Speakers
Leading experts and stakeholders
Renowned Experts
Speakers of international and regional acclaim will provide best case practices and winning strategies on a wide range of topics critical to the growth of Caribbean tourism, all with a view toward the development of a sustainable tourism industry. The best and brightest from the tourism industry and other sectors, will present their ideas and opinions at SOTIC 2023.
Speakers
Hon. E. Jay Saunders
Deputy Premier, Minister of Finance, Investment & Trade, Turks & Caicos Islands
Hon. Kenneth Bryan
Minister for Tourism & Ports, Cayman Islands, CTO Chairman
Hon. Marsha T. Henderson
Minister of Tourism, Civil Aviation, Employment & Labour, International Transport, and Urban Development, St Kitts
Hon. Charles ‘Max’ Fernandez
Minister of Tourism, Civil Aviation, Transportation and Investment, Antigua & Barbuda
Hon. Ian Gooding-Edghill
Minister Tourism & international Transport , Barbados
Dona Regis-Prosper
Secretary-General and CEO, CTO
Cheryl-Ann Forman
Master of Ceremony
James McAnally
General Manager, Beaches Turks & Caicos
Louise Twining-Ward
Senior Private Sector Development Specialist, The World Bank
Mark Walton
Associate Professor, Media Management, The New School, New York City
Peter Cerdá
Regional Vice President, The Americas, International Air Transport Association
Renee Robinson
Global Leaders Fellow, International Women’s Forum (IWF)
Brian O’Leary
Outside Counsel, Motion Picture Association
Roxana Puente
Regional Manager, LAC, World Travel & Tourism Council
Gabriel Saunders
Digital Marketing Specialist, Experience Turks and Caicos
Ruth Forbes
President and CEO, FortisTCI
Professor Lloyd Waller
Chair, Digital Transformation Policy & Governance, Dept. of Government, UWI, Mona
Stewart Howard
CEO Waterloo Investment Holding
Alvin Hegner
Co-Chair, Board of Experience Turks and Caicos
Terrance Gibson
Country Head for FirstCaribbean International Bank, Turks and Caicos Islands.
Karen S. Whitt
Vice-President Marketing & Brand Development, Hartling Group, Turks and Caicos
Doug Lansky
Travel and Tourism Speaker
Natalia Bayona
UNWTO Executive Director
Rafael Echevarne
Director General, Airports Council International – Latin America & the Caribbean (ACILAC).
Angel Cárdenas Sosa
General Manager, CAF’s Water Security Agenda
Donovan White
Director of Tourism, Jamaica Tourist Board