Dr Axel Kravatzky, Managing Partner of Syntegra-360 – based in Trinidad & Tobago. Works with boards and executive teams in the Caribbean, Europe, and the Gulf to develop and implement integrated governance, certified management systems, and transformational leadership. Phd

A Change Management /HR Consultant with over twenty-five years of experience with local and multinational companies, she is a newspaper business columnist and an adjunct lecturer. She holds a triple Doctorate in Business Administration(dist.), an MBA (dist.), and Accounting and Law Degrees.

Marissa Assee-Beddoe is the Chief Financial Officer of Repsol’s Trinidad Business Unit and employed with Repsol over the past 18 years. Prior to Repsol, she worked with Ernst & Young as a Senior Accountant and RBTT Merchant Bank as an Accountant. She holds an MBA Finance, FCCA

Career spanning over 30 years in the field of business support with PricewaterhouseCoopers , Development Finance Limited then from 2000, with the EU funded Centre for the Development of Enterprise (CDE) last contract with the CDE was in the Dominican Republic 2008 -2013. MA Economics, PMP, CMC (up to 2012)

Over 22 years of experience in Corporate Law and Governance, Statutory Compliance and Administration with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and Aegis Business Solutions Limited (ABSL. Associate of the ICSA: The Governance Institute since 2003. Specialised focus is in. Corporate Law and Governance, Statutory Compliance and Administration.

Dr. Gonçalo Mendes, energy expert and Fulbright Alumnus, 15+ years career in R&D, Innovation, and Consultancy in buildings energy efficiency, smart grids, electric mobility, and energy democracy. Ph.D. with Distinction in Sustainable Energy Systems from the University of Lisbon – MIT Portugal Program, and former visiting scholar at UC Berkeley.

Chef/owner of La Tartaruga Italian Restaurant in Buccoo Bay, Tobago, Director of We Trade Ltd, which specializes in the import and distribution of Italian wines and food products; and Founder/Chairman Tobago Heritage Conservation Society

Country Manager, Trinidad and Tobago, Siemens Energy Inc., Orlando, FL. Leads the sales, operations, and administration. Coaches, develops, and manages a team of sales, technical, and administrative personnel. M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering.