Former Major League Baseball star Darryl Strawberry is coming to Bermuda as a keynote speaker at a business conference.

He is the latest name to be added to a growing list of guest speakers and attendees for the World Alternative Investment Summit 2017 at the Fairmont Southampton in October.

The conference looks at alternative investments, and it is being promoted as the largest gathering of asset managers, family office and investment professionals. It will be held from October 11 to 14.

Special guest Mr Strawberry was a renowned slugger who won the World Series with both the New York Mets and the New York Yankees in a 17-year MLB career. He is also an ordained minister and co-founder of the Darryl Strawberry Recovery Centre. Other speakers at the summit include Charles Smith, of Charles Smith Exchange, Michael Murphy, of Rosecliff Ventures and Fox Business, Jon Najarian, of Najarian Family Office and CNBC Halftime Report, and Finn Poschmann, president of Atlantic Provinces Economic Council.

And the organisers have lined up former world heavyweight boxing champions Riddick Bowe, James Toney, Ray Mercer, Lamon Brewster, and Chris Byrd. Together with Earl “The Pearl” Monroe, a National Basketball League Hall of Famer.

Attendees at the summit will have the chance to join the Hall of Fame athletes at a live boxing event at Snorkel Park on October 14.

Further information on the conference is available at http://www.waisc.com/