Mr. Eric Phillips is the Chairman of the Guyana Reparations Committee, an Executive Member of the African Cultural and Development Association (ACDA), Member of the CARICOM Reparations Commission and President of the African Business Roundtable, which is focused on economic issues. Previously, he served as the Managing Director of AT&T Africa & The Middle East, Vice President of AT&T Network Systems; the Managing Director for AT&T Central Europe (Ukraine) and the Deputy Director for AT&T Globalization in Belgium, Europe. He spent seven years in South Africa from 1998 to 2005. Mr. Phillips has appeared on the cover of Business Week International Magazine and Engineering Magazine when he was nominated as the US Black Engineer of the Year. Mr. Phillips co-founded the REFORM Group in Guyana and co-authored the Guyana 21 and Guyana 2030 Plans, both blueprints for Guyana’s National Development. Mr. Phillips is also a Lecturer in the School of Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation (SEBI) at the University of Guyana