ADAM Stewart, the CEO of Sandals Resorts International and the Jamaica Observer, will be the keynote speaker at this year’s Mona School of Business (MSB) Roundtable, an interactive forum where business leaders and academic experts discuss tangible solutions to achieving organisational growth.

The third annual MSB Roundtable, hosted by MSB and Sandals, will be held on Thursday at the Mona Visitors’ Lodge & Conference Centre on the Mona campus of the University of the West Indies.

The dialogue centres on the identification of opportunities, strategies, networks and resources that will strengthen and promote sustainable growth of Caribbean organisations. The findings from the MSB Roundtable are later summarised, compiled and added to a repository of knowledge accessible by business leaders and policy makers.

This year’s event, under the theme “Organisational Growth: Secure the Present and the Future”, provides an exclusive forum where CEOs and executives may enter into discussions surrounding solutions-oriented research. The half-day event will commence with a breakfast session chaired by UWI Vice Chancellor Nigel Harris with remarks from the Anthony Hylton, the minister of industry, investment and commerce and Gregory Mair, Opposition spokesperson on industry and commerce.

Adam Stewart will share his company’s philosophy at the event.

“I believe the success of any business involves constantly innovating and evolving, and it’s something we’ve always done at Sandals Resorts International,” he said.

True to his word, in the five years under Stewart’s leadership, Sandals Resorts has experienced a period of unprecedented growth, innovation and development, offering guests levels of exclusivity never seen before and attracting admiration throughout the world.

The power breakfast will be immediately followed by a powerful research presentation on the topic “Implications of Macro- Economic Trends for Organisational Growth”, moderated by MSB executive director, Professor Evan Duggan. During this session, Dr Rupert Rhodd, assistant professor of economics at Florida Atlantic University, and MSB director Dr William Lawrence will make presentations.

Rhodd brings to the roundtable years of expansive research in the areas of international economic development and macroeconomics concentrating on Caribbean and Latin American economies. Through his consultations, research and outreach, Rhodd has been integral to the development of communities in Jamaica and the United States.