Hubert Edwards is the Principal and CEO of NextLevelSolutions, a firm focused primarily on delivering solutions in the areas of Risk, Compliance and Governance; Strategic Management; Finance and Training. He is also a second-year student at the Eugene Dupuch Law School and expects to be called to the Bar in October of 2024.

He hails from Brown’s Town, St. Ann, Jamaica. He was born in Standfast, where he spent a portion of his formative years and later moved to the cool, hilly district of Benin. While his youthful days had many happy moments, there was always the consistent jarring reality of need. Such was the state of his existence, but he always embraced the hope and optimism that in him was the ability to make tomorrow a better day and those around him better.

Hubert is a graduate of the Browns Town Community College and a former student of Browns Town Secondary School, where he had the privilege in his final year of serving as head boy. He believes in using the power of the mind as a platform for growth as captured in a quote “It is the mind that sees; the eyes merely look.”

A former Deputy Managing Director of Bank of The Bahamas; senior auditor and regulatory consulting manager with one of the leading big four public accounting firms; and senior bank examiner with the Central Bank of The Bahamas. Hubert is a fellow of the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants (UK) and a member of the Bahamas Institute of Chartered Accountants. He holds a MBA with distinction from the University of Manchester; is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS); and holds a LLB with First Class Honours from Huddersfield University. A regular contributor to newspapers and current affairs discussions, Edwards lectures and writes on a number of subject matters including risk management, anti-money laundering and compliance and corporate governance.

He has conducted training in a number of countries, including the United States of America, Turks and Caicos Islands, Jamaica, and The Bahamas. He has published several articles on risk management, corporate governance, internal control, and economics. He makes regular appearances on radio and television discussing matters of personal development and growth, leadership, current affairs, and economics. He is the author of two books, “Whispers of a Country Boy” and “Think. Act. Grow! Thoughts and reflection for Self Leadership”

Hubert is the Chair of the Organization for Responsible Governance Economic Development Committee, a former director and treasurer of the Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employees Confederation (BCCEC) and former chair of its Economic Development and Trade Committee. Hubert is a media practitioner, an engaging and transformational John Maxwell Team Certified member and member of the Florida Speakers Association. He is the strategic mind and voice behind the radio program The Essentials! aired in The Bahamas, and founder of HubertEdwardsGlobal, a philanthropic leadership and personal development organization providing scholarships and producing personal development events.

He currently lives in The Bahamas and is the proud father of three young, vibrant, and dynamic future world changers. He lives by the African philosophy of Ubuntu, which means “I am because we are.” One of his own quotes underlines this philosophy: “If not to serve humanity, what else is a man good for?”

Ladies and Gentlemen, Hubert Edwards