Invest Caribbean Now 2014 Program Directory

Invest Caribbean Now Summit 2014 • 1

Chairman’s Welcome

I take this opportunity to extend a warm Caribbean welcome to each and every one of you - especially this year’s honorees - to the fourth Invest Caribbean Now Summit. ICN is an innovative global summit that brings the world to the Caribbean for the purpose of sound economic invest-ments. We have and continue to focus our efforts on advancing the region. ICN has assessed the global landscape and understand the cutting edge compe-tition globally. We are preparing the Ca-ribbean nations and corporations to value the region, give back to the region and begin to utilize the Caribbean Diaspora talents. Our ultimate agenda at ICN is to be the singular most action Global Summit that provides the best desired outcome. Join me as we take a dedicated global po-sition to build a brighter more prosperous Caribbean region. Over the past year, we have worked diligently to expand the summit’s global focus with a new team and new Board. Please take a moment and join me in sa-luting our new team:

Ms. Sheila Newton-Moses, President Mr. Christopher Chaplin, Vice-President Mr. Joe Bernstein, Sponsorship Coordinator Ms. Ann Walters, Conference Coordinator Ms. Kathy Bronson, Communications Coordinator Mr. Anthony W. Phills, Chief Technical Officer

This year, I also want to take a moment

to salute the Sino-American Friendship Association, the Chinese American Busi-ness Development Center and my friend Li Li, who have worked extraordinarily hard to help us boost our China-Caribbe-an connection; our ICN 2014 Leadership Awardee, the Hon. Gordon ‘Butch’ Stew-art; our other 2014 corporate honorees: One Caribbean Television, interCaribbe-an Airways, DHL, First Citizens Bank and HBO Latin America; the media for their ongoing support; our remarkable panel-ists and speakers; the management and members of the Caribbean Council for Economic Development and our extraor-dinary volunteers . Next year we will be moving towards a wider expansion of our global focus on the new ‘Community of Latin Ameri-can and Caribbean States,’ (CELAC). We urge you to sign up now to ensure you are among our partners and on our guest list for future events. On behalf of our entire team, we thank you and hope you find economic and investment value at Invest Caribbean Now as we continue on our mission of ad-vancing wealth building in the Caribbean and beyond.

Regards

Felicia PersaudFounder/ChairmanInvest Caribbean Now

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Our new Board, which I’m honored to lead: Dr. Isaac Newton Dr. Marlyn Morris Mr. Arthur Piccolo Ms. Realene Glasgow Ms. Sheila Newton Moses Mr. Anthony W. Phills Mr. Christopher Chaplin Ms. Ann Walters Ms. Bridgette Donaldson Mr. Chuck Mohan

2 • Invest Caribbean Now Summit 2014

We here at ICN are extending a warm wel-come to you, our Caribbean partners, heads of states, dignitaries, ministers, investors, corpo-rations, developers, project designers and all friends of ICN. We know that you have come from near and far to participate in this one-of-a-kind Global In-vestment Summit. In our midst are individuals who have journeyed from as far as China, Africa, Russia, Europe, Costa Rica, Canada, Latin Amer-ica, the entire Caribbean region and of course across the United States. We value and appreciate your continued sup-port of ICN. We extend an extra special welcome to the representatives from the various Caribbe-an nations and our Caribbean colleagues in the Diaspora. We welcome our many impressive speakers, who will touch on cutting edge issues ranging from Renewable Energy, Medical Tourism, Regional and Global Economical focus, and investment opportunities to an exciting new Clothing line. Please enjoy the many panels that will focus on investment awareness; the silent auction; tasty lunch, fun cocktails, our special guests and the Exclusive Power Diamond Dinner that will be held later. This special dinner is where greater con-nections and possible investments will be made. A sincere welcome is also extended to our oth-er ICN partners, including Binglets, InvestTT, the Jamaica Observer, CaribPR Wire, Carib Seek, News Americas, One Caribbean, CABDC, WINN FM 98.9, Caribbean Commerce Magazine and the Woody Wilson Fine Clothing.

Sincere thanks to our extraordinary Chair-man and Founder, Ms. Felicia J. Persaud, whose untiring and diligent efforts have led to focus of this magnitude being given to the region; our three time Ivy League exceptional Caribbean Scholar (Harvard included) and keynote speaker, Dr. Isaac J. Newton, our Chinese officials, Woody Wilson, designer to the Stars, whose collection from Beverly Hills will be graciously displayed for our enjoyment, Mr. Malik Yoba, an actor and singer; Mr. Gordon “Butch” Stewart, owner and Chairman of over two dozen companies through-out the Caribbean, North America and Great Britain, including the luxurious Sandals Resorts, who will also be the recipient of our 2014 Lead-ership Award; Mr. Anthony Phills, our branding and Technical Executive Officer, our CC-FED President Raelene Glasgow and CC-FED Chair-woman, Dr. Marlyn Morris. ICN welcomes you all to this grand event to-day, where our focus will be the islands of Trin-idad and Tobago. Be sure to network and make great investment relationships. I guarantee you that nowhere else will you find such an array of great talents all from the region, gathered togeth-er in one central location, having a grand time while sharing great ideas. Please utilize the talents and resources around you, support the progress of the region so that it can grow stronger and maintain a competi-tive edge and gain its place in the global econom-ic outlook. Make it count today and leave with a Big Ap-ple/Caribbean welcome. Let’s come together and do our part for the Caribbean, so that progress can be realized.

President’sWelcome

Regards

Sheila Newton-MosesPresidentInvest Caribbean Now


Message from the Mayor of the City Of New York



10:30 – 11:30 REGISTRATION, NETWORKING, SILENT AUCTION

11:31 AM EMCEE WELCOMEMr. Ernie Anastos, Emmy-Award winning news anchor, WNYW-TV, NY

11:34 AM PRAYER OF PROSPERITYBishop Orlando Findlayter, Senior Pastor, New Hope Christian Fellowship

11:36 AMBEIJING WELCOMEDr. Ma, Lin Deputy Secretary-General of Beijing Municipal Government 11:37AMEMCEE INTRODUCTION OF ICN FOUNDERMr. Ernie Anastos, Emmy-Award winning news anchor, WNYW-TV, NY

11:38 AMOPENING REMARKSMs. Felicia J. Persaud, Founder/Chairman, Invest Caribbean Now/CMO, Hard Beat Communications

11:45 AMLUNCH IS SERVED

12:30 PM EMCEE WELCOME BACKMr. Ernie Anastos, Emmy-Award winning news anchor, WNYW-TV, NY

12:31 - 1:01 PM Panel 1: GLOBAL TRENDS & THE CARIBBEAN

PANELISTS: Janine Craane, Managing Director and Global Insti-tutional Consultant, Merrill LynchAmbassador Jamie Vargas, former ambassador of the Dominican Republic, Mr. Sergio Millian, Presi-dent, the Russian-American Cham-ber of Commerce. Anthony A. L. Ad-jasse, President / CEO, Allied African Nations Chamber Of CommerceMr. Larry Lee, President, China Daily USA

MODERATOR: Valence Williams, Senior Vice President Aegis Capital

1:02 PMKEY NOTE SPEAKERDr. Isaac J. NewtonParamount Communications Consultancy 1:10 PM MEET THE COUNTRY OPPORTUNITIES A spotlight on Specific investment opportunities - Trinidad & Tobago Minister of Trade, Industry, Invest-ment and Communications, Hon. Senator Vasant Bharath

1:12 P.M. MEET THE OPPORTUNITIES – New Innovative Project: Caribbean Market Village, St. Lucia

1:19 PMADVANCING WEALTH IN THE CARIBBEAN WITH TECHNOLOGY & DESIGNMr. Anthony Wellington PhillsCaribbean Commerce Magazine/Media, Calypso Cloud and Blinglet Inc.

1:25 PM Panel 2: “Beijing-Caribbean Tourism and Investment Opportunities.” Presented By: The World Tourism Cities Federation, China Daily & The Sino-American Friendship Association

Panelists: Dr. Ma, Lin Depu-ty Secretary-General of Beijing Municipal Government, Mr. Cao, Pengcheng, Vice Chairman, Beijing Municipal Commission of Tourism Development, Ms. Li, Li, Managing Director, Chinese American Business Development Center, Mr. Richard Nixon, NATCOM International and past Chargé d’ Affaires at Embassy of Grenada to China

MODERATOR: Mr. Arthur Piccolo, Chairman New Sports Group/Bowling Green Association

1:55 PM TEA BREAKNetworking

2:30 PM EMCEE WELCOME BACKMs. Kara Coleman, News Anchor, WSEE/One Caribbean Television

The Biggest Caribbean Investment Summit Outside The CaribbeanAdvancing Wealth In The Caribbean


2:31 PMPanel 3: INTRODUCING THE NEW TREND IN TOURISM – MEDICAL TOURISM

Panelists: Mr. Colin Childress, CEO/Founder, Global Med Choices, Turks & Caicos Mr. Paul Angelchik, M.D., Chairman/CEO, American World Clinics, Mr. Patrick Goodness, CEO, The Good-ness Company, Ms. Donna Miller, Founder/President/CEO, Flying ICU

MODERATOR: Mr. Christopher Chaplin, Vice-Pres-ident, Invest Caribbean Now/Hard Beat Communications, Inc.

3:01 PM Panel 4: INTRODUCING A NEW TREND IN THE CARIBBEAN - Clean Energy

Panelists: Ms. Diana Jensen , OPICAmbassador Angus Friday, Grenada Ambassador to the USMr. Mark Austin, Venture Partner, Bright Capital, Mr. Raul Slavin, Aspe-nall Energies, Mr. Jacques-Philippe Piverger, CEO, MPowered

Moderator: Mr. Justin Locke, Director of Islands, Sir Richard Branson’s, Carbon War Room.

3:26 PM FEATURED INTERVIEW: THE CARIBBEAN DIASPORA: A REAL SOURCE FOR INVESTMENT? Presented By One Caribbean Television

Panelists: Mr. Qahir Dhanani, Private Sector Development Specialist, the World Bank Group, Leigh Moran, Program Manager, International Diaspora Engagement Alliance, Mr. Brian Lilly, Founder, One Caribbean TelevisionDr. Marlyn Morris, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Caribbean Council For Economic DevelopmentInterviewer: Mr. Irwine Clare, Advisory Board Member, Jamaica Diaspora USA, NE & CEO, Caribbean Immigrant Services.

3:50 PMThe Woody Wilson Of Beverly Hills Tropical Collection for the Caribbean Announcement and preview of collection by: Mr. Woody Wilson, designer to the Stars, Beverly Hills

4:00 PMSUMMIT CONCLUDES

4:01 PMCOCKTAIL AWARDS & NETWORKING RECEPTION Cambridge Room, Harvard Club NETWORKING & SILENT AUCTION

5:00 PMWELCOMEJoey Stephens & Bob, news anchor, One Caribbean Television

5:03 PMGREETINGS Hollywood Actor Malik Yoba

5:06 PMAWARDS PRESENTATION, ACCEPTANCE & PHOTO OPDHL Caribbean – 2014 Service Excellence Award

5:08 PMAWARDS PRESENTATION, ACCEPTANCE & PHOTO OPFirst Citizens – 2014 Service Excellence Award - Banking

5:11 PMAWARDS PRESENTATION, ACCEPTANCE & PHOTO OPHBO Latin America – ICN 2014 Alliance Award

5:14 PMAWARDS PRESENTATION, ACCEPTANCE & PHOTO OPinterCaribbean Airways – ICN 2014 Visionary Award

5:17 PMAWARDS PRESENTATION, ACCEPTANCE & PHOTO OPOne Caribbean Television- 2014 Media Visionary Award

5:20 PMAWARDS PRESENTATION, ACCEPTANCE & PHOTO OPICN 2014 LEADERSHIP AWARD – Hon. Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart, OJ, CD, Hon. LLD, Chairman of Sandals Resorts International

5:30 - 6:30 PMNetworking ‘Happy’ Video Shoot

6:30 - 8:30 PMEXCLUSIVE PRIVATE DIAMOND DINNER FOR 20



Mr. Larry LeeMr. Larry Lee is president and editor-in-chief of China Daily USA, a subsidiary of China Daily Group, which is the largest English-language newspaper publishing company in China. He is responsible for the business development of China Daily abroad.

Ms. Sheila Newton MosesMs. Sheila Newton-Moses is the founder of the Caribbean Market Village, St. Lucia. She has spent over 23 years as CEO and President of several profit and non-for-profit organiza-tions; has worked as commissioner, educator and campaign manager and has held advisory positions on various national and international boards. Sheila is the new president of Invest Caribbean Now and a board member.

Our Speakers

Mr. Ernie AnastosMr. Ernie Anastos is a distinguished and popu-lar Emmy Award-winning anchor for the FOX flagship station WNYW-TV in New York. As a dynamic New York Hall of Fame Broadcaster, Ernie has an extraordinary record of achieve-ment. He has won more than 30 Emmy awards and nominations. He is the first and only New York TV anchor to receive the coveted “Life-time Emmy Award, the highest honor given for his outstanding and personal accomplishments in the television industry.

Ms. Janine CraaneMs. Janine Craane is Managing Director - Wealth Management and International Wealth Management Advisor and Global Institutional Consultant at Merrill Lynch. She was named to Barron’s Top 1,000 Financial Advisors list annually from 2009 through 2012 and to its Top 100 Women Financial Advisors every year since 2008.

Bishop Orlando FindlayterBishop Orlando Findlayter is a senior pastor at the New Hope Christian Fellowship, a commu-nity activist who fights for the rights of others and Chairman of Churches United to Save and Heal, (CUSH).

Dr. Ma, LinDr. Ma, Lin is the Deputy Secretary-General of the Beijing Municipal Government with responsibility for science, information technol-ogy, tourism, software development, education in Beijing.

Mr. Sergio MillianMr. Sergio Millian is the president of the Russian-American Chamber of Commerce which assists American and Russian business owners with international trade and commerce, investment, tourism and overall business development.

Mr. Valence WilliamsMr. Valence Williams is currently a senior vice president with Aegis Capital on Wall Street. He has spent the last 34 years in a range of capacities including global investment banking, capital markets, institutional and retail trading of stocks, bonds, commodities and other sophisticated financial instruments. His current emphasis is emerging markets.

Ambassador Jamie VargasAmbassador Jaime Vargas began his diplomatic career as Consul General of the Dominican Republic to Tokyo from 1996 to 2000. He has focused on bringing sustainable and affordable energy solutions to the people of the Domin-ican Republic. He currently sits on the Board of Directors for the Dominican Transmission Electricity Company (“ETED”), the national power company which operates the National Interconnected Electric System (SENI) to pro-vide transport services for high voltage electric power to the Dominican Republic.


Mr. Arthur PiccoloMr. Arthur Piccolo is the CEO of New Sports Group, LLC. His background is in marketing and public service. In the past he has served as a Congressional Aide and a consultant, and most recently and currently as the chairman of the Bowling Green Association, a Wall Street area improvement group.

Mr. Cao, PengchengMr. Cao, Pengcheng is the Vice Chairman of the Beijing Municipal Commission of Tour-ism Development with major responsibilities in planning and promoting the growth of the tourism industry in Beijing and in formulating and executing policies that foster and accelerate the growth of tourism into the city.

Mr. Richard A. NixonMr. Richard A. Nixon is the CEO of NATCOM International and is the former Chargé d’ Af-faires of the Embassy of Grenada to China. He is an accomplished, results-oriented diplomat & executive with expertise directing domes-tic and international operations, marketing, and business development initiatives; skilled at leveraging technology realizing strong and sustainable revenue growth.

Mr. Anthony W. Phills Mr. Anthony Phills is a brand specialist who was born in Trinidad and Tobago. His latest work can be seen in the Disney movie, ‘Million Dollar Arm.’ Anthony is the also the founder of Caribbean Commerce Magazine/Media, Calypso Cloud and Blinglet Inc.; serves as chief technical officer of Invest Caribbean Now and also sits on the ICN Board.

Ms. Li Li Ms. Li Li is a key partner of Invest Caribbean Now and serves as the managing director of the Chinese American Business Development Cen-ter, (CABDC) and as executive vice president of the Sino-American Friendship Association. She is also a council-member representing Small to Medium Business, (SMB), at the Business Development council for American Enterprises in China.

Ms. Felicia J. Persaud Ms. Felicia J. Persaud is a multiple award-win-ning, Caribbean-born journalist, columnist and activist who founded digital media solutions company, Hard Beat Communications, Inc., in 2004.She currently serves as the CMO of the company, which owns the brands: Carib-PR Wire, the only newswire of the Caribbean and part of the UBM plc company, the PR Newswire; News Americas, the newswire for the Caribbean and Latin America and Invest Caribbean Now, the biggest investment summit on the Caribbean outside the region.

Mr. Anthony A. L. AdjasseMr. Anthony A. L. Adjasse is the President / CEO of the Allied African Nations Chamber Of Commerce, (AANCC), founded by thirty-six members of the African Nations Diplomatic corps to the United Nations in New York City. Its goal is to boost investment globally between Africa and the world.

Dr. Isaac J. NewtonDr. Isaac J. Newton is this year’s Invest Carib-bean Now keynote speaker. He is a graduate of Columbia (Ed. D, International Education and Economics), Harvard (Ed.M., Administration and Social Policy), Princeton (M.Div., Ethics and Public Policy), and Oakwood Universi-ty (B.A. Theology and History). Dr. Newton served as an advisor to President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia; is an International Leadership and Change Management Expert and part of Paramount Communications where he inte-grates over 22 years of global experience with pragmatic solutions.

Senator the Honourable Vasant BharathSenator the Honourable Vasant Bharath is the Minister of Trade, Industry, Investment and Communications of the Twin-Island Republic of Trinidad & Tobago, comes from an interna-tional corporate background with a record of achievement in complex and culturally diverse business transformations. Prior to his current post, Senator Bharath served as Minister of Food Production, Land and Marine Affairs for May 2010 to June 2012.


Our Speakers

Mr. Christopher Chaplin Mr. Christopher Hans Chaplin is a director at Hard Beat Communications Inc. and also serves in the capacity of vice president of both Hard Beat and Invest Caribbean Now.

Mr. Colin Childress, JD, MBA-IMMr. Collin Childress JD, MBA, is the CEO and founder of Global MedChoices. Global MedChoices was founded out of the desire to create a mutually beneficial healthcare model that would support patients and medical pro-fessionals in both the Caribbean Basin and the US/Canada.

Ms. Diana Jensen Ms. Diana Jensen is director, Renewable Energy Finance, OPIC, the U.S. Government’s devel-opment finance institution. Prior to returning to OPIC recently, Diana spent 2+ years as VP, Finance and US Operations with Azure Power, an Indian-based company developing and oper-ating solar power plants in India.

Mr. Patrick GoodnessPatrick Goodness is the CEO of The Goodness Company: Global Healthcare and Medical Tourism Marketing. Goodness is a recognized leader in healthcare marketing and consults with private and public healthcare organizations around the world on healthcare branding, med-ical marketing, healthcare destination branding, medical tourism marketing and more.

Mr. Brian Lilly Mr. Mark Austin is a Venture Partner with Bright Capital, which was named “Cleantech Investor of the Year in 2012” by the Cleantech Venture Group and invests broadly in renew-able energy, distributed generation, energy and resource efficiency, and sustainable technolo-gies. Currently he also serves as an Entrepre-neur-in-Residence in the fields of energy and nanotechnology.

Mr. Justin LockeMr. Justin Locke is Director of Islands at Sir Richard Branson’s Carbon War Room. He brings over 10 years of international develop-ment and project management experience to his current role – most of which was dedicated to addressing the unique development chal-lenges of small island developing states in the Caribbean and Pacific regions.

Ambassador Angus FridayAmbassador Angus Friday is the Ambassador of Grenada to the United States and based in Washington, D.C. Formerly Oceans Represen-tative at the World Bank, Ambassador Friday also served as Grenada’s Ambassador to the United Nations.

Ms. Kara ColemanMs. Kara Coleman is the ICN 2013 emcee and a news anchor on NBC affiliate, WICU and CBS affiliate WSEE, which is based in her hometown of Erie, Pennsylvania. Kara can also be seen anchoring the daily Caribbean news round-up across the Caribbean on One Caribbean Television.

Mr. Jacques-Philippe PivergerMr. Jacques-Philippe Piverger is a social entrepreneur who is harnessing business and philanthropic experience to effect change where it is needed most in the globe. He is Chief Exec-utive Officer & Co-founder of MPOWERD, Inc. which aspires to eradicate Energy Poverty by providing humanity with affordable, renewable sources of light and power to enrich lives.



Mr. Qahir DhananiMr. Qahir Dhanani is a Private Sector Devel-opment Specialist, the World Bank Group of Washington, DC. His work focuses on inno-vation, entrepreneurship and access to finance issues in developing countries, primarily in Europe, Central Asia and the Caribbean. Qahir is the author of the report: “Diaspora Investing: The Business and Investment Interests of the Caribbean abroad.”

Mr. Woody WilsonMr. Woody Wilson is a designer to the stars in Beverly Hills, CA and President at the Woody Wilson Collection of Fine Custom Clothing. With a keen business sense, a dedication to detail, and a requirement for opulence, Woody was able to secure his first venture within two weeks of launching his business; producing and designing signature white suits for Sean “P. Diddy” Combs. The Woody Wilson way of life can be described as “Functional Luxury” high quality shirts, suits, pants, sport coats, tuxedos and overcoats.

Ms. Leigh MoranMs. Leigh Moran is Program Manager at the US State Department and USAID”s Internation-al Diaspora Engagement Alliance (IdEA) and a Senior Officer on the Strategic Initiatives team at Calvert Foundation.

Mr. Joey Stephens Mr. Joey Stevens, more commonly called ‘The Caribbean Weatherman,’ has been forecasting weather for the Caribbean with his partner and sidekick, ‘Bob The Parrot’ for some 10 years. Joey has been forecasting weather for quite a bit longer, however, with a career that goes back over 40 years.

Dr. Marlyn MorrisDr. Marlyn Morris Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Caribbean Council For Eco-nomic Development, an American registered Not-for-Profit agency, committed to economic development of the Caribbean through Diaspo-ra engagement. She is also the co-founder and program manager of the Canadian Research Centre for Humanities and Science.

Mr. Malik YobaThirty-plus acting credits has solidified Ab-dul-Malik Kashie Yoba, better known by his stage name Malik Yoba’s status as a distin-guished Hollywood actor.

He has starred in a number of hit TV shows and movies including his groundbreaking role in the drama series ‘New York Undercover’ along with films like Tyler Perry‘s ‘Why Did I Get Married?’ and its sequel.

He got his break on the big screen playing a Jamaican bobsledder in the now infamous mov-ie, “Cool Runnings.” He can be seen currently on Fox in the Hip-Hop Drama ‘Empire’ as the co-star opposite Terrence Howard (Lucious Lyon). Yoba plays Vernon Turner, the longtime friend from the streets and business associate of Lyons, who is now the chairman of the board of Empire Entertainment.

Mr. Raoul Slavin Mr. Raoul Slavin is Co-Founder and Managing Director of Aspenall Energies, LLC, a Puerto Rican renewable energy start-up dedicated to the development of industrial scale renewable energy projects in Puerto Rico and the Carib-bean, and in making strategic renewable energy investments outside the Caribbean.

Dr. Paul Angelchik, M.D.Dr. Paul Angelchik, M.D., has been a success-ful, independent cosmetic and reconstructive surgeon and has served on the staff at numer-ous hospitals in the Phoenix, AZ area. He is currently the Chairman and CEO of American World Clinics.

Our Speakers


Mr. Irwine Clare, Sr., O.D.Mr. Irwine Clare, Sr., O.D. is an Advisory Board Member of the Jamaica Diaspora USA, NE and CEO of the Caribbean Immigrant Services. He is an expert on the Caribbean Diaspora as an advocate for many years in the U.S. and is a former banker at Bank Leumi.

Mr. Brian Lilly Mr. Brian Lilly is the CEO of Lilly Broadcasting, which owns WICU/WSEE and CW in Erie, PA. His passion for the Caribbean led him to launch One Caribbean Television in 2008, which covers the entire Caribbean and Central America 24/7 and can be seen in the Caribbean US Diaspora on RCN Cable.



Congratulations To Our 2014 ICN Honorees

This year’s 2014 prestigious ICN Leadership Award goes to a man who in an age of great men stands out as a bea-con of human possibility. Mr. Gordon Arthur ‘Butch’ Stewart, O.J., C.D., Hon. LLD, has for more than thirty years, blazed a trail that has redefined entre-preneurship and humanized success. His easy pace, infectious warmth and trademark striped shirt, belies the prow-ess and acute business acumen responsi-ble for his estimated billion-dollar, pri-vately-owned Jamaican-based empire that today includes 24 Caribbean tour-ism resort properties, Appliance Traders Ltd. and The Observer media company. His Sandals Resorts International,

which he founded in 1981, now operates 10 resorts and three private villas in Ja-maica, three resorts in Saint Lucia, three in The Bahamas, two in Antigua, one in Grenada, one in Barbados and one in The Turks & Caicos Islands – and is poised for continued growth. By steadfastly adhering to the “We Can Do It Better” principle of pleasing his guests, Stewart has fostered a compa-ny free to imagine and free to consistent-ly raise the bar. ICN salutes Mr. Gordon Arthur ‘Butch’ Stewart for not only investing in the Caribbean, but for being an inspira-tion to all of the Caribbean, its entrepre-neurs and the World.

ICN 2014 Leadership Award

Hon. Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart, OJ, CD, Hon. LLD, Chairman of Sandals

Resorts International

The ICN 2014 Service Excellence Award in Logistics goes to DHL Carib-bean for its commitment and invest-ment in the Caribbean region and for providing business owners with a faster way of connecting to the global world.

ICN 2014 Service Excellence Award

ICN 2014 Service Excellence Award– Banking

First Citizens is being presented with this year’s ICN Service Excellence Award in Banking for its excellent service, in-vestment and commitment to the Carib-bean region and the world, in the field of banking and for being one of the high-est-rated indigenous financial institution in the English-speaking Caribbean. ICN 2014

Alliance Award

The 2014 ICN Alliance Award goes to HBO Latin America for its commit-ment to partnership and expansion in the Caribbean region, including with TiVi S.A. - the fast-growing television provider in Haiti. .

The ICN 2014 Visionary Award is being presented to interCaribbean Airways for its strategic decision to expand into a much needed inter-re-gional carrier in the Caribbean region, a move that will undoubtedly boost in-ter-regional tourism.

ICN 2014 Visionary Award

One Caribbean Television and its entire team is being presented with the 2014 Media Visionary Award for its commitment to the region and its peo-ple through its dedication and service to millions of Caribbean nationals dai-ly – in the Caribbean, Central America and across the United States.

ICN 2014 Media Visionary Award







The International Monetary Fund in its Regional Economic Outlook for the Western Hemisphere” is projecting regional growth of 2.5 per cent in 2014 for the Caribbean region. The tour-ism-dependent economies are expected to grow on average by 1.4 per cent in 2014 and the commodity exporters by 3.2 per cent. Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) have made laudable progress in the past fifteen years in reducing pov-erty, building the middle class and pro-moting prosperity for all levels of soci-ety. The sheer values of the Caribbean eco-systems are in the trillions of dol-lars. It maintains stable, governance,

middle income economies, have access to varied currencies, and a highly dis-ciplined and educated skilled human resource base both within the region and in the overseas Diasporas. The re-gion remains under-populated but with an abundance of minerals including oil, gold, gas, forestry and water. Offshore education, health services and information and communication technology (ICT) enabled activities ARE identified as possible additional areas of potential growth, particularly for English-speaking countries. In offshore education, medical schools, represent a small but grow-ing services sector that has responded to a growing and unfulfilled demand

for physicians in the United States. St. George’s University School of Medicine in Grenada and Ross University School of Medicine in Dominica are two of 23 primarily offshore medical schools in the region, whose graduates together account for close to 70 percent of the international medical graduates enter-ing the US. Demographic trends sug-gest there is scope for an expansion of growth in this sector. Similarly, the cross-border pro-vision of health services has created opportunities for Caribbean health service and health-tourism providers. (A Time to Choose: Caribbean Develop-ment in the 21st Century) .

FAST FACTS“Here and there you find skep-ticism that lots of things have been tried, but there is energy in the Caribbean to talk about what can be done differently for different results.”

Françoise Clottes, World Bank Country Director


TOP NATIONS LOOKING AT THE CARIBBEAN

From 2003 until 2012, China’s in-vestment in the Caribbean has grown to US$500 million. During his June 2013 visit to Trinidad and Tobago, China’s President Xi Jinping announced US$3 billion in soft loans and investments, as well as a grant of US$8 billion to the re-gion. Most of the investments are meant for the construction of highways, ports and hospitals. While small compared with China’s presence in Latin America and Africa, it represents a substantial investment in contrast to the erosion of the US’s position in the region. Chi-nese corporations’ direct investments in the region have averaged about US$10 billion per year since 2010 in the Carib-bean and Latin American region. Their presence and economic leverage have become very significant in many indus-tries and countries of the region.

Latin America received 13 percent of the country’s total OFDI stock, al-though 92 percent of this went to the British Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands, and the remaining 8 percent went mainly to Brazil, Peru, the Bolivar-ian Republic of Venezuela and Argenti-na. (Summit on the Global Agenda World Economic Forum, November 2013) France is seeking to have its ma-jor companies engage in five key mar-kets: Panama, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Trinidad and Haiti. (David Jessop, News Americasnow.com) Over the last two to three years, Rus-sian interest in the Caribbean has been growing. Moreover, Russian visitors are growing in the Caribbean. According to Dominican Republic tourism officials, some 158,415 Russian visitors visited the country in 2012, a figure 35 per cent higher than in the previous year, and one that they hope will grow by around 51 per cent this year. (David Jessop, News Americasnow.com) .

How To Set Up A Company Or Open An International Personal & Corporate Accounts In The Caribbean?

There are several locations to open an account for an offshore company in the Caribbean. All reputable banks will require very detailed personal and business information from the owners and con-trollers of the offshore account. In particular, the bank will need to know and identify the actual benefi-cial owner (s) of the offshore company. All such persons, as well as everyone who will be granted account signatory rights, will have to be properly identi-fied and will have to provide a number of documents - such as a certified pass-port copy, a copy of a second photo-ID, a bankers and/or professional refer-ence, a detailed business description and a cash flow forecast. (These docu-mentary requirements may vary.)

While account introduction through an approved intermediary is still often possible without personal appearance of the owner of the company in the bank, nevertheless the banks will require to know their clients in very substantial detail. This is simply required by the laws that regulate banking industry. However, in order to open a bank account for an offshore company, the most important aspect is that of the actual owners and controllers of the company, its business and manner of operation.

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The Caribbean Market Village (CMV) is a tourist driven, ‘all included’ des-tination to be established on the island of Saint Lucia in the southern Caribbean. A synergistic blend of five profit centers, CMV, targets honeymooners, vacationers, families, business travelers, local businesses, entrepreneurs and on-island leaders. This novel concept in Caribbean tourism establishes a new philosophy in the hos-pitality business that speaks to value, sustainability, growth and success. Imagine a family-oriented tourist destination, where all you desire in Saint Lucia is at your fin-gertips: fun, exotic foods, laughter, romance, adventure, culture, nature, sea life, teen center, business center, kids through teen water park, a carnival celebration and much more! CMV is the natural evolution of the ‘all inclusive’ concept. This is a business brand that does not exist anywhere in the Caribbean. CMV is comprised of five lines of business, each representing one of the five points of our “starfish” theme. They include 1) Starfish Plaza; 2) Kidsville – Island of Tudor; 3) Saxman Executive Office Suites; 4) Club Excelsior, Saint Lucia; and 5) Serenity Village & Cliffside Suites. While these profit centers are completely autono-mous and complete, they serve to reinforce and strengthen the value offered by each, creating a synergy that is unmatched anywhere else on the island or in the Caribbean. Presently. the CMV is open for investment. For more information about The Caribbean Market Village please contact Sheila Newton Moses.

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