I Googled him and he seems perfectly qualified to be on an advisory board. Degrees in Economics and History and was a CEO dealing with market technology and security.
ABC news’ assessment that his “only known qualification for a seat on the International Security Advisory Board (ISAB) was his technological know-how”, seems subjective to me.
And what would be the point of being assigned to a security advisory board, seems stressful.
Usually aren’t big donors made a diplomat of someplace like Jamaca or Guam or somplace nice?