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Dr. Persad was born in Trinidad and Tobago and is a mathematician, classical musician and child prodigy. She is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of StatWeather Inc. which since its founding in 2009 has been set out to solve the world’s toughest problems in weather and climate prediction offering its services to corporations and governments. In response to the ongoing threat of climate change, Dr. Persad recently established the StatWeather Institute for Climate Solutions, a not-for-profit entity which aims to provide important data on climate risks to affected communities without cost. Her academic background include attending Harvard, Princeton, and Cambridge universities among others. Her experience in climate modeling began at Lawrence Livermore Lab’s Supercomputer Center in 1991. Dr. Persad performed earth and solar system modeling at NASA as a space Physicist and went on to model geophysical systems at Bell Geospace. As a climatologist at Enron and Duke Energy, she was alerted to the needs of the energy sector. She later went on to develop state-of-the-art long-range weather prediction systems which were peer-reviewed among academia, US Department of Defense scientists, and meteorological stations. She models complex systems for the US space program and is an innovative Subject Matter Expert. Dr. Persad is also a classical musician and won the 2010 Bradshaw and Buono International Piano Competition. She has given numerous piano performances in Italy and throughout the United States, performing for charities and benefits, and made her Carnegie Hall debut in April 2011. Dr. Persad is the founder of Freedom Scholars of America, a scholarship fund which has awarded over 100 university scholarships. She is also an accomplished fashion model and in 2017 was named Ms. Tennessee and the 2017 Ms. United Southern States of America National Choice Winner. She also represents Trinidad and Tobago in the Ms. World 2018 pageant.

Mr. Guray is a Filipino management executive with over 19 years of business experience in sales, marketing and operations management roles with leading blue chip companies in the Philippines, including the PLDT Group and Globe Telecom - two of the largest companies in Asia, following his stint as a Political Affairs Officer III at the Philippine House of Representatives. His solid relationship management background, functional experience in operations management and expertise in information and communication technology have enabled him to provide quality service to B2B customers and efficient execution of strategic plans throughout his career, with emphasis on improving efficiency, productivity and organizational consistency, including but not limited to the managing operations set-up (including human capital and infrastructure components), policy and process development, and expansion. He is the Founding Chairman of Three Rivers Management Solutions Inc., an international management consultancy and professional development firm providing services across a wide range of industries and sectors. Prior to founding Three Rivers, Mr. Guray's most recent career assignments were as Vice President of Operations at TeleDevelopment Services Inc. and as Head of SME Channel Management at the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT). Mr. Guray earned his Bachelor’s degree in Electronics & Communications Engineering from De La Salle University-Manila and completed the Management Development Program at the Asian Institute of Management. Throughout his academic years, he has been an active student leader in the institutions he attended and in national organizations, including having been President of the De La Salle University Student Council, National Executive Vice President of the National Federation of Student Councils, and Chairperson of the Association of Christian Universities and Colleges in Asia - Student Conference (Japan).

Mr. Griffith was born and raised in Barbados and has a degree in Mathematics and is completing his degree in Philosophy from the University of the West Indies. He also attended the Shanghai Education and Training Center for Commerce and earned a Certification in Financial Sector Management. Mr. Griffith is an Information Technology professional with proficiency in e-Commerce, cyptocurrency and related fields and was formerly the Marketing Strategy Lead at Bitt Global, a pioneering global financial technology firm based in Barbados. Mr. Griffith recently ventured to the ASEAN region as the Compliance Manager of Coins.Ph, one of Southeast Asia's leading mobile financial technology companies with offices in the Philippines and Thailand. He was the youngest Caribbean national to be invited by the Government of the People’s Republic of China on a bilateral macroeconomic policy mission. His recent government engagements include being a Panelist at the Domestic Financial Institutions Conference in Barbados sharing the panel with a Senior Adviser of the MIT Digital Currency Initiative and the Head of Information Systems of the Central Bank of Barbados. He was also invited by the Central Bank of the Philippines to provide advice on the system governance structure of the proposed national retail (electronic) payments system for the Philippines.

Many say that Matthew Pajares Yngson is a multifaceted individual and a proficient person wearing many hats. This is probably because he carries with him more than 20 years of combined technology, television, radio, print, news, entertainment, philanthropic, diplomatic and international business experience starting at a very young age and never stopping since. A national of both the Commonwealth of Dominica and the Philippines, he is globally educated and has multi-cultural experiences and influences. The Honourable Founder and Representative of the Caribbean ASEAN Council is concurrently the Executive Director and Envoy for Diplomatic Affairs of the Eastern Caribbean-Southeast Asia Economic and Cultural Chamber. 

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