Mr. Isaac Solomon served as the Acting President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) from January 2024 to January 2025. In this role, he was responsible for the Bank’s strategic direction, overall management, and engagement with member countries and development partners.

His substantive position is Vice President (Operations), where he provides leadership and direction to the Economics and Projects Departments and the United Kingdom Caribbean Infrastructure Partnership Fund.

Mr. Solomon holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Management from the University of the West Indies and a Master of Science in Financial Management from the University of London’s Centre for International Education in Economics. He is also a Certified Public Accountant (CPA).

Dr Alexander Budzier is a Fellow at the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School. He is an expert on the challenges of managing projects, with a particular focus on IT, infrastructure, energy, mega events and change.

Alexander is the Academic Director of the Hong Kong Major Projects Leadership Programme and Australian Major Projects Leadership Academy. He also teaches on Oxford’s MSc for Major Programme Management, the MBA programme, and the UK Major Projects Leadership Academy.

Prior to joining Oxford University, Alexander worked at T-Mobile International and was a consultant with McKinsey's Business Technology Office in Düsseldorf and Chicago. He continues to apply insights, data, and world-leading research to projects as the co-founder of the specialist consultancy Oxford Global Projects.

Ana Euler has Post-doctorate in Biodiversity Governance, Traditional Agricultural Systems and Bioeconomy in partnership with the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development, (CIRAD) and the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD) where she is associated researcher. PhD and Masters degree in Environmental and Forestry Sciences at Yokohama National University, Japan. Bachelor's degree in Forestry Engineer at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Euler is researcher at Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) since 2008, in the fields of natural resource conservation, management of timber and non-timber products, ecosystem services, and socio-bioeconomy, she has made significant contributions to the proposal and implementation of national and international public policies.

She was the Executive-Director of the Amapá State Institute of Forests from 2011 to 2014, when she implemented several programs and policies oriented to Protected Areas Management, Forest Concessions, Rural Extension, Climate Change, and REDD+. Currently, she is the Embrapa Executive Director of Innovation, Business, and Technology Transfer, responsible for the areas of Intellectual Property, Market Intelligence, Corporate Partnerships, Open and Social Innovation, Innovation Ecosystems, Licensing of Technological Assets, Digital Inclusion and Sustainable Rural Development. She also holds the position as Executive Director of Technology Transfer at the National Agency for Technical Assistance and Rural Extension (Anater) which is responsible for implementing the National Policy of Technical Assistance and Rural Extension for Family Farming and Agrarian Reform - PNATER. She is a board member of the Amazon Biobusiness Center (CBA), the National Council for Sustainable Rural Development (CONDRAF) and the National Bioeconomy Commission, locus of governance of the National Bioeconomy Strategy, launched by the Brazilian Federal Government in 2024.

On July 1, 2016, Dr. Wayne Henry assumed duties as Director General of the PIOJ. Prior to joining the PIOJ, he spent five years as Vice President, Government Affairs of the Scotiabank Group, served as Chief Technical Advisor to the Minister of Finance, as well as Special Advisor to the Minister of Agriculture. He previously worked as the World Bank Representative in Jamaica, and spent several years as a Lecturer in Economics at the University of the West Indies (Mona Campus).

He is currently the Chairman of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Chairman of the National Social Protection Committee, a member of the National Disaster Risk Management Council and the National Foreign Trade Council. He is a Justice of the Peace and a Lay Pastor in the Methodist Church in Jamaica.

In August 2021, he was conferred with the Order of Distinction in the Rank of Commander (CD) by the Government of Jamaica for Outstanding Public Service in the Development of Jamaica’s Sustainable Development Policies.

Dr. Henry holds a PhD in Agricultural and Development Economics as well as an MA in Economics from the Ohio State University, an MBA (Hons) in Finance from Howard University and a BSc (Hons) in Economics and Management from the University of the West Indies. He is married to Dr. Gail Webster, an Ophthalmologist, and together they have a son, Joshua, and a daughter, Gabrielle.

Mr Harris is a Civil Engineer with over forty-five years of experience. He has worked both in the public and private sectors in the areas of design, construction and project management. His experience covers a very wide spectrum of commercial, institutional and infrastructure projects financed by all major international funding agencies, including the Caribbean Development Bank.  

He has lived and worked in Trinidad as well as Tobago and most of the OECS in various capacities as Design Engineer, Resident Engineer, Chief Technical Officer, Chief Construction Engineer, and Project Manager. He has been a member of physical planning boards and has also been involved in the adjudication of construction, land and planning disputes, in both his public and private capacity.

Since 2013 he has been based in Saint Vincent, where he was the Senior Consulting Engineer on the World Bank Regional Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Project. In January 2022 he was appointed Program Manager for the CDB funded Project Implementation Management Unit. In January 2025, he was appointed the Project Manager for the Taiwanese funded USD125 million Strengthening Health System Resilience Project in Saint Vincent, which includes a 135-bed state of the art hospital. He is also the Chairperson of the steering committee for the modern city development at Arnos Vale.  

Mr Harris has a BSc in Civil Engineering (1979) from Southampton University, England; a Post Grad Diploma in Construction Engineering and Management (1983) from the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and a LLB Law degree (2005) from the University of London, England.

Cavon White is a development finance professional with over 15 years of experience leading the design, appraisal, and implementation of infrastructure and social development projects across the Caribbean. At the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), he provides strategic oversight for a regional portfolio focused on sustainable infrastructure, climate resilience, and institutional performance. His expertise spans economic policy, project planning and risk analysis, results-based management, and stakeholder engagement.

Cavon plays a key role in advancing CDB’s Project Implementation Enhancement Transformation (PIET) agenda, an initiative aimed at examining implementation conditions and developing practical, country-led solutions to accelerate project delivery across Borrowing Member Countries (BMCs). The initiative seeks to strengthen institutional systems, reduce delays, and improve the development impact of CDB-financed projects.

He brings a multidisciplinary perspective shaped by advanced training in economic development, infrastructure planning, and strategic policy management.