WORKSHOP FACILITATOR With over 36 years of banking experience across diverse licenses, Dr. Nisreen Al Qaseer is a seasoned leader in risk management and governance. She was appointed Chief Risk Officer by the Central Bank of Bahrain (2007), and later by the Central Bank of Kuwait (2011). She holds a PhD in Risk Management &…
PANEL MODERATOR AND SPEAKER Astley Henry is a Results Management Professional with over 15 years of multi-country experience aiding organisations to strengthen their institutional capacity to collect and use data to drive the realisation of their strategic objectives. This typically includes ensuring that the right information gets to the right decision-makers’ hands, at the right…
KEYNOTE SPEAKER Dr. Marlene Attzs is a distinguished development economist with a strong focus on sustainable development, climate resilience, and economic transformation in Caribbean small island states. With over two decades of academic and professional experience, she has established herself as a leading voice on national and regional economic issues. Dr. Attzs is a tenured…
KEYNOTE SPEAKER David Antonio Green is a cybersecurity visionary with three decades of cross-functional expertise spanning systems development, IT operations, sales, and executive leadership – uniquely positioning him to transform how organisations approach cyber resilience. As Managing Director, Caribbean at CYPFER Inc, David spearheads the company’s regional expansion, driving strategic growth while empowering businesses to…
KEYNOTE SPEAKER Dr. Apanisile Temitope Samuel, PhD, MSc, MBA, CICA, ERMCP, AMA, MPM, is an expert in applied complexity science, risk dynamics, and resilience thinking. His work helps decision-makers recognise what matters before it becomes visible, transforming how risk is understood and managed in today’s volatile world. His research bridges complexity science and strategic decision-making,…
FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT, CRMA Ken Hackshaw is the Managing Director and Lead Consultant at KH Business Consulting Limited (KHBC) as well as the Founder and President of the Caribbean Risk Management Academy (CRMA) and the Chief Executive Officer of the Trinidad and Tobago Risk Management Institute (TTRMI). He is also the Senior Lecturer of the…
“Traditional managers rely on calculated cleverness to avoid risks. The successful managers, however, embrace calculated risks, backed by their cleverness.” — Matt Watkinson (Mastering Uncertainty) Welcome, my friends, to the first full working week of 2025. As Francis Bacon wisely wrote over 400 years ago, “If a man (or woman) will begin with certainties, he…
I would like to remind all of us that we ought not to singularly rely on our experiences or the experiences of those around us/we depend on. Those dependencies include vendors, suppliers, consultants, and, yes, colleagues/workmates. Experience, singularly relied upon, can be a risk. According to Nobel prize-winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman: “In a rapidly changing world, the lessons of…
“AT&T confirmed yesterday that the company experienced a massive data breach in which an unknown entity stole phone records from almost all of its nearly 110 million customers. The telecommunications giant discovered the breach in April and started an investigation. It found that the hacker accessed the data through an illegal download that targeted a third-party app called Snowflake,…
One would think that Businesses/Islands in the Caribbean, at least many of them, may have thought that COVID-19 “educated” decision-makers on the need to build a resilience component into their Risk Management frameworks. Still, many of them may have failed to do so. That said, even the best of plans can be disrupted. As Mike Tyson once…
