PROGRAMME

08:00 – 09:00

REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS

09:00 – 09:20

WELCOME AND KEYNOTE OPENING

  • Lord Henry Bellingham, former UK Minister for the Caribbean and Chairman, DMA Invest
  • Tim Reid, Chief Executive, UK Export Finance
  • Baroness Scotland, Commonwealth Secretary-General

09:20 – 10:20

MINISTRY PRESENTATIONS

Heads of Delegation present the Caribbean offer in a fireside chat.

Chair: Jesse McDougall, Head of UK Export Finance, Caribbean

Panellists:

  • Hon. Osmand Martinez, Minister for Foreign Trade, Belize
  • Hon. Oneidge Walrond, Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, Guyana
  • Sen. L. Ryan Pinder, K.C., Attorney General, Bahamas
  • Premier, Montserrat (tbc)
  • Minister, Trinidad & Tobago (tbc)
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10:20 – 11:20

FIRESIDE CHAT: THE CARIBBEAN OFFER

Heads of Delegation present the Caribbean offer in a fireside chat.

Chair: HMA Scott Furssendon-Wood, British High Commissioner to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean

Panelists:

  • Minister, Antigua and Barbuda (tbc)
  • Minister, Barbados (tbc)
  • Minister, Grenada (tbc)
  • Minister, St Lucia (tbc)
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11:20 – 11:50

REFRESHMENTS & NETWORKING

11:50 – 12:15

SPOTLIGHT ON THE JAMAICAN OPPORTUNITY

In conversation with:

  • Sen. Hon. Aubyn Hill, Minister of Industry, Investment & Commerce, Jamaica
  • Dawn Butler MP, Chair, All Party Parliamentary Group on Jamaica
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12:15 – 12:25

STRENGTH & DEPTH OF THE CARIBBEAN MARITIME OFFER

A visionary look at the vast potential of ports and harbours in the Caribbean.

• Darwin Telemaque, Chairman, Ports Management Association of the Caribbean

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12:30 – 13:30

CORE INFRASTRUCTURE – PORT, HARBOUR & AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT

A fundamental need to improve road networks and public transportation systems has always been central to trade, tourism, and overall mobility within and between Caribbean islands. A renewed global appetite for investing in these critical sectors, including bankable projects, is explored here.

Chair: : D’Jamila Ward, Regional Director, Commonwealth Caribbean, Department for Business and Trade

Panellists:

  • Simon Bunckenburg, Head of Infrastructure and Construction, UKEF
  • Sekou Alleyne, President, InvestTT
  • Hadley Bourne, Chief Executive, Grantley Adams International Airport, Barbados
  • Shulette Cox, President, JAMPRO
  • Sam Story, Associate Partner, Advisory, KPMG
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13:30-14:30

LUNCH BREAK

14:30 – 15:30

SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE, RENEWABLES & WATER

Investing in renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, and geothermal power can help reduce costs, and promote energy sustainability. Furthermore, this session highlights opportunities in core infrastructure delivering water in the Caribbean alongside an examination of the Caribbean’s non- fossil fuel wealth

Chair: Atam Sandhu, CEO, DMA Invest

Panellists:

  • HE Rejendre Khargi, Ambassador of the Republic of Suriname to the United Kingdom
  • Jennifer Jordan-Saifi, CEO, Sustainable Markets Initiative
  • Carole Marchand, Head of Product Development and Innovation Coordination Hub, MIGA, World Bank
  • Alston Fournillier, Deputy Chairman, Water & Sewerage Authority (WASA), Trinidad & Tobago
  • Rick Gambetta, Founder and CEO, greenCrowd Energy
  • Dr. Maryam Abdool-Richards, Chairman at Trinidad and Tobago’s National Insurance Property Development Company Limited (NIPDEC).
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15:30-16:00

REFRESHMENTS & NETWORKING

16:00 – 17:15

ACCESS TO FINANCE

This panel takes a look at access to finance from banks, non-banks and from multinational and government instruments designed for the Caribbean and island economies, it also examines the growing number of private equity vehicles in the wider Caribbean region.

Chair: Emma Thomas, Co-Head, Global Origination, UKEF

Panellists:

  • Michelle Ottey, Senior Investment Officer, PPP Transaction Advisory Services, IFC
  • Berisford Grey, President & CEO, Sygnus Group
  • Gregory N. Hill, Vice-President, Finance & Corporate Services, Caribbean Development Bank
  • Clarine Stenfert, Head of Trade Finance, MIGA, World Bank
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17:15-17:25

VIP CLOSING REMARKS: HMG

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17:30-18:15

GALA NETWORKING DRINKS RECEPTION