Isabel is an agroindustrial engineer and has experience with agricultural business and a Masters in Innovation for business development. She is the current Director of NESst Peru, an organization with more than 20 years investing and supporting environmental and social-impact businesses that generate income and employment for vulnerable communities. She us a specialist in innovation management, business development and impact investment funds with more than 11 years of experience in incubation and investment in triple-bottom line businesses, as well as developing and implementing social entrepreneurship, technology, and environmental sustainability programs in the Andean region. Responsible for leading the strategy and management of NESst incubation and investment programs in Peru, Ecuador, Chile, and Colombia. She’s a mentor, as well as member of boards of directors and advisors for impact entrepreneurs. Knowledge and experience with the private sector and government, management of technology and innovation funds for Peruvian and North American state. Experience leading innovation projects that involve multiple regional and national actors, and the private and public sector.

Matthew is an impact investor, social entrepreneur and chair of the Chambers Federation. He has managed the family business for more than 20 years, expanding operations to the Philippines, Kenya & the DRC. The Chambers Federation is an award winning, US-based, accredited impact investment firm. Recipient of the US Secretary of State's Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE), the Federation specializes in women’s economic empowerment, responsible sourcing and value addition in the artisanal cocoa, coffee and gold (ASGM) sectors. Matthew led in the formalization of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s chocolate and jewelry sectors by building the first chocolate facility and ASM gold jewelry production line in-country, with value chains made up entirely of women. Matthew is also a board member of Alliance for Responsible Mining.

Professor and researcher with 15 years of experience researching environmental and energy issues from a social-legal perspective with a focus on public policy, armed conflict and human rights.

Currently, a member of Public Law group of Jurisprudence faculty at the University of Rosario, Director of the Center for Innovation for Mining and the Environment (CIMA by its acronym in Spanish), Principal Professor of the same faculty in corporate, environmental, and miner issues and consultant on corporate, money laundering activities, environmental justice, anti-corruption, and miner issues. Furthermore, he has been director of more than 15 innovation projects, consultancies, researcher projects, and author of more than 30 publications on environmental topics.

Thomas has been working with Projekt-Consult since 1988 and is a Managing Director since 2014. He is also the Global Program Manager of the Swiss Better Gold Initiative (BGI) based in Colombia. Thomas is an ASM expert with more than 35 years of experience managing complex international projects in mining, trade and responsible sourcing in more than 30 countries. He is regarded as an internationally recognized expert for mercury reduction in the ASM gold sector and as a pioneer for successful industry-initiatives along mineral supply chains.

Hilbert is a Geologist and entrepreneur who is the co-founder of, and served as, Chief Executive Officer of First Bauxite Corporation from November 17, 2008 to August 21, 2014 and its President and CEO since December 7, 2011 until August 2014. Mr. Shields currently serves as the Managing Director of Guiana Shield Resources Inc. and Kilroy Mining Inc. Guiana Shield is Hilbert’s private company which had, at its’s peak, some twenty Prospecting Licenses in Guyana which were at various times jointly explored in Option and/or Management with Newmont, BHP, Iamgold, Valgold, Shoreham Resources and a host of other small Canadian Junior explorers. Hilbert worked with Noranda, Gulf Oil Minerals Group and the Ontario Geological Survey before, in 1986, he joined Golden Star Resources Inc., as an expatriate employee in his homeland of Guyana. Hilbert, has over 35 years’ experience in the mineral exploration and mining industry, the core term consisting of 14 years with Golden Star as Vice-President, with responsibility for gold exploration in Guyana and Venezuela and diamond exploration worldwide. He managed the exploration of the Omai gold deposit in Guyana, from acquisition by Golden Star through to the completion of the feasibility study, with the involvement of Cambior; he later became a Director of Omai Gold Mines Ltd. He served as a Director of First Bauxite Corporation from November 17, 2008 to February 17, 2015. Hilbert was the Chairman of the Mining Chapter of Guyana’s Carter Center funded National Development Strategy, has been a Director of the Guyana Geology & Mines Commission and the Guyana Gold Board and is a currently the Vice-President of the Guyana Gold & Diamond Miners Association, sits on the Council of the Private Sector Commission of Guyana and is a Co-Chair of the Guyana Extractive industries Transparency Initiative. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Geology & Environment from Oxford Polytechnic, now Oxford Brooks University, UK and a Master's degree in Geology from Mackay School of Mines University of Nevada. Hilbert is a dual Canadian and Guyanese citizen.

Cristina is a Director of Mining at Pact, a global nonprofit organization with offices in 40 countries (www.pactworld.org/mining). She is a top global expert in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) and is known for her specialization in gemstones, diamonds, gold, and cosmetics-grade mica. She specializes in ethical sourcing/risk management within mining supply chains, rural development strategies, ASM market development, gender & mining, and reducing child labor in mining. She recently led the team that created Moyo Gems, a first-of-its kind responsible mine-to-market sourcing program, which works with the female artisanal gemstone miners of Tanzania. Moyo Gems works hand in hand with miners to improve their mining and safety, offers complete traceability via blockchain from verified legal sources, and maximizes the value in country. More at www.moyogems.com. In 2021, she was awarded the IAC Annual Award for Leadership in Responsible Practice in Jewelry. Cristina serves on the following jewelry-related advisory committees and boards: Ethical Metalsmiths, Jewelry Industry Summit, CRAFT Code for ASM, UNEP Global Mercury Partnership (ASM Gold Expert), Fairtrade Gold Technical Advisory Group, Conservation X Labs, and the Gemstones & Sustainable Development Knowledge Hub. She is regularly consulted as an ASM expert on gold, gemstones, and conflict minerals by such organizations as USAID, U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Department of Labor, the World Bank, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, UN Women, technology companies, and journalists for The New York Times, The Financial Times, The Economist, Forbes, Reuters, The UK Guardian, Wired Magazine, and The Washington Post, among others. She also lectures at Columbia University’s massive open online course (MOOC) focused on extractives. With more than 15 years of international development-sector experience, she has done field work in the following countries: Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Ghana, Indonesia, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mongolia, Mozambique, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, Venezuela, Zimbabwe, and beyond. Ms. Villegas is a graduate of the University of California at San Diego and the London School of Economics.