Island Finance Forum 2022 | Island Innovation | 25 April 2022 | Virtual Event

The 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 free 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.

2022 Speakers

His Excellency Surangel S. Whipps Jr.
President of the Republic of Palau

Hon. Gaston Browne
Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda & Chair of Aosis

Melissa Walsh
Program Manager, Ocean Finance Initiative at Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Jean-Paul Adam
Director Un Economic Commission for Africa

Barbara Ann Bernard
CIO at Wincrest Capital, Young Global Leader at World Economic Forum

Robert Persaud
Foreign Secretary, Government of Guyana

Dr. Transform Aqorau
Professor and Director of Institute of Ocean, Islands and Sustainable Development (IOISD)

Julie Thomas
Chief Minister, St Helena Government

Ray Klien
Head of Investment Banking, Republic Financial Holdings Limited

Onika Benn
Director of Economic Development, Linden Fund USA

Tom Herman
CEO, Meta-Carbon

Nadia Spencer-Henry
Debt Manager, Ministry of Finance and Corporate Governance, Antigua and Barbuda

Craig Weise
Chief Executive, New Zealand Green Investment Finance

Vanessa Toré
Director Foreign Economic Cooperation, Government of Curaçao

George Siosi Samuels
Managing Director, Faiabrand PTE LTD ("FAIĀ")

Silvia M. Garrigó
Senior Vice President and Chief Esg Officer, the Royal Caribbean Group

Stefan Kossoff
Regional Development Director, HM Trade Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Government of the United Kingdom

Christopher Jehan
Director, We Are Guernsey

Telly Valerie Onu
Head of Governance & Execution, Bantu Blockchain Foundation

Steve Dent
Director of Services, Falkland Islands Chamber of Commerce

Dr Simon Young
Co-Head of Disaster Risk Finance, Willis Towers Watson

Béatrice Ilias
Executive Director, Chambre De Commerce Et D'industrie D'haïti

Yabanex Batista
Deputy Head Un Global Team, Global Fund for Coral Reefs

Dewi Dylander
CSO, Deputy Executive Director and Head of ESG at PKA

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

Kerry Mccarthy Mp
All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPG) Chair, Small Island Developing States

Lucia Gallardo
Founder, Emerge Tech Lab

Jerome Phelps
Head of Advocacy, Jubilee Debt Campaign (U.K.)

Darren Wolfberg
CEO, Blockchain Triangle

Ilham Talab
Senior Advisor, Get.invest

Joseph Borg
President of the Gozo Business Chamber and Insuleur

Catherine Etuata Papani
Chief Executive Officer, NIUE Chamber of Commerce

Rodinald Soomer
Chief Executive Officer, Caricom Development Fund (CDF)

Karen McDonald Gayle
CEO, Caribbean Biodiversity Fund

Andrew Fahie
Premier of the Virgin Islands

Hon. Walter Roban
Deputy Premier and Minister of Home Affairs, Government of Bermuda

Ian Durant
Director, Economics Department, Caribbean Development

Hon. Bob Loughman Weibur
Prime Minister, Government of Vanuatu

Andrew Button
Founder & CEO, Mashuplabs and Workevolved

Benjamin Bartle
Project Director, CFAN

Petero Manufolau
CEO, Tourism Authority Kiribati

Joseph Easton Taylor-Farrell
Premier, Government of Montserrat

Zdenka Piskulich
Managing Director, Enduring Earth

Ryan Bachoo
Multimedia Journalist, Producer & Anchor, CNC3 Television

Richard Rambarran
Executive Director, Georgetown Chamber of Commerce & Industry and Board Member of Caricham

Rasmus Wendt
Head of Department of Energy, Government of Greenland

Lord Fusitu'a
Chairman, Commonwealth Pacific Parliamentary Group on Human Rights & Gopac (Oceania)

Diarmaid Lawlor
Associate Director, Scottish Futures Trust

Matthew Joshua
Head of Tourism, St Helena Government

2022 Sponsors

SILVER SPONSOR:
• Invest Puerto Rico

BRONZE SPONSORS:
• Meta Carbon
• Buzz Maker
• Waitt Institute