H. Jerome Thomas

H. Jerome Thomas is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of HJT Holdings, a diversified investment firm with interests spanning real estate, energy, technology, logistics, and infrastructure development. With over thirty years of international business and capital-development experience, he has built a strong reputation for structuring ventures that connect global capital with Africa’s emerging markets.

Throughout his career, Mr. Thomas has played a pivotal role in advancing Africa–Diaspora economic collaboration, leveraging networks across the United States, the Caribbean, and Africa to promote investment, trade, and private-sector innovation.

As Senior Advisor and Chairman of the Advisory Board of CIPA Holdings Group, he provides strategic oversight on governance, institutional development, and investment partnerships, reinforcing CIPA’s positioning as a credible platform for climate-resilient infrastructure and sustainable industrialization across Africa.