The global trade landscape is shifting rapidly in the wake of new presidential administration policies, evolving trade agreements, and ongoing supply chain disruptions. For board directors, understanding these dynamics is essential to guide strategic decision-making and maintain organizational resilience. Join our expert panel for an in-depth discussion on the latest developments in international trade, tariffs, and supply chain management. Topics will include: the impact of recent administration changes on global trade policies and tariffs, strategies for mitigating risks and managing uncertainty in international supply chains, opportunities for diversification and reshoring in response to geopolitical and economic pressures, insights into long-term trends shaping the future of global commerce.
SPEAKERS
Joyce Cacho
Joyce Cacho is Chair and Independent Director at Sistema Biobolsa and President & CEO at Adinura Advisory Services. Joyce is an experienced independent director and former Global Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) executive, with expertise in finance, ESG, strategy, fintech, cybersecurity, innovation, and regulatory compliance. The breadth and depth of her experience is anchored in executive and board leadership positions in private corporations and science-based research nonprofits. Joyce has led initiatives which create organization-wide change in P&L structure and accountability.
Joyce serves on the Board of Sunrise Banks, NA, serving on the Finance & Audit, and Compliance & BSA (Bank Secrecy Act) committees. Sunrise Banks provides innovative services such as commercial real estate lending and leasing, and fintech partnerships.
Joyce has a track record of being a leader and entrepreneur in large corporations, and within regulated industries, where compliance is a core enterprise risk. Being instrumental in leading transformation in businesses in banking and manufacturing industries, characterizes her career. As a former scientific language, computer programmer, Joyce is skilled at combining people, processes, and governance to create value.
Joyce is the lead author on the “Why is ESG Material?” article, published by Directors & Boards Magazine (April 2020) and re-distributed in the Weekly Governance Alert (May 2020), Council of Institutional Investors.
Joyce was honoured to be recognized as one of 19 accomplished board members in the 2018 Directors to Watch “Ethnic and Racial Diversity in the Boardroom: Its Time Has Come” by Directors & Boards Magazine, where she spoke about board governance agility being pivotal in shaping and supporting a corporate innovation culture. Joyce’s leadership on the board of Fortune 200 and similar companies was acknowledged when she was included in Savoy Magazine list of 2017 Power 300: Most Influential Black Corporate Directors.
Joyce earned a Ph.D. in Investment Decision-making and Corporate Finance (Brazil Agribusiness) from The University of Missouri-Columbia. She holds the NACD Board Leadership Fellow designation, and is a professional member of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Society of New York.
Joyce volunteers with 11th Street Bridge Park project, Washington, DC – East of the Anacostia River.
Andrew Shoyer
Andrew Shoyer is a Partner at Sidley Austin. He advises companies on compliance with sanctions administered by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and export controls and anti-boycott rules administered by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS). He also focuses on the implementation and enforcement of international trade and investment agreements. Drawing on his experience at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) and with the World Trade Organization (WTO), Andy advises companies, trade associations and governments on the use of WTO, USMCA and other treaty-based trade and investment rules to open markets and resolve disputes. He works extensively with manufacturers and service providers on WTO compliance in Asia and on protection of intellectual property in bilateral and regional free trade negotiations.
Andy spent seven years at USTR, serving most recently as legal adviser in the U.S. Mission to the WTO in Geneva. He was the principal negotiator for the United States of the rules implementing the WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding and has briefed and argued numerous WTO cases before dispute settlement panels and the WTO Appellate Body. Prior to his arrival in Geneva, Andy was assistant general counsel at USTR in Washington, D.C., where he served as principal legal counsel in the negotiation of the market access rules of the NAFTA, as well as the framework agreements with various Latin American countries. He also worked on numerous trade policy issues with the U.S. Congress and the economic agencies of the executive branch of the U.S. government.
Andy’s leadership in the international trade and dispute settlement arena is widely recognized. He is consistently ranked among the nation’s top international trade lawyers by Chambers USA, Chambers Global, and Lexology Index. Andy has been ranked by Chambers USA for International Trade: Remedies & Policy in USA – Nationwide every year since 2005, and has been ranked as Band 1 in that category since 2013. He has also been ranked by Chambers Global for International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy in the USA since 2006 and for International Trade/WTO in the Asia-Pacific Region since 2021. The 2024 edition described Andy as a “go-to practitioner for issues centered around trade and investment agreements.” Andy has been recognized in Lexology Index: USA – Trade & Customs as a “Thought Leader,” most recently in the 2025 edition. In the 2021 edition, he is described as “a top WTO lawyer” who stands out for his “superb knowledge of trade law.” A previous edition notes that he is particularly proficient in dispute settlement proceedings and “very attentive to client needs” (2020). International Law Office has bestowed on Andy twice its “Client Choice Award” for client service in trade and customs law. In 2017, Andy was listed in Legal 500’s Hall of Fame. Andy is an adjunct professor in international trade and investment policy at the School of Foreign Service of Georgetown University.
F. Daniel Siciliano, moderator
Dan Siciliano is a successful technology CEO-founder and entrepreneur, as well as Vice Chair of the board of the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco, and a recognized expert in corporate strategy and governance, capital financial markets, executive compensation, and technological disruption (including fintech, AI and cybersecurity). He is currently Chairman of SVDX, board member of the Latino Corporate Directors Education Foundation, chair-elect of the Council of Federal Home Loan Banks, and a fellow at Stanford University.