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The Rt Hon Sir Tony Baldry is a UK citizen and the UK government’s former Parliamentary Under‑Secretary of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office overseeing the West Indies, South Asia, Africa, and North America. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2012 and appointed to the HM Privy Council in 2014, and became a Lay Canon of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford in 2015. During his accomplished career, Sir Tony led multiple official UK trade missions across the globe, including serving as an Honorary Member of the 48 Group for his work with China. Sir Tony was a member of Parliament (MP) for 32 years and a UK government Minister for 8 years. His ministerial posts included Minister of State for the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Department of Energy, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Department of the Environment, and a Minister in the UK Foreign Office. Sir Tony was also a Personal Aide to the legendary former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Following his retirement from the Parliament in 2015, UK Prime Minister David Cameron commended Sir Tony as “the finest example of an MP.” Sir Tony has a Master of Arts degree in International Development and a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Sussex. He was a visiting Parliamentary Fellow at St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford, and continues to be a guest member of the University of Oxford. Sir Tony is currently the leader of a commercial set of Barristers’ Chambers “One Essex Court” in London. More: Sir Tony Baldry’s Welcome Letter to the Bank’s Customers and Global Partners.

Mr. Prabhakar Kaza is a U.K. citizen and the former CEO of the State Bank of India, London (SBI London), a position approved by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The State Bank of India is India’s largest commercial bank since 1806, and a Fortune Global 500 company with more than US$500 billion in assets. Mr. Kaza’s banking experience spans more than forty years as a well-respected, senior commercial banking executive. Mr. Kaza was also HSBC Bank’s London-based senior Relationship Director for more than a decade. Mr. Kaza holds a master’s degree in Physics from Osmania University in India and a second master’s degree in Financial Management from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies in India. He also has a diploma in Systems Management and a CAIIB professional certificate for bankers. He is the former President of the UK Telugu Association (2010-12) and has been the President of the Indian Forum on British Media since 2015. He was awarded Lord Aldington Banking Research Fellow in 1986.

Mr. Howard Anthony Lewis has more than 30 years of experience in government services in the areas of security, enterprise risk management, monitoring and reporting risks, regulatory compliance, internal compliance audits, and law enforcement. Mr. Lewis is the former Chief Security Officer of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) Airports Authority in charge of all physical and digital security matters for the BVI airports. He was also the Team Leader of National Risk Assessment tasked with the responsibility for the High-Value Goods Sector. Prior to joining the Bank, Mr. Lewis was a Senior Compliance Examiner at the British Virgin Islands Financial Investigation Agency (FIA) responsible for assessing risks posed by designated non-financial service providers and non-profit organizations. FIA is an autonomous government law enforcement agency responsible for the investigation of white-collar and other serious financial crimes taking place within or from within the BVI. FIA combats money laundering, terrorist financing as well as ensuring international cooperation in the investigation and prosecution of such crimes. As a law enforcement officer, Mr. Lewis was responsible for monitoring, supervising, and carrying out on-site inspections of service providers. Mr. Lewis is a member of the Chartered Management Institute (CMI).

Mr. Antonio Kenyatta is a U.S. citizen and an accomplished global executive with decades of accounting, audit, investments, Wall Street investment banking, and private equity experience, including nearly 20 years at senior level positions in financial reporting and audits of both private and public companies. While at Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan as an executive investment banker, Mr. Kenyatta deployed financial strategies that empowered clients to accomplish record-breaking deal transactions including advice on capital raises, bridging strategic relationships, mergers and divestitures. After a successful investment banking career, Mr. Kenyatta led senior accounting, audit, and operating roles at several New York-based private equity firms overseeing dozens of worldwide operations. While serving as Vice President of Accounting, Financial Controller with financial reporting responsibilities, meeting deadlines on quarterly and annual regulatory filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Mr. Kenyatta worked with top-tier corporations such as JPMorgan Chase, Highbridge Capital Management, and GlobeOp Financial Services. Recently, he was a Senior Manager Consultant with Ernest & Young in New York City. At E&Y, Mr. Kenyatta participated in the audits of several multi-billion-dollar public companies. He has a relentless focus on efficient workflow processes to maximize profitability, scalability, and quantum growth, successfully building dynamic teams that repeatedly exceed expectations and performance levels. Born in California, Mr. Kenyatta holds a BA from the University of California, Berkeley. He is trilingual in English, Spanish and Portuguese.

Mr. Juan Pujadas advises and assists with Hamilton Reserve Bank’s global expansion strategies, finance, risk management and technology.  He is the former Vice Chairman of PwC International and Chief Executive Officer of Global Advisory Services, the global consulting, strategy, forensic, and M&A businesses of PwC. Mr. Pujadas is a retired board member of Wells Fargo & Company and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as well as a former director of UST Global, Inc., a leading software and technology engineering firm. He was also the former Chief Risk Officer of Santander Investment, the international division of global banking conglomerate Banco Santander. Mr. Pujadas has a Bachelor of Science in Economics (Finance) from the Wharton School and a Bachelor of Applied Science (Computer Science) from the School of Engineering and Applied Science of the University of Pennsylvania. Previously, he served on the Board of Advisors of The School of Social Policy and Practice of the University of Pennsylvania. He currently serves on the Advisory Council of IESE in Barcelona Spain.

Mr. Michael L. Barrett brings decades of global leadership experience to Hamilton Reserve Bank as a Senior Advisor to the bank’s Board of Directors. He was a prominent senior executive at GE, Wells Fargo Bank and their affiliates, having served in leadership positions including the Head of International Strategy at Wells Fargo Bank, President of the parent company of Wells Fargo Bank Ireland, a member of the Wells Fargo International Executive Committee, and Chief Marketing Officer of Wells Fargo Bank Equipment Finance. Prior to Wells Fargo, Mr. Barrett had a 25+ year career with GE and GE Capital where he was the CEO of GE Capital Money China and COO of GE Capital Greater China where he advised global corporations in technology, healthcare, manufacturing & industrial, transportation, and financial services. He also led business development for GE Capital Consumer Finance Australia, and M&A, Marketing & Data & Analytics for GE Capital’s Global Consumer Finance businesses in Western Europe. He currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania and is a member of Penn’s Executive Committee. Mr. Barrett also serves as President of the Penn Alumni leading 340,000+ Penn alumni globally and chairing the nominating committee for alumni trustees. Mr. Barrett is a member of the Technical Advisory Board of the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering & Applied Science. He has a BAS degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering & Applied Science, an MBA from the University of Michigan, and a Certificate in Corporate Governance from the Wharton School of Business of the University of Pennsylvania.

Ms. Patricia Marinho is a highly experienced legal professional and senior global compliance executive with over 25 years of expertise in legal, regulatory, and compliance matters across the United States and Latin America. As a fluent speaker of four languages and the Global Team Leader overseeing regulatory compliance at Hamilton Reserve Bank, she leads the development and implementation of a robust compliance framework that fully aligns with the U.S. SEC and worldwide regulatory standards, which well positions the bank for long-term regulatory success along with rapid business growth around the world.

Ms. Marinho’s extensive experience includes supervising large-scale compliance initiatives at major global financial institutions, optimizing operational efficiency, and advising executive and board leadership on governance and regulatory matters. Her ability to integrate compliance with business strategy has been recognized across the compliance industry as a trusted leader in high-stakes environments.

Ms. Marinho is an adjunct educator at the AMLFC Institute of St. Thomas University in Miami Florida and Fundação Getúlio Vargas in Rio de Janeiro Brazil. She regularly contributes to international conferences as a Compliance Subject Matter Expert. She holds an LLM from the University of Miami School of Law and a JD from a top university in Brazil. She has also completed senior executive education at Harvard University, UC Berkeley, and The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Ms. Marinho’s compliance leadership in advising strategies and implementation ensures that Hamilton Reserve Bank continues to maintain a pristine regulatory compliance history and meet its regulatory mandates while achieving its long-term strategic goals.

Mr. Albert Rodriguez is U.S. citizen and a certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS). He has served as a senior compliance and risk banking executive for more than 25 years in the areas of banking operations, BSA/AML/KYC and consumer compliance, compliance policy development, system controls, and risk mitigation software implementation that have mitigated enterprise risk, enhanced customer service, and increased organizational efficiency. Throughout his career, he has assisted various financial institutions located in the United States and from around the world including international banks, regional banks, community banks, mortgage banks, money services businesses, and fintech firms. Mr. Rodriguez began his career in his early 20s as a Mortgage Banker and quickly expanded his role into operations, enterprise risk, and regulatory compliance. As a senior compliance and risk executive at a large Miami-based bank, Mr. Rodriguez developed training programs and curricula for risk and compliance issues, published several articles on the subjects of AML and banking operations. Mr. Rodriguez has a bachelor’s degree in business communications from Florida International University.

Mr. Nasr is a senior financier and a British citizen with more than 30 years of engagements with corporate boards, senior executives, and client strategic partners operating around the world, in particular, across the UK, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. An astute and renowned business developer of multi-currency accounts and investment portfolios, Mr. Nasr has sourced, onboarded, and developed partnerships with high-net-worth (HNW) individuals, private banking, and corporate clients. Mr. Nasr’s clients are represented in several industries: global-reach banking corporations and organisations in sectors including fintech, blockchain/exchange/cryptocurrency, e-commerce, retail, and corporate payments, real-time payment architectures, mortgage and debt management, and property development. Mr. Nasr has also collaborated extensively with governments, diplomatic missions, the World Bank, IMF, EBRD, DFID, and other multi-party agencies. Mr. Nasr holds an MA in International Relations and Diplomacy, and an MA in Management and Finance, both from renowned U.K. universities.

Mr. Joshua Larson has over 30 years of experience in investment banking, private equity, and corporate governance as a senior executive at major global banks including Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, BNP Paribas, and the Carlyle Group. Mr. Larson began his career as an investment banker at Credit Suisse First Boston in 1994 where he became responsible for the Russian and Eastern European investment banking markets. He was later recruited to run various business units as the Head or Co-head of Investment Banking in the former Soviet Union for Banque Paribas, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, where he was responsible for both deal origination and execution. In 2004, Mr. Larson joined global private equity firm the Carlyle Group as Managing Director in charge of establishing the Russian market, based in Moscow. After Carlye, Mr. Larson became the CEO of Alemar Investment Group, a diversified financial services group with operations across all aspects of banking and finance. Mr. Larson’s banking experience spans several decades serving a broad range of industries executing billions of dollars in M&A, capital markets, and private equity. He has served on the boards of many companies including Fortum Oyj, one of the largest energy companies in the Nordic countries and a pioneer in European clean energy transition. Mr. Larson is also an experienced fundraiser and a recognized banking expert witness advising U.S. courts and law firms in matters of corporate governance and financial fraud. Mr. Larson has a bachelor’s degree in Russian from the University of Texas at Austin and a master’s degree in International Affairs from Columbia University in New York City. He speaks English, Russian, and French.

Mr. Jourdan Frain is a U.S. citizen with more than 15 years experience as a senior banking executive on Wall Street and a current New York Stock Exchange Member. Mr. Frain is the former Head of Electronic Equity Broker Dealer Desk at JP Morgan Securities and the current Chief Operating Officer of Rosenblatt Securities, the largest brokerage firm on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, as well as the Chief Operating Officer of Rosenblatt Global Advisors, a U.S. SEC licensed investment advisor. Mr. Frain has in-depth knowledge of equity market structure, algorithmic trading, and transaction analytics. Prior to his career in finance, Mr. Frain was a paratrooper in the US Army’s 18th Airborne Corps, earned Bronze Star with Valor, and Purple Heart for his heroic actions in combat. Mr. Frain finished his military career with the storied First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry as an elected Cavalry Officer. Later, Mr. Frain served as a District Representative for a sitting U.S. Congressman in Pennsylvania. Mr. Frain holds undergraduate degrees from Valley Forge Military College, the University of Pennsylvania, and an MBA from Columbia Business School of Columbia University in New York graduating with Dean’s Honors.

Terence Craig is an attorney, a seasoned risk manager, an energy industry expert, and a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) . He is the former Ambassador to the Country Offices of Grenada and St. Kitts and Nevis for the Organization of American States (OAS), the world’s oldest regional organization, headquartered in Washington D.C. Ambassador Craig is the former Head of the Americas Division and Member of the Cabinet of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Suriname responsible for planning and execution of foreign policies in the Western Hemisphere. While serving as the CARICOM Coordinator in the late 1990s, Ambassador Craig represented the Government of Suriname in the implementation of the CARICOM SINGLE MARKET and ECONOMY (CSM&E). As an attorney, Ambassador Craig holds an LLB and LLM from Anton de Kom University of Suriname. He also has a postgraduate degree in International, Oil Gas and Energy Law from the London Metropolitan University. He is an alumnus of the Institute for Social Studies, The Hague, Netherlands. Ambassador Craig speaks 5 languages: Dutch, English, Spanish, Portuguese, and German.

Mr. Kennedy Deng Belarek is a senior executive with two decades of commercial and corporate banking experience at leading regional and international banks based in Southeast Asia. He specializes in credit financing and financial analysis for sectors in construction, project financing, letters of credit, trust and escrow services, and property development overseeing a loan portfolio of over USD 350 million. His role also expanded into banking operations and compliance where he led a taskforce to streamline banking processes and improve data accuracy to support a sales force of 300 Relationship Managers at a large Malaysian bank. Mr. Belarek has also held leadership roles as the Head of Business Operations and Business Development at a leading Asian bank guiding a workforce of 700 Customer Service Professionals. In his current role advising Hamilton Reserve Bank’s growth in the Asian markets, Mr. Belarek is responsible for overall business development and strategic leadership.

Ms. Brittney Lovely is a seasoned business executive with nearly 20 years of experience driving growth through strategic banking solutions, capital raising, and business development. Based in Palm Beach, Florida, with extensive contacts in the financial services sector, Ms. Lovely has built a proven track record in navigating complex financial landscapes. She excels at forging C-level relationships with family offices, financial institutions, insurance companies, delivering tailored banking solutions and expert support to clients through effective client relationship management. Her expertise spans multiple domains, including capital markets, revenue cycle management, and healthcare technology, with a particular specialty in raising capital for startup healthcare software organizations. Ms. Lovely’s analytical approach positions her as a trusted advisor in the banking and financial services sector, advising Hamilton Reserve Bank on strategic initiatives and client solutions.

Ms. Ada Garcia is an experienced regulatory compliance professional with nearly two decades of experience overseeing risk and compliance areas at several global financial institutions. She specializes in navigating complex regulatory frameworks ensuring strict adherence to U.S and international compliance standards. Her core competencies include Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Know Your Customer (KYC), Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD), and global sanctions compliance. She possesses an in-depth understanding of key regulatory requirements, including the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), and other international compliance frameworks. Ms. Garcia possesses strong analytical skills, a keen eye for identifying emerging risks, and the ability to influence executive leadership and stakeholders while upholding high ethical standards, maintaining operational excellence, and driving business success through efficient management. Prior to Hamilton Reserve Bank, Ms. Garcia served as the Head of Compliance at a major international bank based in Puerto Rico with subsidiaries across the Caribbean and around the world. During her professional career, Ms. Garcia has successfully led the implementation of Temenos core banking and compliance systems. She is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) and a Certified Financial Crimes Specialist (CFCS).

The Honorable Lawrence F. Army Jr. is a retired judge of the Massachusetts Probate and Family Court in Massachusetts USA. He brings decades of judicial and legal expertise to advise private banking and institutional banking clients of Hamilton Reserve Bank on asset protection, divorce resolution, and business dispute resolution via a broad range of tailored estate planning and legal strategies. Judge Army Jr. leads Hamilton Reserve Bank’s award-winning, flexible multicurrency banking and asset management solutions dedicated to client privacy, supporting clients and their families’ immediate and long-term wealth preservation needs. Based in the USA and travels around the world, he is an asset protection specialist. Juge Army Jr. has a Juris Doctorate degree from Suffolk University Law School in Boston, USA.