Andria Grosvenor is a humanitarian, with a passion for helping people manage disaster risks, to which she has devoted herself for twenty-five years.

Currently working with the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) as the Deputy Executive Director (ag), her endeavours over the last few years have been more strategic than operational, focusing on strategic and corporate planning, resource mobilization, monitoring and evaluation. Ms. Grosvenor has also been the focal point for reporting on the regional achievement of results within the Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM) Strategy which contributes to the Sendai Disaster Risk Reduction Framework.

She was also the main facilitator for the consultation leading to the development of the document on Building a Pathway for Caribbean Resilience In her current portfolio as Acting DED, she leads the Technical Programme Management Division (TPMD) with responsibility for the strategic and technical leadership of the Agency's Integrated Disaster Risk Management (DRM) programme which spans Preparedness, Response, Recovery, Disaster Risk Reduction, Education, Research and Training. Amongst key programming areas being advanced, is the institutionalisation of the CDM Blueprint which includes development of model policies and programmes that will seek to integrate CDM into national level policies, strategies, legislation and country work programmes, and supporting countries' progress in moving forward these agendas.

Mrs. Grosvenor's experience also covers response support to countries dating back to the Montserrat Volcanic Eruption (1995-1997). Over the years she has provided post impact programming support to British Virgin Islands and Dominica, after the impact of Hurricanes Irma and Maria 2017 and on the ground responses in Bahamas for Hurricane Irene (2011), Haiti earthquake (2010), Turks and Caicos Islands Hurricane Ike (2008), Guyana Floods (2007), Grenada Hurricane Ivan (2004) and Montserrat Volcanic Eruption.

Andria possesses a B.A. Geography, Masters in Business Administration (MBA), Masters Certificate in Monitoring and Evaluation and certified training in Business Continuity Planning. She has researched, written and contributed to several publications, documents and policy papers as well as presented in various disaster risk management fora. Less

Paul is a successful and results driven insurance executive who has worked across all business segments within the financial services industries over the last thirty (30) years. He has extensive knowledge and experience in leading high performance teams in the insurance and banking sectors across the English & Dutch speaking Caribbean. He has proven successes in implementing and executing business strategies for large regional financial institutions across seventeen countries and worked with JP Morgan, one of the leading and largest banks in New York, USA.

Highlights of career leadership positions held by Paul to date are as follows:

• Director, Insurance - CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank
• Chief Operating Officer - Island Heritage Insurance Company
• Operation Manager - Consumers Guarantee Insurance
• General Manager for Barbados & Eastern Caribbean Islands with Pan American Life Insurance Group.
• General Manager, Brydens Insurance
• Past President - General Insurance Association of Barbados
• Past President - Insurance Institute of Barbados

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION/DEVELOPMENT

• MBA - Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University, Scotland
• Fellowship (FCIP) - with Specialization in - Risk Management University of Toronto/Insurance Institute of Canada, Toronto, Canada
• Risk Manager (CRM) - Institute of Risk Management - Canada
• Chartered Insurance Professional (CIP) - Insurance Institute of Canada, Canada

Mrs. Misha Lobban-Clarke was appointed Executive Director of the Barbados Chamber of Commerce & Industry (BCCI) in June 2019. Prior to joining the BCCI, she was the Principal Consultant and Managing Director of her own consultancy, MLConsulting Services. Prior to this, she held the position of the Chief Executive Officer of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of the Caribbean (ICAC), the regional body representing the interest of the accountancy profession in the Caribbean.

Misha is a Management, Public Relations and Communications Specialist, with more than 20 years' experience in management, corporate communications, public relations, stakeholder engagement; events planning, media relations and journalism. Her professional experience includes providing PR consultancy to government policymakers, corporate entities as well as technical membership organizations, including the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Jamaica, where she worked in a senior capacity before assuming the role as CEO of ICAC. She served in this capacity for 10 years (2008-2018) before joining the BCCI.

Misha holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Political Science and a Master of Arts in Communication Studies. She is also certified by the International Finance Corporation/Global Corporate Governance Forum as a trainer in Corporate Governance Board Leadership. Less