Zachary Barker is a Certified Economic Developer and serves as Director of Entrepreneurship at the International Economic Development Council. He serves entrepreneur ecosystem builders and economic development leaders across the U.S. and internationally towards advancing entrepreneurship-led economic development as a primary strategy. Aa a national entrepreneurship trainer and university instructor, Zachary brings nearly two decades of experience and expertise, with a special focus on expanding access for entrepreneurs and ecosystem builders to mental and emotional health support, as well as advanced technology and AI-driven training opportunities.

Reginald Harry “Yofi” Grant draws from almost four decades of a successful career and experience in investment banking, finance, business development and public service, and in December 2024 retired as CEO of the Ghana Investment Promotion Center, under the Office of the President of Ghana, where he served for eight years . Yofi is a skilled leader and a prominent financial policy advisor both in his country and beyond. He built a solid career in corporate banking as a senior executive with Cal Bank Ghana. As a partner with The Databank Group he had leadership responsibility roles in advisory, brokerage, and group marketing. He has a strong track record of leading advisory mandates for equity and debt transactions, including the creation and implementation of the AAF SME Fund LLC, one of the largest agriculture funds in sub-Saharan Africa. He is a partner and founder of Grant Dupuis Investments which held the Coldwell Banker license in Ghana and Nigeria. He was a council member of the Continental Business Network of the African Union, and a member of the board of trustees of the OACP Endowment and Trust Fund. He remains passionately committed to shaping the continent’s financial and economic transformation. Yofi served on the Steering Board of the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies representing sub-Saharan Africa for three consecutive terms and has been involved in multiple private and public sector boards and committees, including the Public Private Partnership Approvals Board, Ghana Export Promotion Authority Board, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration Advisory Board, Ghana International Financial Services Advisory Committee, and was co-Chair (alongside Lady Catherine Hoey) of the UK-Ghana Investor Group.