GBW Conference Agenda

8:00 – 8:30 AM

Registration

8:30 – 8:40 AM

Welcome and President’s Remarks

Joanna M. Austin, President, BIBA

8:40 – 9:05 AM

Opening Keynote

Senator the Hon. Christopher Sinckler, Senior Minister, Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade

9:05 – 9:10 AM

Corporate Presentation

RBC Capital Markets, Day 1 Keynote Sponsor

9:10 – 9:40 AM

Governance Beyond Borders: Building Decision Systems for Resilient Growth

Shelly Bend, Principal Consultant and Founder, Legacy Consulting Services Limited

9:40 – 10:10 AM

Digital Sovereignty and the Caribbean’s Next Chapter

Anthony Zamore, Partner, PwC Trinidad

10:10 – 10:30 AM

Coffee Break

Sponsored by RF Merchant Bank & Trust

10:30 – 11:00 AM

Compliance and Regulation Reconfigured: How the 2027 FATF Review, AI and Emerging Technologies Will Redefine Compliance Outcomes

Simone Martin, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, IGNUS Solutions Limited

11:00 – 11:30 AM

Preparing Barbados Financial Institutions and DNFBPs for the 5th Round of the Mutual Evaluation Assessment Process

Vyana Sharma, Consultant Associate, Complyport Gentium UK

11:30 AM – 12:00 PM

The Global Minimum Tax and Its Implementation across the Caribbean

Louisa Lewis Ward, Managing Director, Corporate Income Tax Agency, Bermuda

12:00 – 12:30 PM

Panel: New Competitive Differentiators for Barbados in a Post-BEPS and Pillar Two Environment

Ava-Marissa Lee, Senior Manager, Tax and Legal Services, PwC East Caribbean
Tya Marville, AVP of Risk and Compliance, RF Bank & Trust

12:30 – 1:30 PM

Lunch

1:30 – 2:15 PM

2027 AI Roadmap

Leslie Lee-Fook, Director, AI, Analytics and Automation, Incus Solutions

2:15 – 2:45 PM

Beyond Compliance: Building Risk-Intelligent and Climate-Resilient Organisations in an Era of Global Uncertainty

Ken Hackshaw, Founder and President, Caribbean Risk Management Academy

2:45 – 3:15 PM

Enhancing Competitiveness, Productivity and Global Relevance: AI and the Benefits to the Global Business Sector

Dave Thomas, Director, Client Strategy, Training The Street

3:15 – 3:45 PM

Strategic Resilience: Rethinking Tourism-Dependent Economies in the Age of AI, Climate Disruption and Geopolitical Uncertainty

Kimberly King-Lestrade, Principal Consultant, Consulting Services by King and Associates Limited

3:45 – 4:00 PM

Break

4:00 – 4:40 PM

Panel: AI Governance Verification Framework

MODERATOR: Dalia Littlewood, Chief Executive Officer, Kixko Group

Barry Gleadall (virtual)

Ronnie Paskin, Adjunct Professor, PUC-Rio (virtual)

4:40 – 5:10 PM

The Family Office Decade: Positioning Barbados for the Next Wave of Private Capital

Daniel Farmer, TEP, Founder and Chairman, FigTree Financial Group

5:10 – 5:25 PM

Men’s Health PSA

Dr. John Franklin

5:25 – 5:35 PM

Day 1 Closing Remarks

Dionne Knight, Chair, Global Business Week Steering Committee

5:35 – 7:35 PM

Networking Cocktail Reception

8:15 – 8:45 AM

Check-in

8:45 – 8:55 AM

Welcome

Kaye-Anne Greenidge, Chief Executive Officer, Invest Barbados

8:55 – 9:25 AM

Day 2 Keynote: Global Business Strategy

Maria Daniel, Caribbean Regional Leader, EY-Parthenon

9:25 – 9:55 AM

Trust Is the Product: Barbados’ Second-Mover Advantage in Cross-Border Finance

Stephen Phillips, Managing Partner, IMHOTEP Consulting (virtual)

9:55 – 10:25 AM

Beyond Borders: Reimagining Payments in the Age of Stablecoins and Tokenisation

Kerry Jordan, Director, Strategy, Risk and Transactions, Deloitte

10:25 – 10:45 AM

Coffee Break

10:45 – 10:50 AM

Coffee Break Sponsor

10:50 – 11:20 AM

Barbados’ Role in the Development of the Regional Capital Market

Debbie Fraser, Principal, Fraser Law

11:20 – 11:50 AM

The Future of Barbados’ Capital Markets: Why Business Leaders Must Be Part of the Solution

Michael Jordan, Executive Director, JMMB International

11:50 AM – 12:20 PM

The Unique ROI of Resilience and Adaptation

Dr. Alexander Mirescu, Head, Extreme Weather, Zurich Resilience Solutions

Lunch

1:20 – 1:50 PM

Corporate Health as a Critical Business Strategy Tool to Enhance Business Performance

Dr. Renée Boyce, Physician and Certified Corporate Wellness Specialist, North Point Medical Services

1:50 – 2:40 PM

Regulatory Update

Business Compliance Division, Barbados Revenue Authority, Financial Services Commission and Business Barbados

2:40 – 3:10 PM

Climate Risk Is Credit Risk: Re-Pricing the Caribbean Balance Sheet

Stefano Capodagli, Chief Risk Officer, Caribbean Development Bank

Break

3:20 – 3:50 PM

Risk Management and Climate Resilience Strategies for Organisations

Lisa S. Howard, Associate Director, Sustainability, CIBC Caribbean

3:50 – 4:20 PM

The Value of the Third Sector to the Barbados Economy and How the Private Sector Is Contributing

Peter Hall, Founder and Managing Director, LPD Hall & Associates Inc.

4:20 – 4:50 PM

Panel: Sustainable Finance and Green Bonds

Dionne Best, CFA, AVP of Business Development and Barbados Country Head, RF Bank & Trust

Ciarán Burke, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Williams Caribbean Capital

4:50 – 5:00 PM

Day 2 Closing Remarks & Vote of Thanks

Sabrina Maynard, Chair, Global Business Conference Committee