The delegation from the Cayman Islands led by the Premier Hon Alden McLaughlin, including Financial Services Minister Hon Tara Rivers met with Lord Marland of Odstock, Chairman of the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council (CWIC) and Richard Burge, Chief Executive. The meeting was arranged by the Cayman Islands Representative in the UK, Eric Bush following earlier discussions with the Council’s Director of Business Development, Abdul Hamza.
The meeting was to discuss the strategic partnership between the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council and the Cayman Islands. In discussion is the possibility of co-hosting a CWIC event in 2019.
Mr Bush said of the meeting “This meeting was the continuation of a conversation that we started in Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings and we look forward to a continued a beneficial partnership with CWIC for the Cayman Islands.”
Lord Marland of Odstock, Chairman of the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council, is a British businessman and politician, having served as Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy, Minister for Energy and Climate Change and Business, Innovation and Skills, and Treasurer of the Conservative Party.