For decades, the formula for retirement was simple: work hard, save diligently, and ride out your golden Each year, Presidents Week brings together an extraordinary group of internationally minded investors, entrepreneurs, and visionaries who refuse to stand still in an unpredictable world.
It’s where strategy meets foresight—a private five-day forum that blends intelligent conversation, real-world expertise, and the quiet confidence of those shaping the future of global wealth and security.
Hosted by Joel Nagel, international attorney, investor, and long-time advocate for financial sovereignty, the 29th Annual Presidents Week Conference will take place Saturday, November 1 through Wednesday, November 5, 2025, at the Amrit Ocean Resort & Wellness Spa on Singer Island, Florida.
Over nearly three decades, Presidents Week has evolved into something far greater than a conference. It’s a trusted circle—a gathering that combines pragmatic insight with the deeper questions of what it means to protect, grow, and pass on wealth in a shifting world.
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Why Presidents Week Matters
In an era defined by volatility, Presidents Week offers rare clarity. The discussions held within its rooms are not about speculation or hype; they’re about positioning—understanding where the world is headed and how to meet it from a place of strength.
Each year, attendees arrive from across the globe—investors managing multi-jurisdictional portfolios, entrepreneurs expanding internationally, and families working to safeguard intergenerational wealth. They come not simply to learn, but to connect, to refine strategy, and to leave with a clearer framework for global resilience.
At the heart of Presidents Week lies one unchanging principle: freedom through preparation. Whether that means restructuring assets for tax efficiency, establishing second residencies, or exploring offshore opportunities, the goal is the same—to design systems that preserve autonomy in an increasingly regulated world.
The Vision of Joel Nagel
Few figures embody the philosophy behind Presidents Week more fully than Joel Nagel. As founder of Nagel & Associates, Joel has spent decades advising individuals and institutions on international business, asset protection, and cross-border tax and estate planning with the firm standing as a vanguard in international business law with over two decades of expertise.
Under his direction, Presidents Week has remained intimate by design. Attendance is limited, ensuring each participant gains genuine access to the speakers and specialists shaping today’s wealth-protection landscape. This focus on quality over scale has made it one of the longest-running and most respected gatherings of its kind anywhere in the world.
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Inside the Experience
Presidents Week is defined as much by its setting as its substance. The Amrit Ocean Resort & Wellness Spa on Singer Island provides a calm, immersive environment for reflection and exchange—sunlight, sea air, and space to think. Days are spent in focused sessions and private meetings; evenings unfold in relaxed conversations that often prove the most valuable of all.
The week’s format encourages collaboration. Formal presentations are interspersed with round-table discussions, private consultations, and spontaneous dialogues that spill over coffee or dinner. Many attendees describe it as a masterclass in global strategy wrapped inside a retreat—equal parts education and recalibration.
There are no wasted words, no crowds, and no distractions. Instead, Presidents Week creates what so many investors seek and rarely find: uninterrupted time with people who understand the language of sovereignty, opportunity, and intelligent risk.
What Attendees Gain
Presidents Week delivers tangible results. The content evolves each year to address the most urgent topics facing globally mobile investors and entrepreneurs, including:
- Adapting to evolving tax and estate-planning frameworks. Understanding the latest cross-border changes and how to remain both compliant and competitive.
- Structuring offshore assets and businesses for long-term efficiency. How to align legal entities, trusts, and banking relationships across jurisdictions.
- Exploring second residency and citizenship solutions. Practical approaches for greater mobility, protection, and access.
- Building resilient portfolios. Strategies that withstand political, currency, and market shocks.
- Integrating wellness and purpose into legacy planning. Recognizing that true wealth extends beyond balance sheets.
While the themes may shift with the times, the outcome remains consistent: participants leave equipped with knowledge they can apply immediately—frameworks that turn uncertainty into opportunity.
A Community of Builders
Over the years, Presidents Week has fostered a community unlike any other—one bound not by geography, but by outlook. Attendees often describe the week as both an education and a reunion: a meeting of people who see the world through a similar lens, who value independence, foresight, and quiet achievement.
Relationships formed here have led to long-term partnerships, joint ventures, and lifelong friendships. There is an unspoken understanding that the work done during these five days continues long after the conference ends. In that sense, Presidents Week functions less as an event and more as a catalyst—a yearly checkpoint for those navigating the complexities of global life.
Confirmed Speakers:
This year’s lineup brings together some of the most respected voices in international law, investment, and wealth strategy—leaders whose insights will define the conversations shaping 2025 and beyond. They include:
Matthew Piepenburg
Partner, VON GREYERZ AG.
Based out of Zurich, Switzerland, Matthew Piepenburg is a partner at VON GREYERZ, AG, the world’s leading precious metal service (acquisition, storage, transport and liquidity) provider for HNW private and institutional investors. Matthew began his finance career as a transactional attorney before launching his first hedge fund during the NASDAQ bubble of 1999-2001.
Jamie Alleyne
Managing Partner, Blue Marble Citizens, Inc
Jamie’s father left a 30+ year legacy of welcoming foreign investors to the Caribbean region and rolling out the red carpet for doing business. He was the head of Dominica’s National Development Corporation and was responsible for starting the Citizenship by Investment Programme in that country—now one of the most popular programs in the region.
Pierre Gabris
Founder & Managing Partner, Alpen Partners International AG
Mr. Pierre Gabris is the Founder and served as Managing Partner at Alpenrose Wealth Management. He previously worked as a senior client advisor at the private banking unit of Lombard Odier in Zurich and Geneva. Before that, he worked as a research sell-side analyst at Lombard Odier in Zurich and as an analyst at the institutional asset management unit of UBS in Zurich. He holds an MBA degree from Columbia University (New York) and a Master of Science in Production Management from the Swiss Institute of Technology. He is also a Certified Financial Analyst and Portfolio Manager (AZEK-CFPI).
Peter Zipper
Director, Georgetown Trust; President Emeritus & Director, Caye International Bank
From 2006 to 2018, Mr. Zipper served as President of Caye International Bank, Ltd. in Belize. He has over 35 years of international banking experience, including his time at Anglo Irish Bank. Originally from Canada, Mr. Zipper received his education in International Finance from the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, in 1984 and began his long career in finance across the globe shortly thereafter.
Honorable Mark Brantley
Premier of Nevis and leader of the CCM party
Honorable Mark Brantley serves as the Premier of Nevis, a position he has held since December 2017. A lawyer by profession, he received his Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of the West Indies in 1992 and his Legal Education Certificate of Merit from the Norman Manley Law School in 1994, then the fourth such award in the institution’s history. He also holds a Bachelor of Civil Law from the University of Oxford (1995), having won the Winter Williams Commonwealth Scholarship.
Erbil Gunasti is a geopolitical subject matter expert specializing in Turkiye, the Turkic Republics, and the expanding Turkish domain, as well as US foreign policy objectives in the Middle East and beyond. He is a political columnist for the Daily Mail of London, writing pro-Trump, anti-globalist monthly articles that alternate between Turkiye and President Recep T. Erdogan.
Daphne Barak is a world-renowned TV interviewer, Donald Trump delegate in 2016 and 2020, TV executive producer, author, documentary filmmaker, and philanthropist. She conducts one-on-one, sit-down, at-home interviews with heads of state, Hollywood stars, royals, and others of international stature. Her interviews are syndicated worldwide and reach hundreds of millions of people through TV and print outlets in markets including the UK, Australia, the Arab world, Turkey, Bosnia, Russia, Germany, Israel, the Netherlands, Italy, South Africa, Pakistan, Greece, Spain, France, Bulgaria, Croatia, and China.
Luigi Wewege
President, Caye International Bank
Luigi Wewege is the Senior Vice President and Head of Private Banking at Caye International Bank. He is the published author of The Digital Banking Revolution, now in its third edition, and has co-authored economic research that was presented before the U.S. Congress. Luigi currently serves as an Instructor at the FinTech School.
Joel M. Nagel
CEO, Nagel and Associates, LLC. Organizer and host for President’s Week
Joel M. Nagel is founder and managing partner of the international law firm of Nagel & Associates, LLC. The firm is Pittsburgh’s first law boutique focusing exclusively on international commercial transactions and international asset protection, estate planning and immigration/emigration law.
Michael K. Cobb
Director & CEO, ECI Development
At the height of a successful career in the computer industry, Mr. Cobb left to pursue more pioneering opportunities in the emerging real estate markets of Central America. In 1996, he and his business partner formed a company, Exotic Caye International, to provide loans to North Americans purchasing properties in Belize, Honduras, Costa Rica, and throughout the region. As the need for capital outstripped the supply, the mortgage company was converted to an international bank under the jurisdiction of Belize. As Caye International Bank, it continues to provide mortgage services but has expanded its offerings to encompass the full realm of financial products.
The Setting: Singer Island, Florida
Just north of Palm Beach, Singer Island is a place where perspective widens. The ocean becomes a constant reminder of movement and possibility—fitting for a conference devoted to global thinking. The Amrit Resort offers the quiet required for deep focus and the amenities that allow conversation to flow naturally: expansive terraces, calm meeting spaces, and the kind of privacy that encourages candor.
Presidents Week has long balanced business with reflection, understanding that strategic clarity often comes when the mind is at ease. The setting reinforces that rhythm—rigorous by day, restorative by night.
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Why It Matters Now
The world is not slowing down. Tax codes are tightening, governments are expanding oversight, and global mobility is being redefined. For those with assets, responsibilities, or aspirations that cross borders, waiting for stability is no longer a strategy.
Presidents Week stands as an antidote to uncertainty. It offers not promises but precision—a rare chance to engage directly with the minds who anticipate change before it happens. In an era when information is abundant but wisdom scarce, that access is invaluable.
For members of the Escape Artist community—people who live internationally, invest globally, and think generationally—Presidents Week represents the natural next step. It’s where ideas find context and strategy becomes execution.
How to Attend
To inquire about participation or confirm eligibility, please contact mary.alderson@nagellaw.com or isha@escapeartist.com. Space is limited and every participant is carefully vetted to ensure the integrity and focus of the experience remain unmatched.
Looking Ahead
Presidents Week is more than a date on the calendar—it’s a marker of intent. To attend is to acknowledge that wealth, like freedom, demands stewardship. It’s a week that invites you to lift your gaze beyond headlines and make decisions rooted in clarity, not fear.
Join us November 1–5, 2025, at the Amrit Ocean Resort & Wellness Spa on Singer Island, Florida.
Because the future belongs to those who plan for it.
