Cayman Institute

James C. Knapp, CTO Butterfield Bank (Cayman) Limited:

Jim is a two time US Presidential appointee.  He served as a technology representative on the National Security Forum in 1989 and as a delegate to the White House Conference on Small Business in 1995 under President Clinton.
He was the founder of I/NET Inc., a research and development firm that specialized in digital imaging and voice recognition technologies in 1983 and served on the first Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG).  He negotiated a $25M sale of his intellectual property and equity to IBM in 1989. He retired to the Cayman Islands in 1993 after taking I/NET public. He served in the United States Air Force as a teacher for computer guidance systems. He received a BBA Degree from the University of Maryland in 1972 and attended Wharton Business School in 1988 for Advanced Management Studies.
Mr. Knapp has been a featured lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Harvard Business School and has travelled to over 100 countries as an international speaker on the Internet and digital imaging. Jim is a Senior Fellow of the Cayman Institute.

 Mr. Aare Toomist

Aare  received his BSc. in Sociology and Political Science (1996) from the University of Tartu, Estonia, and attended full Bachelor level course in Economics and Finance (1998) at the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, Latvia. As a native of Estonian Republic, he has worked as teaching assistant in both universities, respectively in fields of economic anthropology and macroeconomics. Later, in 1999, he joined consulting firm Christiansen Consulting Ltd. in Estonia and Latvia and worked with subjects like environmental management ( ISO14001: 2004)(including environmental policy developments, initial environmental reviews and environmental audits), work health and safety management (OHSAS 18001), quality management (ISO 9001:2000), management consulting, marketing management, BSC design and implementation, carried out environmental system audits, quality systems audits, integrated management systems audits, motivation and change facilitation trainings.In 2004, Mr. Toomist joined Foundation REC Estonia as a director and his work was related with foundation management, project management and EU funding. Projects were carried out it following areas: improving the environmental performance of companies; support to local authorities and other concerned stakeholders in environmental capacity building; development of innovative policy solutions (like strategic environmental assessment, etc.); drafting and implementation of national and international legal instruments.In 2006, Mr. Toomist started to work, after relocation the Cayman Islands, as information officer of the Cayman Islands Government.He has also done volunteering work for the Cayman Islands Red Cross, the Cayman Islands National Gallery, the Queen Elizabeth Botanic Garden and the Humane Society. Aare is a Fellow of the Cayman Institute.

 Dr. Thomas F. Phillips, PhD.

Tom was a member of the faculty at the University College of the Cayman Islands 2004 to 2006. He is now on the faculty of Sir Sandford Fleming College and Trent University in Ontario, Canada. He has a B.Sc. (Hon.) from Trent University, M.A. from York University, and Ph.D. from the New School for Social Research in New York City – all in Economics. His academic works includes Transformational Growth and Canadian Economic Development, The Nature of Work in a New Economy, and Transformational Growth and the Business Cycle. Dr. Phillips has also been a regular contributor to, and editor of, a weekly series that appeared in the Cayman Net News from the Spring of 2005 to the Summer of 2006. His areas of interest include macroeconomic theory, economic growth, community economic development, and the history of economic thought. Tom is a Senior Fellow of the Cayman Institute.

Erica C. Bush, BSc.

Erica has an Associate of Arts Degree in Business Administration with Honours (2003 – University College of the Cayman Islands) , a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Economics with Honours - Magna Cum Laude (2006 - University College of the Cayman Islands). She has been employed at Walkers in the Accounting Department since August 2001 [Junior Accounts Clerk to Accounts Assistant] and is now th Junior Accountant assisting the Financial Controller - Overseas offices.

Dr. John Harvey, Ph.D., P.Eng., C.Eng., F.I.G.E.M.

John  serves as CEO to MIRCO Center, Mike’s Ice & Refrigeration, BPC, Advanced Fire, CBS, PACE, Island Waste, Mike’s Esso and group of companies in Grand Cayman. John has over 30 years management experience in the UK, Germany and Canada, covering marketing, sales, design, engineering, project management, construction, commissioning, operations and maintenance in the oil and gas transportation, management services and MEP industries. During his career, John instructed under-graduate, post graduate and doctoral studies candidates in the field of Business Studies, including two years as Senior Lecturer, Management at University College Cayman Islands. He is a Director of the Cayman Islands Red Cross and acted as head of Gold and Silver Commands’ Administration for the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service during the Hurricane Ivan Emergency. John is a Fellow of the Institute Gas Engineering & Management (UK), Chartered Engineer (UK), Professional Engineer (Canada), Member of Cayman Architects Engineers and Surveyors, Member of Cayman Islands Society Human Resource Professionals, Founding Member of the Cayman Institute, chairs the Training Committee of Cayman Contractors Association, and is a retired member of American Institute of Mechanical Engineers and of the Ordre des Ingenieurs du Quebec. John has a B.Sc. in Engineering and a Ph.D. in Management & Organizational Development. John is a Senior Fellow of the Cayman Institute.

 J. Lee Tinney

Lee is a Highly versatile Executive / Manager with broad expertise in Corporate management, electric power systems design, strategic planning, system loads forecasting and modeling, construction, operation and maintenance for utility transmission, distribution, and substations. Specific expertise in the planning, design, development and implementation of transmission and distribution processes, and safety, health, skills training, and environment management processes focused on employee team building to accomplish management objectives. Skilled in the management of utility telecommunications infrastructure systems and business development and marketing strategies. Lee is a Senior Fellow of the Cayman Institute.

Tim Balls

Tim is in law enforcement and has seen the Cayman Islands develop over the last twenty years and has great insight into the transportation needs of the Cayman Islands. Tim is a founding member of the Institute. Tim is a Fellow of the Cayman Institute.

Kem Jackson

Kem is an avid environmentalist, having worked in the diving industry since its inception in the Cayman Islands. Kem has participated in studies of currents in the waters of the Cayman Islands, and was involved in the construction of the original George Town cargo dock. His knowledge of Cayman’s marine environment  is second to none.  Kem is a Fellow of the Cayman Institute.
He is a Master Boat Builder who is very involved in preserving the Cayman Catboat and is Vice President of the Cayman Marine Heritage Foundation.