A 10-Point Plan For US-CARICOM Future Relations - Felicia J. Persaud

Invest Caribbean founder and CEO, Felicia J. Persaud, on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, unveiled a 10-Point agenda for US and CARICOM engagement, as part of the lunch time chat series: ‘Strengthening CARICOM-U.S. Relations Through Trade And Investment.’

The event was presented by The Shridath Ramphal Center, (SRC), in collaboration with the US Embassy in Barbados and the University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus, Barbados. Persaud was a discussant on the panel.

HERE’S THE FULL PRESENTATION.

David Lewis, vice president of the D.C.-based Manchester Trade Ltd, also presented on the topic, delving into the historical trade agreements between the US and the CARICOM region, and focusing on government engagement of the US as a bloc.

The event was moderated by Dr. Jan Yves Remy, deputy director of the SRC.

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ICN, in its nine years of existence, has been the consistent conduit between private and institutional funders' and governments and private sector developers in the Caribbean region specifically.

It has been lauded by both regional governments and top global CEOs alike including Sir Richard Branson, for its effectiveness in being the matchmaker between funders and developers.

Invest Caribbean is the brainchild of Caribbean-born media entrepreneur, Felicia J. Persaud. It was founded in 2011 and began with a power breakfast in collaboration with regional tourism arm, the Caribbean Tourism Organization.

Its annual investment forums have attracted the Who’s Who of the capital markets. In the past four years alone, over 3,000 investment bankers, private equity investors, ministers of governments, hotel developers, tourism officials, architects, real estate developers, financial advisers, entrepreneurs, Chinese government officials and investors as well as the media have attended the events that are heavily promoted.

Past speakers and panelists have included:
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Anthony Eterno, U.S. State Department

Cao, Pengcheng, Vice Chairman, Beijing Municipal Commission of Tourism Development

Diana Jensen, OPIC

Qahir Dhanani, World Bank Group

Jonathan S. Blue, Chairman & Managing Director Of Blue Equity, LLC

W. Dave Dowrich, former Vice President Investment Banking, Goldman Sachs​

Raul Slavin, Aspenall Energies

Mark Austin,Bright Capital

Jacques-Philippe Piverger, MPowered
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Justin Locke, Carbon War Room

Government ministers and leaders from:
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The Turks & Caicos
Trinidad & Tobago
Bermuda
​St. Kitts & Nevis
Saint Martin

and more.

Past ICN honorees have included billionaire Sir Richard Branson, billion-dollar company, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Sandals Resorts Founder and Chairman, Gordon 'Butch' Stewart, HBO Latin America, DHL Caribbean, First Citizens TT, interCaribbean Airways & One Caribbean Television.

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