Shaping the
Caribbean's
global future.

Adam Stewart is Executive Chairman of Sandals and Beaches, the world’s most recognized brands of luxury all-inclusive resorts. It’s the place he’s called ‘home’ since he was born in 1981 which happens to be the same year his late father Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart, founded the company.

As the company grew over the years so did Stewart’s role, including Deputy Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.

He has overseen a period of great expansion that reinvented the all-inclusive concept and is recognized industry-wide for introducing luxuries such as the region’s first over-the-water accommodations.

He believes the region is having its best moment and is excited about the strategic vision of the company as it prepares for bold steps forward. As a self-confessed lover of everything Caribbean – people, food and culture – Stewart’s passions come to life across his social networks.

He also leads the family’s extensive hospitality, media, automotive and appliance business holdings, including the ATL Group, comprising the Jamaica Observer newspaper and a range of the world’s leading automobile companies, across the Caribbean.

Adam Stewart, a dedicated outdoorsman, is extremely passionate about entrepreneurial connections and linkages within the hospitality world and founded what has become the region’s leading attraction and tour company Island Routes, offering more than 500 tours in nine Caribbean destinations, making it easy for visitors to authentically connect with local networks and experience the region.

As President of the Sandals Foundation, the 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization now in its 16th year, Stewart ensures that everyone connected to the organization has an opportunity to challenge and bring about meaningful change in the Caribbean communities where Sandals and Beaches operate. 100% of the monies contributed by the public to the Sandals Foundation go directly to programs benefiting the Caribbean.

Appointed as a special investment envoy for tourism by Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness to drive innovation, investment and economic growth in Jamaica, and to the Executive Committee of the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), Stewart was named Businessman and Philanthropist of the year (2025) by Caribbean National Weekly. In October 2026, Adam received the American Friends of Jamaica’s International Achievement Award and was named one of Town & Country Magazine’s philanthropists of the year. He is a graduate and active alumnus of The Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management at Florida International University in Miami.

Wayne Purboo, an accomplished McMaster University alumnus (MBA 2021), has pioneered transformative innovations in media and telecommunications over a distinguished 30-year career. As a serial entrepreneur and technology executive, he has held pivotal leadership positions at several industry-leading companies, including CTO at Solect Technology Group, CEO of QuickPlay Media, CTO at Amdocs (NYSE:DOX), SVP Strategy at New Relic (NYSE:NEWR), and SVP Video Products at AT&T (NYSE:T). Currently, he serves as Vice President of Amazon Shopping Videos in New York (NASDAQ:AMZN).

In response to the social justice movement of 2020, Wayne and his wife Nigela Purboo founded the Onyx Initiative, a groundbreaking program addressing the systemic employment gap facing Black college and university graduates. Under their leadership, the initiative has grown to support more than 1000 students and partner with 35 major corporations, creating meaningful pathways to professional success.

Wayne’s innovative leadership has earned widespread recognition, including Canada’s Top 40 under 40, multiple appearances on the Deloitte Fast 50, and Canada’s Spotlight Awards. His contributions to education and social equity have been honored with the University of the West Indies Vice Chancellor’s Award and honorary doctorates from both McMaster University and Toronto Metropolitan University, the latter awarded jointly with Nigela Purboo for their work with the Onyx Initiative.

Wayne resides in Oakville, Ontario with his wife Nigela and their three sons, where they continue their commitment to fostering positive change in business and society.

Alexandra Foote is the Lead Product Manager for Player Experience at Disney+, where she oversees streaming experience strategy across Disney+ and Hulu, shaping how hundreds of millions of fans discover, watch, and engage with content while driving platform innovation and AI adoption across the company’s product and technology organization.

A product and technology leader with experience spanning AI, advertising, search, and entertainment, Alexandra has built her career at some of the world’s most influential technology companies. Prior to Disney, she held senior product roles at Microsoft, Google, and Amazon, building products used by billions of consumers and enterprises worldwide while driving meaningful revenue, growth, and scale. A builder of novel, impactful products whose innovations have earned a U.S. patent, she has also led intern programs and championed early-career development across every company she has joined, driven by a genuine commitment to investing in the next generation of tech talent.

A Forbes-featured startup founder and prolific speaker, Alexandra has taken the stage before tens of thousands on career navigation, salary negotiation, and business excellence. As multifaceted as she is accomplished, she also won Miss Boston USA 2025 on a platform with a simple message: beauty and brilliance are not mutually exclusive, but a power combo.

An Atlanta native, Alexandra earned her MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.S. in Computer Science from Georgia Tech, where she was a student-athlete. She currently resides in New York City.

Professional Experience and Expertise

Wayne Shah has a broad background in global banking and financial technology, with a focus on business growth, capital markets, risk oversight, and payment innovations across multiple continents. His career integrates technological advancements with traditional banking, contributing to both established financial institutions and fintech startups. He is a recognized expert frequently consulted on regulatory issues, business strategy, and industry challenges.

He has held positions at major financial institutions including Wells Fargo Bank, Wachovia Bank, Bladex, ABN AMRO Bank, and Citicorp/Citibank, engaging with markets in Asia, Europe, the Americas, and the Middle East and Africa.

Currently, Wayne manages the International Banking business for the Caribbean region at Wells Fargo Bank N.A., where he oversees business development, capital markets, risk, and relationship management.

Leadership Roles and Fintech Involvement

Wayne joined Wells Fargo through Wachovia Bank in 2007. He led Global Payments Services (GPS) for the Americas, focusing on payments, products, and treasury management. Additionally, he served as Chief Operating Officer of Clavex LLC, a fintech subsidiary of BLADEX, and co-founded Miami-based fintech M-Frontier Inc., which specializes in financial and risk solutions.

Regulatory Contributions and Public Engagement

He has provided expert testimony before the US House Financial Services Committee on topics such as de-risking, international payments, and correspondent banking.

Wayne shares his insights at numerous global conferences and events, including CAB, FELABAN, IFC, and at the G20 Social Education and Certifications.

Wayne holds a Juris Masters in Banking Law and Compliance from Florida International University School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies with a concentration on sustainable development. He also possesses securities licenses from FINRA and various certifications and diplomas in Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Risk, and Business Management Board Membership and Professional Development.

Wayne serves as a board member of the Miami Dade International Trade Commission and the Financial & International Business Association (FIBA). In these roles, he provides board training, AML certifications, and leads the Education and Professional Development committee.

George Thomas is Senior Vice President, Technology at Sagicor Caribbean. He is a champion of the digital revolution with over thirty years of experience in the finance and technology sectors. Throughout his career, George has led digital transformation through the provision of internationally accepted cutting-edge technology solutions at global banks, fintechs and consulting firms.

George was the architect responsible for the initial implementation of Internet, Mobile, Telephone Banking and Online Payments at a regional Canadian-owned bank. He was also the Consulting Lead for digital transformation at two leading mass market retailers and was responsible for the evolution of one of Barbados’ newer card products into a digital wallet. George, a Barbadian national, has worked across the pond, providing executive leadership in the USA, Canada, Europe, Middle East and Africa. George possesses a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from The University of the West Indies and a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering with a concentration in Computer Engineering from Louisiana State University.

George is currently the President of the Barbados Coalition of Service Industries, a board member of the National Payments System Council, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, the Copyright Society of Composers, Authors and Producers and GovTech Barbados where he chairs the Technology and Operations Committee. George is also the Vice Chairman of the Barbados Bankers Association.

Driss Temsamani is the author of The Agentic Bank: How Intelligent Systems Are Redefining Finance, Americas Head of Digital at Citi, and a global speaker on artificial intelligence, innovation, and the future of organizations.

Drawing on more than three decades at Citi and at the forefront of digital transformation, his work explores how intelligent systems are reshaping economies, institutions, and society, and how innovation can expand opportunity and accelerate human progress.

A central theme of his work is the rise of the Self-Driving Enterprise, where Agentic Commerce, Physical AI, and Financial Agents converge to create organizations that can sense, decide, orchestrate, and act in real time. He believes the greatest impact of AI will come not from replacing people, but from augmenting human capability.

Through his writing and speaking, Driss challenges leaders, entrepreneurs, and policymakers to focus on a larger question: how innovation can create broader prosperity and expand participation in the economy.

Elizabeth Yerushalmi is a technology founder and developer working at the intersection of AI, automation, and skilled trades. As co-founder of Dimensions.bot and lead developer of Mailbox.bot, she turns complex ideas into practical, scalable products.

She began studying coding at age six, later leading social media for Unrulr and a student team at Snapchat that developed an inclusivity app. As President of Coding for Beverly Hills High School’s FIRST Robotics team, she led software development through a regional finals win. Elizabeth has also earned recognition at a fintech hackathon and appeared on The Intelligent Builder Podcast on YouTube.

With experience spanning AI, full-stack development, and autonomous systems, she earned a 4.3 GPA in a rigorous AP program before choosing entrepreneurship, real-world innovation, and leadership over the traditional college path.

X. Eyee is a Partner at Offline Research, where she investigates how humans shape AI systems, and measures how those systems reshape human cognition and creativity.

For over twenty years, X has worked at the intersection of innovation and imagination, turning research into products billions use every day. At Google, X founded and led two AI research teams whose work deployed into more than 50 products, including Waymo, Search, and Pixel. At Microsoft, X engineered ambient intelligence for Fortune 500 companies and U.S. intelligence and defense agencies.

X advises governments around the world on AI, emerging technologies, and workforce development. Her advisory work spans the Inter-American Development Bank and governments throughout Latin America, Africa, and the Caribbean.

Recognized globally for her ability to demystify technology, X has lectured at Harvard and Stanford, and taught more than 5.5 million students worldwide. She’s a regular commentator on CNBC, and her insights have appeared in Wired and Forbes.

Gary Stewart is Head of Adobe Private Capital for the Americas, where he builds Adobe’s relationships with private equity, venture capital and sovereign wealth funds and their portfolio companies. He was born in Jamaica and raised in the Bronx, and has spent twenty-five years building, investing in and advising companies across the United States and Europe.

Gary helped build Wayra, Telefónica’s $254 million global corporate venture platform spanning twelve countries, and served as Managing Director of Wayra Spain and later Wayra UK, with responsibility for the UK and Ireland. His portfolios produced two unicorns and more than $1.5 billion in follow-on capital. He subsequently led Techstars NYC, powered by J.P. Morgan as part of an $80 million national investment initiative, investing in twenty-four early-stage companies.

Before investing, Gary co-founded Goa Internet Services, a VC-backed startup that was subsequently acquired. He later founded MyCofoundr, an AI platform for entrepreneurs. He began his career practicing M&A law at Simpson Thacher and Freshfields in New York, London and Madrid.

Gary has taught entrepreneurship at Yale Law School and serves on the board of the Impact Investing Institute and the Corporate Advisory Board of Hult International Business School. He is a graduate of Yale College (magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) and Yale Law School.

Ty Heath is Global Director, Thought Leadership GTM Strategy at LinkedIn and co-founder of The B2B Institute, LinkedIn’s think tank focused on building famous brands in B2B. She’s obsessed with connecting dots and turning insights into impact, bridging the gap between marketing science and go-to-market strategy that drives real business growth.

She partners with academics and industry experts to prove what actually works in B2B marketing, then translates it into strategies teams can use.

With 20+ years of marketing experience at Google, IBM, Nestle, and her own consultancy Spectacled Marketer, Ty brings deep expertise in B2B marketing, content strategy, and cross-functional go-to-market execution. As a creator in the B2B marketing space, she’s developed content and strategy for brands including Adobe, Notion, and Typeform. She’s collaborated with the Ehrenberg Bass Institute, served on the Creative B2B Lions jury, and worked with organizations like ANA and IPA to advance marketing effectiveness.

On the track, Ty is a two-time Olympic Trials qualifier in the 800 meters. The discipline and strategic thinking that got her there informs her approach to marketing strategy and leadership. She regularly shares insights at events like INBOUND, Adobe Summit, and Adweek, creating content that bridges research and results.

Richie Etwaru is a technology entrepreneur, author, inventor, and global business leader with more than two decades of experience building and transforming companies at the intersection of AI, data, and enterprise software. He is the founder and CEO of Mobeus, where he is pioneering guided, intelligent digital experiences.

Previously, Richie held senior leadership roles at UBS, Barclays, Wachovia, and IQVIA, leading major innovation and transformation programs. He has written three books, delivered three TED Talks and more than 100 keynotes, advised boards and C-suites worldwide, and holds multiple patents. His work focuses on making technology more human, useful, and responsible.

Stefan Miller is a dynamic executive leader with more than 15 years of proven success in driving operational excellence, financial growth, and organizational transformation across multiple industries. He currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of Supreme Ventures Gaming.

Throughout his career, Stefan has held senior leadership roles at several major companies, including Cable and Wireless Jamaica Limited (now FLOW), Advantage General Insurance Company Limited, Digicel Group, and The Facey Commodity Group. In each role, he has delivered strong operational results and led initiatives that improved efficiency and strengthened financial performance.

A chartered accountant and Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Jamaica (FCA), Stefan brings deep expertise in accounting, finance, and commercial operations. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Management Studies (Accounting, Hons.) and a Master of Science degree in Accounting from the University of the West Indies.

In addition to his corporate achievements, Stefan has contributed to education and public service. He has taught at the University of the West Indies Open Campus and served as Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Auditor General’s Department, appointed by Jamaica’s Ministry of Finance.

Danielle Cameron Duncan is Interim Senior Vice President, Payments and Enterprise Operations at National Commercial Bank Jamaica (NCB), where she sets strategic direction and leads execution across card issuing, merchant acquiring, digital channels, enterprise operations and payments. She empowers high-performing teams to deliver meaningful outcomes for customers and merchants while broadening participation in the digital economy.

She advances the Bank’s payments ecosystem by modernising infrastructure, introducing new capabilities and deepening strategic relationships with global payment networks, processors and technology providers. Drawing on her leadership of digital channels, she brings an integrated, business-led approach to payments, customer experience and operational delivery—connecting customer insight, technology, operations and partner expertise to deliver secure, market-responsive solutions at scale.

Danielle also supports the advancement of Jamaica’s payments ecosystem through board service with J.E.T.S. Limited, Automated Payments Limited and Retail Payments Jamaica Limited on behalf of NCB, and with the Jamaica Money Remitters Association on behalf of TFOB (2021) Limited, operator of the Lynk digital wallet. Earlier roles at Goldman Sachs and General Electric in investment banking and corporate strategy established her foundation in disciplined analysis and execution. She holds an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a degree in Finance from Penn State University.

Nicole Murray is a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer at NVIDIA, where she works alongside AI teams on DGX Cloud to design and scale the GPU infrastructure behind their products. She has seen AI adoption from both sides of the stack: first as a Senior Solutions Architect at AWS for six years, and now inside the company that builds the hardware powering AI workloads.

At AWS, Nicole advised founders and executives at frontier AI startups on distributed training, model customization, and agentic adoption, and architected cloud solutions for State and Local government agencies. Across nearly two decades in technology, she has earned a reputation for turning complex systems into practical decisions that help teams separate signal from hype.

A speaker at AWS re:Invent and the Databricks Data + AI Summit, Nicole has built AI communities through AWS DeepRacer and the AWS AI League and has mentored many Solutions Architects. She is committed to making AI knowledge accessible to leaders and engineers from every background.

Angus P. Young joined the NCB Financial Group (‘NCBFG’) in 2014 as Chief Executive Officer of NCB Merchant Bank (Trinidad and Tobago) Limited. In 2018, Angus was also appointed Regional Head of Investment Banking at NCB Capital Markets Limited (‘NCBCM’) and maintained dual roles until his appointment as Executive Vice President – Regional Investment Banking & New Markets at NCBCM on July 1, 2022.

He was appointed Chief Executive Officer of NCBCM on October 1, 2023. Angus is Chairman of NCB Merchant Bank (Trinidad and Tobago) Limited, NCB Capital Markets (Barbados) Limited, NCB Cayman Limited and NCB Capital Markets (Cayman) Limited. Prior to joining NCBFG, Angus served as the Managing Director of BDO Financial Advisory Services Limited, which represented BDO’s corporate finance and transaction advisory interest in Trinidad & Tobago.

Before joining BDO, Angus was Vice President of Business Development at First Global (Trinidad & Tobago) Limited (‘FGTT’) where he was charged with the responsibility of Corporate Finance & Capital Market origination in Trinidad & Tobago and Jamaica. Prior to FGTT, Angus spent four years at RBTT Merchant Bank Limited in leadership roles including Assistant Vice President and Regional Manager of Capital Market Origination where he covered the OECS territories and Guyana.

Angus is a Director of the Jamaica Stock Exchange and a past Director of the Securities Dealers Association of Trinidad & Tobago. Angus holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Administrative & Commercial Studies (Financial & Economic Studies) from the University of Western Ontario and a Post Graduate Diploma in Accounting from Wilfrid Laurier University, School of Business and Economics.

Richard brings over 25 years of M&A and investing expertise as the Executive Chairman of APC Holdings USA, LLC. He has overseen the growth of APCH and its portfolio companies, which at their peak generated combined annual revenues of +US$2.0 billion and employed over 15,000 people globally. He also serves as Chairman of The RMP Group, leading the strategic planning and execution for the firm’s diverse global business and philanthropic interests. Previously, he was a Co-Founder and Sr. Managing Director of Project Black at Ariel Alternatives, a $1.5 billion private equity fund investing in middle-market suppliers to Fortune 500 firms. He is or has been actively involved in numerous non-profit boards and organizations, such as ACG Orlando and The Billion Dollar Roundtable and Nexus Global.

Richard has been featured in media outlets including CNBC, Wall Street Journal, M&A Advisor, the Orlando Business Journal and others, and has been recognized for his leadership and innovation in mergers and acquisitions. He was selected as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum and is a member of Young Presidents Organization (YPO). He holds an AB in Economics from Harvard University, where he was on the varsity Soccer & Track teams, and has completed coursework at MIT Sloan, Harvard Business School, and Harvard Kennedy School of Government.

Miguel Duarte is a Partner at Ernst & Young LLP and a leader within EY-Parthenon U.S., specializing in value creation. He currently serves as the leader of the U.S. Consumer Health Market, with a primary industry focus in consumer products and a secondary focus in life sciences. He operates out of EY’s flagship office at 1 Manhattan West in New York City.

Miguel brings over 18 years of global strategy consulting experience, having led transformation programs across the United States, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Portugal, Spain, and South Korea. He has advised leading organizations in consumer electronics, appliances, basic materials, life sciences, and healthcare, helping clients unlock growth through commercial value creation, innovation, and strategic transformation. Miguel is recognized for his expertise in consumer and competitive landscape analysis, scenario planning, and resource-based strategy development.

Within EY, Miguel has held several leadership roles, including CPR Market Segment Leader for Latam South and Board Member of EY Brazil. He has also contributed to EY’s thought leadership through publications on incentive structures, post-pandemic megatrends, and strategic transformation.

Miguel began his academic journey with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Coimbra in Portugal. He went on to earn a Master’s Degree in Management from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and completed an Executive Education in Strategy and Innovation at MIT Sloan School of Management.

Lisa Francoeur operates at the high-stakes intersection of emerging technology, workforce development, and human potential. As Co-Founder and CRO of Crypto Tutors, a B2B blockchain and digital asset education firm, she co-invented DeFi All Odds, a workforce platform building human and agentic capital at the intersection of AI and blockchain, backed by $1.5 million in competitive federal funding through NSF SBIR Phase I and II. She serves as Secretary of Education for the New York State Advisory Committee on Cryptocurrency and Digital Finance. She is the founder of Fancyfied®, an innovation lab of mindset engineering, architect of Authentic Intelligence®, a system of self-governance rooted in authenticity deployed with Fortune 500 teams including Salesforce and Microsoft, and the author of Becoming Her. A former LinkedIn executive, Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses alum, Kennedy Center Fellow, and 9x triathlete, Lisa has been featured at Harvard Kennedy School, Money20/20, and the Solana Policy Institute. She integrates multi-sensorial storytelling into her work, bringing the disciplined execution of a systems thinker to building the human and technical infrastructure of the future.

Dr. David Lowe is a distinguished executive, investor and corporate finance professional with more than 25 years of experience across private equity, financial services, agriculture, manufacturing, real estate development and public policy.

He currently serves as the Managing Director of the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ), where he leads the Bank's mandate to drive sustainable economic growth through development financing, strategic partnerships, innovation and enterprise development.

Dr. Lowe has held C-level executive and advisory positions across the public and private sectors, both in Jamaica and internationally, including senior roles in Singapore and Australia with a Fortune 500 company. He has also served on several public sector boards and as a senior advisor, contributing to national policy development and strategic initiatives within the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce and the Ministry of Agriculture. This unique blend of public policy expertise and private sector leadership has shaped his practical, results-oriented approach to economic development.

Dr. Lowe holds a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Finance from the University of Manchester's Manchester Business School. He has also completed executive education at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, with specialised studies in private equity, distressed asset investments and commercial real estate.

Beyond his executive responsibilities, Dr. Lowe is an active contributor to academia. He serves as a Senior Lecturer at the University of the West Indies, teaching in the Department of Life Sciences and the Mona School of Business and Management's postgraduate Agricultural Entrepreneurship Programme, where he continues to mentor the next generation of business leaders and innovators.

As Managing Director of the Development Bank of Jamaica, Dr. Lowe is committed to expanding access to development finance for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), strengthening Jamaica's entrepreneurial ecosystem, and positioning the Bank as a catalyst for investment, innovation and sustainable economic transformation.

Mr. Donovan White has served as Jamaica’s Director of Tourism since February 2018, bringing nearly three decades of senior executive experience in marketing, business development, and strategic leadership to the Jamaica Tourist Board.

With a career spanning marketing, telecommunications, media, and tourism across local and international markets, Mr. White brings a broad, practical perspective on how destinations can remain competitive while adapting to evolving global challenges. His work increasingly focuses on the intersection of tourism, technology, sustainability, and national resilience. Under his leadership, Jamaica has continued to expand its global presence while aligning tourism development with long-term national priorities.

As Director of Tourism, Mr. White has led the destination through some of its most complex and disruptive periods, including the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact of Hurricane Melissa. His leadership has been central to strengthening Jamaica’s resilience framework, advancing a more adaptive, digitally enabled tourism ecosystem, and supporting recovery strategies that reinforce the sector’s ability to withstand and respond to climate and disaster-related shocks.

Through a focus on innovation, crisis response, and sustainable growth, he continues to position tourism as a key driver of economic stability while supporting broader national efforts to build climate resilience and safeguard Jamaica’s future.

Mr. White holds a bachelor’s degree in Marketing from the University of New Orleans and an Executive MBA from the Telecoms Academy in the United Kingdom.

Mr. Houston Ross, Group Chief Information and Digital Transformation Officer, Republic Bank Limited is a vision-driven strategist, leader and change agent with an internationally well-earned reputation for driving fundamental business transformation and realizing growth objectives through technology innovation.

A repeat award-winner for contributions to leveraging technology to create business value, he was named among the Top 100 IT executives globally and most recently in 2022 recognized by Money Conference 2.0 for his contributions to technology and innovation within the banking and insurance industries.

Prior to joining the Republic Financial Holdings Team, Houston was an Executive Committee member of Paidy, Inc. (a PayPal company), Tokyo, Japan, which was one of only six “unicorn” fintechs in Japan’s history. He successfully led several innovations such as redesigned payments platform in the cloud, with over eight (8) million customers, integration of a post-payment service within Amazon, delivered innovative digital products in Japan, and the largest exit in Japan’s history of a foreign owned start-up. Houston has corporate executive leadership and board level roles such as COO, CIO and CTO in global organizations such as NN Group, ING and AXA.

Currently an executive member of the Mastercard Latin American and Caribbean Technology Conference, and Executive Council for Leading Change (ECLC).

Houston has a Master of Business Administration from the University of Liverpool, UK and a Bachelor of Science, Management Information Systems from Barrington University, Mobile, Alabama, USA.

Egbert von Frankenberg is CEO of Knightfox Technologies, a Jamaica-based cloud and AI consultancy and AWS Partner that helps Caribbean enterprises move from AI pilots to production systems. Over 30 enterprise clients rely on Knightfox for cloud infrastructure, AI engineering, and digital transformation in regulated sectors including insurance, banking, and telecoms. He is the recipient of the AINEXT 2026 Award for Digital Transformation Leadership.

Egbert also leads BlockFact, which builds content provenance infrastructure on the C2PA standard, and ModelTrust, which secures AI agents against drift after approval. His work centers on one question: how do organizations deploy AI they can actually trust? He builds from the Caribbean for global markets.

Jenni Lewis is a seasoned executive, published author, founder of an award-winning podcast, and honored community advocate recognized by the City of New York, state senators, and New York City Council members. Across leadership roles at Block, Morgan Stanley, and BNP Paribas, she has built programs and partnerships that connect people to resources, relationships, and pathways to thrive. Her work centers on community empowerment, mentorship, and helping people bring an entrepreneurial mindset to their careers and lives: recognizing their value, investing in their ideas, and building toward lasting economic power. Learn more at www.jennilewis.com.

Dr. Nicholas C. M. Fuller is a globally recognized technology executive and innovation leader with more than two decades of impact across AI, automation, edge computing, and semiconductor R&D. With a career spanning 23+ years at IBM’s Thomas J. Watson Research Center, he has shaped enterprise-scale technology strategy, built high-performing global teams, and translated advanced research into market-defining outcomes.

As Vice President of AI & Automation at IBM, Dr. Fuller leads the global innovation agenda for agentic AI and next-generation automation, supporting IBM’s multibillion-dollar automation software business and influencing emerging industry standards across IT operations, Industry 4.0, software engineering and business processes in the era of agentic AI.

He holds 75+ patents, has authored more than 80 publications with over 3,700 citations, and his work has been featured by Forbes, The Deep View, TechRadar, IEEE Spectrum and international media. He is a recipient of many IBM awards (Corporate Award, 2019; Outstanding Technical Achievement, 2014; and dual Master Inventor designations), received the Working Dad of the Year award (2020), was inducted into the Fatima College Hall of Achievement (2024) and was appointed to the inaugural advisory board of the NIST- and ASTM-sponsored ASCET Center of Excellence (2025).

Dr. Fuller holds a Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Columbia University, completed in partnership with Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, and graduated summa cum laude from Morehouse College.

Jason Butcher is actively involved with and supports numerous startups across a wide range of industries and markets, from fintech, payments, artificial intelligence and mental health to sports tech, innovation and community initiatives.

Jason is a dynamic and influential figure known for his extensive contributions as a passionate entrepreneur, investor, dedicated mentor, and seasoned advisor. With a career dedicated to empowering visionary founders and making a global impact, Jason leverages his vast network and expertise to drive innovation, sustainability, and community development.

Jason’s strategic insights and ability to build impactful networks have empowered founders and contributed to transformative projects that make a lasting impact.