Executive leadership & governance bodies

• Pandora C. Walker

  Founder & Dowager Financial Viceroy

  Accountability: Sovereign Council

  Institutional mandate execution, member coordination, and external representation in multilateral fora. Oversees the General Secretariat and chairs the Monetary Committee in a non-voting capacity unless statute provides otherwise.

  Registered agent, Mann Li Family Office L.P.B.C. (Colorado Entity 20241969162).

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• Dr. Soumendra Ghosh, Ph.D.

  Chief Economist

  Accountability: Sovereign Council

  Macroeconomic analysis, reserve-programme modelling, and policy impact assessment. Professor of Economics at Tennessee State University with expertise in urban economics, environmental economics, water resources, renewable energy development, and economic development. Consulting experience with the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, USAID, and USEPA.

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• Dr. John Callaci, Ph.D.

  Advisor for Technology

  Accountability: Technical Standards Board

  Technology strategy, communication systems architecture, and patent portfolio guidance. Chairman of CCS Technology Group with over thirty years of technical experience and multiple communication patents. Ph.D. in Business Administration, Masters in Microwave and Control Systems Engineering.

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• Geoff Carter

  Advisor for Economic Development

  Accountability: Sovereign Council

  Economic development strategy, institutional capacity building, and member economy coordination for the GRU settlement programme.

• Saum Ghosh

  Advisor for Machine Learning Applications

  Accountability: Technical Standards Board

  Machine learning and artificial intelligence applications for settlement analytics, risk modelling, and operational intelligence across the GRU ecosystem.

• David Eugene Ntshabele

  Advisor for Policy Applications

  Accountability: Sovereign Council

  Policy framework development, regulatory alignment, and cross-jurisdictional compliance strategy for DBIS settlement operations and member coordination.

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• Romeo L. Miles

  Advisor for Global Banking — Private Sector

  Accountability: Sovereign Council

  Private-sector banking strategy, correspondent-banking relationships, and commercial integration pathways for GRU settlement instruments.

• Sovereign Council

  Strategic mandate, treaty accession, and high-level GRU policy boundaries.

• Monetary Committee

  Liquidity facilities, issuance calendars, and crisis protocols for GRU and settlement programmes.

• Technical Standards Board

  Interoperability, API baselines, and security architecture alignment with member systems.

An Internal Audit function and Ethics Office report to the Sovereign Council through an audit committee structure described in the Governance Statute. Transparency disclosures appear under the Transparency section of this portal.

DBIS institutional lineage traces through the BIS Innovation Hub performance framework. The Mann Li Family Office L.P.B.C. (Colorado Entity 20241969162) is the founding family office. Corporate formation details and related entities are published under Legal authorities.