Alliance Strategies.

Work with Libya
In 2010 Hock founded the Independent Libya Foundation (ILF) together with Zurich based businessman and Libyan national Basit Igtet. The ILF initially focused on supporting the fledgling rebel movement, and upon its founding, the Libyan Transitional National Council. Hock lobbied for support from the international community to augment the process of recognition of the TNC as the sole legitimate governing body on Libya.

On June 14th 2011, Hock (and Igtet) met with the president of Panama, Ricardo Martinelli at the Palace of the Herons (Palacio de las Garzas) to lobby for official recognition of the TNC. After the meeting, Martinelli officially recognized the TNC as, “the legitimate representative of the Libyan people.” In doing so, Panama became the 14th nation worldwide to recognize the TNC in this manner.

On August 25th 2011, Hock (and Igtet) met with the president of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos at the Nariño Palace (Casa de Nariño) to lobby for official recognition of the TNC. On the same day, Colombia became the 54th nation worldwide to recognize the TNC.

On November 19th 2011, Hock partook in an ILF delegation in Benghazi, Libya to present strategies for rebel re-integration.