The State Of Capital & Power Shifts:

AI’s Global Transformation & Energy Nexus

September 25th, 2025

How do you allocate capital, develop strategy, and execute with confidence and conviction amid volatile macroeconomic conditions, reactive policy, and significant disruption driven by the AI and Energy transitions. How do you separate the noise and the hype from the true fundamental shifts that are reshaping the landscape and generating new wealth creation and impact opportunities?

Join Bernstein, Claritas and Gordon & Frost for an intimate conversation with fellow investors, CEOs and global leaders, to dive into the mega-trends reshaping modern society. Gain practical insights to make sense of what’s happening across markets fast enough, and with enough confidence, to act decisively on what comes next, in everything from governance, liquidity planning, generational strategy, and cross-border complexity to international expansion plans, supply chain management and capital allocation.

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Umadevi Gopaldass is an accomplished corporate board director and investment advisor with 35+ years of global leadership across management consulting, technology, and natural resources. She has overseen $30B+ in investments and revenue for Fortune 500 companies, guiding governance, M&A, and capital strategy. Currently serving on boards including Cascade Energy, VECKTA , and CoPeace, Uma shapes long-term strategy, executive compensation, and risk oversight. Her career includes senior roles at Newmont Mining, Schlumberger, and Accenture, where she led global portfolios in energy transition, supply chain, and market transformation. As founder of Leading Lotus, she advises boards, family offices, and leadership teams on investments in energy, climate, and the global economy. Fluent in three languages, Uma is an internationally recognized voice on AI, technology, and geopolitical risk. Uma’s leadership reflects her deep commitment to innovation, sustainable growth, and creating impact at scale.

CEO, Claritas

Uma Gopaldass

Policy Advisor, Wiley

Alexandrine De Bianchi

Alexandrine is a public policy and government affairs leader, currently serving as a key Public Policy Advisor for Wiley Rein LLP, with deep expertise in telecommunications, emerging technology, data security, and spectrum policy. She has served as principal advisor to the Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, leading congressional strategy to advance U.S. science and technology. A skilled negotiator, she helped secure passage of the historic Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, shaping broadband and competitiveness provisions, and authored key legislation including the Middle-Mile Deployment Act. Her career spans senior roles in the U.S. Senate, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, and the Recording Industry Association of America. Known for navigating complex legislative landscapes, Alexandrine has worked closely with congressional offices, executive branch officials, industry and civil society, to craft legislative strategies, policy proposals, and legislation.  She brings a rich blend of policy acumen, legislative strategy, and cross-sector engagement to issues at the forefront of innovation and infrastructure, with a uniquely valuable perspective on what enables forward progress on Capitol Hill.

SVP, Senior Strategist, Bernstein

Roosevelt Bowman

Roosevelt D. Bowman is SVP, Senior Investment Strategist with Bernstein’s Wealth Strategies Group, working directly in the office of the CIO, advising high-net-worth individuals, family offices, endowments, and foundations on asset allocation, investment, and risk management. A key member of Bernstein’s Investment Policy Group, he helps guide global asset allocation for $110B in private client assets, specializing in foreign exchange, central bank policy, and the application of machine learning and natural language processing in portfolio management. Prior to Bernstein, Roosevelt’s two decades of experience span roles as head of foreign exchange trading and strategy at MetLife and his tenure at the Federal Reserve Bank. His insights have been featured in leading financial media and economic research publications.