In a bold move that highlights the growing urgency of digital sovereignty in the region, leading Caribbean cybersecurity and sovereign cloud provider Cloud Carib has appointed Flavia Lima as Sales Director. Her appointment reflects Cloud Carib’s growing commitment to supporting national digital infrastructure, with a focus on expanding operations in Trinidad and Tobago and other countries.
Lima, who serves as CANTO Vice Chair, Suppliers and Vendors Committee, brings a strong record of advancing digital policy and regional collaboration. Her appointment comes at a critical time, as Caribbean nations seek partners who understand the importance of balancing innovation, compliance, and national control of data infrastructure.
“For the Caribbean, digital sovereignty is a real and immediate issue,” said Flavia Lima, Sales Director at Cloud Carib. “Governments and businesses need trusted infrastructure that keeps data secure and under local control. I am excited to support that effort in a very practical way.”
Lima joins the company as it scales across key regional markets, including Barbados, Jamaica, Guyana, and now Trinidad and Tobago. Her leadership will focus on strengthening client relationships across both the public and private sectors, particularly in industries where compliance, data control, and cybersecurity are mission-critical.
“Flavia embodies the spirit of innovation and regional connectivity that defines Cloud Carib,” said Jerem Rondina, Vice President of Sales and Marketing. “Her leadership at CANTO has given her a deep understanding of the digital hurdles our region faces. She is the ideal leader to drive our expansion and deepen engagement with governments and regulated industries throughout the region.”
The appointment was welcomed by attendees at the CANTO Connect Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Port-of-Spain, where Cloud Carib also participated as a sponsor and panel member. As part of the AGM, Jerem Rondina joined a panel discussion moderated by Lee Singh of partner BLUE NAP Americas, focused on the theme “Digital Sovereignty in the Caribbean: Why Nations Must Control, Secure and Shape their Digital Futures.” During the discussion, Rondina emphasized the urgent need for regionally governed infrastructure as the foundation not only for secure digital services today, but also for the future of Sovereign AI built on trusted, Caribbean-owned data.
Cloud Carib also contributed to CANTO’s newly released policy paper, Digital Sovereignty in Small Island Developing States: Policy Options and Trade-Offs, with insights from Eamonn Sheehy, Senior Director of Public Sector.
With a decade and a half of experience across the region and eight locally operated data centers with a ninth in the works, Cloud Carib continues to lead the way in secure digital transformation. The company remains committed to helping Caribbean nations own and control their digital future.