Island Finance Forum 2021 | Island Innovation | 13 April 2021 | Virtual Event

The Island Finance Forum brings together senior financiers, development partners and regulators to share and exchange expertise on sustainable and inclusive financial structures in island communities. The Forum aims to highlight the unique financial challenges faced by global island communities and the solutions for sustainable economic recovery and inclusive growth in a post-pandemic world.

This virtual event will be accessible to attendees from across the globe in a variety of interactive sessions, including networking opportunities to meet and exchange ideas face to face or in small groups. Attendees can choose which of the topics and sessions they actively participate in and after the event many will also watch and comment on the session recordings.

The Island Finance Forum will:
• Bridge the gap between sustainable development practitioners and financial stakeholders.
• Help island stakeholders access expert knowledge and financial opportunities available to them.
• Showcase the economic opportunities available from investing in the sustainability sector on islands – particularly impact investing and ESG.

2021 Speakers

Hon. Frank Bainimarama
Prime Minister of Fiji

Hon. Dr. Gale T C Rigobert
Minister for Education, Innovation, Gender Relations and Sustainable Development, Government of Saint Lucia

Hon. Allen Chastanet
Prime Minister of Saint Lucia

Hon. Gaston Browne
Prime Minister of Antigua & Barbuda and Chair of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS)

Hon. Bob Loughman Weibur
Prime Minister of the Republic of Vanuatu

Hon. Curtis Dickinson
Minister of Finance, Government of Bermuda

Angella Rainford
CEO and Founder, Soleco Energy

Hon. Rui Augusto Gomes
Minister of Finance, Government of Timor-Leste

Sandra Uwantege Hart
Blockchain Innovations & Cash Transfer Lead, Oxfam

Rt. Hon. Lord Zac Goldsmith
UK Minister for Pacific & the Environment

Sharmyn Powell
Chief Risk Officer, Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB)

Hon. Vittus Qujaukitsoq
Minister of Finance & Mineral Resources, Government of Greenland

Jackie Marati
Senior Vice President, Bank of Guam

Ambassador Solo Mara
Secretary General, Pacific Islands Development Forum

Angelique Pouponneau
CEO, Seychelles Conservation & Climate Adaptation Trust

George Siosi Samuels
Managing Director, Faiā

Chantal Dagnaud
President, Institutions & Strategies SAS

Adam Borison
Senior Vice President, Nathan Associates

Kaye-Anne Brathwaite
CEO, Invest Barbados

Johannes Zutt
Director of the Strategy, Risk, Results and Learning Department at The World Bank

Fekitamoeloa Katoa 'Utoikamanu
High Representative, Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States, UN-OHRLLS

Yabanex Batista
Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Caribbean Biodiversity Fund

Vanessa Hartman
Portfolio Manager in the Natural Resources & Agriculture Division for Latin American & the Caribbean (LAC), KfW

John Miller
President, Board Director, & Co-Founder, Mana Pacific

Karen Panton
Executive Director, Bahamas Protected Areas Fund (BPAF)

Geoff Sinclair
Managing Director, Camco Clean Energy

Vanessa Toré
Director Foreign Economic Cooperation at Ministry of Economic Development of Curaçao

Dr Martin Kimmig
Chief Risk Officer, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)

Astrid Zwick
Head of InsuResilience Secretariat

James Ellsmoor
Founder & CEO, Island Innovation

Kalsey Belle
Coverage Officer, Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank

Simon Chantry
Co-Founder and Chief Information Officer, Bitt

Alexandra Almeida
Senior Officer, Lending Operations in Latin America and Caribbean, European Investment Bank

Exsley Taloiburi
Climate Change Finance Advisor & Team Leader for Climate Change and Resilience, The Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat

Leituala Kuiniselani Toelupe Tago
Regional Director for Polynesia, Pacific Community (SPC)

Aholotu Palu
CEO, Pacific Catastrophe Risk Insurance Company (PCRIC)

Alicia D. Nicholls
Trade Researcher at Shridath Ramphal Centre, UWI

Mark Lewis
Chief Sustainability Strategist, BNP Paribas Asset Management

Lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson
Editor, Pacific Environment Weekly

Marcelino Madrigal
Principal Energy Specialist, Energy Division, Inter-American Development Bank

Deodat Maharaj
Executive Director, Caribbean Export Development Agency

Henk B. Rogers
President, Blue Planet Alliance

Thomas Jacobs
IFC Country Manager for Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and the Pacific Islands, International Finance Corporation

Dr Ratnakar Adhikari
Executive Director, Enhanced Integrated Framework Secretariat at the WTO

Francesco Sindico
Reader in International Environmental Law, University of Strathclyde Law School

Fernando Zúñiga
Managing Director for Central America and the Caribbean, MPC Renewable Energies

Stefen Deleveaux
President, Caribbean Blockchain Alliance

Jerome Phelps
Head of Advocacy, Jubilee Debt Campaign

Pierre Bardoux-Chesneau
Head of Global Team - Grant, Global Fund for Coral Reefs

Steve Weinstein
Chair, Bermuda Business Development Agency (BDA); Former Chief Legal Officer, RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd; Chair, RenaissanceRe Risk Sciences Foundation

Ahmed Badr
Acting Director, Project Facilitation & Support, IRENA

2021 Sponsors and Partners

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Invest Barbados
• Capital Markets Limited

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Mana Pacific
• Nathan
• Camco Clean Energy

BRONZE SPONSOR:
• Carribean Biodiversity Fund

STRATEGIC PARTNERS:
• AOSIS
• Race to Zero

MEDIA PARTNERS:
• IFC Media
• Financial IT
• Impact Alpha
• Fintech Finance
• Carribean Blockchain Alliance
• The Fintech Times
• G&A
• The Royal Gazelle
• Global Ethical Finance Initiative
• Responsible Investor
• Shaper Impact Capital
• SriEvent
• Finding Startups
• World Ocean Council