OPEN Interactive · The Firm Behind CIPWS '27
We turn sovereign convenings into
foreign direct investment.
OPEN Interactive is a Caribbean sovereign advisory and capital activation firm. Since 2009, we have worked collaboratively with Caribbean governments at the regional level — converting heads-of-government access, multilateral alignment, and institutional capital into signed infrastructure outcomes.
The Case for CIPWS
The Caribbean infrastructure crisis is not a lack of available capital. It is a lack of bankable, climate-proofed projects structured to attract it.
The Caribbean spends only 2% of GDP on infrastructure — half the rate of emerging Asian economies — while losing an average of 2.13% of GDP annually to extreme weather events. The region is, structurally, investing less in infrastructure each year than it loses to climate damage.
The OECD's Caribbean Development Dynamics 2026 report put it quantitatively: underinvestment in climate-resilient infrastructure reduces GDP growth by nearly 1 percentage point in the first year, with cumulative losses reaching up to 15 percentage points over a decade.
Against this failure, real momentum exists — T&T's 2024 PPP reforms, Jamaica's Westlands Port Expansion, Guyana's first port PPI since 2002, the DR's record airport-driven FDI. The infrastructure investment machinery exists. The problem is that it operates in national silos. CIPWS is the regional forum that connects projects to capital, standards to procurement, and recovery to resilience.
"The market for financing is very favorable. Highly liquid commercial banks are looking for projects. Development banks are out there with a mandate to lend. What do we need? Bankable, viable projects that are climate-proofed."
Why Now
Seven live urgencies.
01
The Compounding Disaster Trap — Beryl Then Melissa
Hurricane Beryl (July 2024) and Hurricane Melissa (October 2025) struck the same islands before the first rebuild was complete. Research published in November 2025 named this the compounding disaster trap — the time between major storms is now shorter than the time required for full recovery. The only structural solution is infrastructure built to withstand rather than require rebuilding.
02
Capital Is Available — Projects Are Not Bankable
KPMG's diagnosis at CARIF 2024: 'The market for financing is very favorable. Highly liquid commercial banks are looking for projects. Development banks are out there with a mandate to lend. What do we need? Bankable, viable projects that are climate-proofed.' CIPWS dedicates a full track to project preparation and bankability structuring.
03
PPPs Are Underdeployed and Underperforming
Caribbean PPP investment averages 0.38% of GDP — below the LAC 0.54% average, far below the 3.12% the region needs. T&T's 2024 reforms, Jamaica's NROCC, and DR's Punta Cana model show what works. CIPWS trains the PPP pipeline.
04
Port Modernisation — The Logistics Race Is On
Jamaica's Westlands Expansion (July 2025) takes KFTL to 3.2M TEUs. Guyana's Port of Georgetown US$14M PPI was the first since 2002. These need a regional forum to build on rather than compete against each other.
05
Airport Expansion — Tourism Infrastructure at Capacity
Eight nations simultaneously investing in airport overhauls in 2026. DR's air capacity grew 3.3% in 2025, driving record US$4.01B FDI. A Caribbean Airport Infrastructure Standards framework would compress costs and timelines across all eight programmes.
06
Water Utility Creditworthiness — The March 2025 Jamaica Workshop
The World Bank's 8-country workshop in March 2025 identified the path: governance reform, tariff structuring, technical assistance. CIPWS gives the conversation an annual home with infrastructure capital in the room.
07
Debt-for-Climate and Hurricane Clauses — New Finance Architecture
After Beryl, Grenada became the first government in history to activate a hurricane clause with private creditors. The World Bank approved a US$54M Barbados Beryl Recovery Project November 2024. CIPWS is where this new finance architecture is designed and scaled.
Founding Leadership
Led by the partners who built the practice.
Adam Anderson
Co-Founder · Executive Producer
Forty years of brand and communications discipline from Citigroup, Mayo Clinic, Disney, and 3M — applied to Caribbean sovereign mandates across the region since founding OPEN Interactive in 2009. Originator of the Caribbean Investment Summit franchise and now Executive Producer of CIPWS '27.
- OPEN Co-Founder (2009)
- Fortune 500: Citigroup · Mayo Clinic · Disney · 3M
- CIS Founder & Executive Producer
- CIPWS '27 Executive Producer
Stachio Williams
Co-Founder & CEO
National of St. Kitts & Nevis. CEO since 2014, when OPEN Interactive transferred its headquarters to the Caribbean. Carries executive responsibility for every sovereign mandate, every summit edition, and the firm's national eGovernment infrastructure delivery to the Government of SKN.
- OPEN Co-Founder & CEO (2014)
- National of St. Kitts & Nevis
- SKN eGovernment Delivery
- CIPWS '27 Organizational Lead
Institutional Partners & Endorsers
Convened with regional and multilateral partners.
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