Eliud "El-G" Ramocan is responsible for cyber resilience and threat intelligence at the Bank of Jamaica, leading Jamaica’s cyber resilience framework for the financial sector and also chairs the Cyber Risk Technical Working Group of the Caribbean Group of Bank Supervisors. With a distinguished background in technology, economics and strategy early in his career, El-G was designated a short-term IMF Technical Assistance Expert at age 28 and later appointed by his country to upgrade the cyber infrastructure across the military, police force and mission-critical systems in cooperation with the Government of Israel. Following this, he was seconded to the Financial Services Commission in Jamaica as CIO where he orchestrated a swift and successful recovery following a major ransomware attack. With a wealth of resilience, he crafted his country’s Ten Cyber Resilience Principles for the Financial Sector, alongside policies centred on cyber risk governance and cybersecurity preparedness. He holds a degree in Computer Science and Economics and an MBA from the University of the West Indies. Then further pursued studies at Harvard Kennedy School of Government focusing on Cybersecurity Policy and Strategic Management for Regulatory and Enforcement Agencies. Giving back, he lectures at the university-level in cybersecurity, risk governance and project management and travels extensively as a speaker and accomplished author.
