The Hon. G. Wayne Panton, served in the Legislative Assembly (now Parliament) as a Member for Bodden Town, and as a Cabinet Minister from 2013-2017. Following his re-election in 2021, as Member of Parliament for Newlands, he was also sworn in as Premier (former). Hon. Panton also served as the Minister of Sustainability and Climate Resiliency (former) and the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development (former). 

The Hon. G. Wayne Panton was born in the Cayman Islands and grew up in Newlands, Grand Cayman. He attended Cayman Prep School and subsequently, what was then called the Cayman Islands High School. Following graduation from sixth form he attended the Cayman Islands Law School (now Truman Bodden Law School) and joined the firm of WS Walker & Co (now Walkers) as an articled clerk. After qualifying in 1988, he joined Walkers as a corporate and trust associate.

Hon. Wayne Panton became a partner in Walkers in January 1997. During a period of very significant growth he had been a member of the firm’s three-member Management Committee, the Deputy Managing Partner, Managing Partner of the firm’s international structured and asset finance practice and Chairman of the Walkers Group until his retirement in June 2011.

He has been active in a number of professional, civic organisations, district and community organisations and statutory authorities. He was President of the Caymanian Bar Association, Chairman of the Port Authority of the Cayman Islands, Vice Chairman of the National Trust for the Cayman Islands and a member of the Government Shipping Sector Consultative Committee. Hon. Panton is also a founder of the Alex Panton Foundation, a non-profit organisation dedicated to raising awareness and providing support for mental health challenges affecting children and young adults in the Cayman Islands.

As of 2025, Hon. Panton continues to serve in Parliament and holds the role of Parliamentary Secretary across several key portfolios: Health, Environment and Sustainability; Financial Services and Commerce; Caymanian Employment and Immigration; and Infrastructure.