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the chamber in action<br />
Business Insights<br />
sessions at the<br />
Chamber<br />
January 16<br />
Restructuring Options in the Current<br />
Economic Climate<br />
Given today’s tough economic environment, the T&T Chamber<br />
hosted a Business Insights session to address issues of corporate<br />
restructuring. As CEO Gabriel Faria noted: “It is important<br />
to understand and identify the early warning signs of financial<br />
troubles ... Should businesses fall into difficulty, it is important<br />
that you have an efficient debt-restructuring plan.”<br />
Feature speaker Maria Daniel pointed to the danger of<br />
ignoring the signals of difficulty ahead – worsening cash flow,<br />
rising costs and declining revenue – and failing to change<br />
current practices. She proposed solutions for business owners<br />
who may run into difficulty.<br />
A group panel discussion followed, featuring Jeremy<br />
Bridglalsingh (Chief Financial Officer/Executive Director,<br />
Trinity Exploration and Production), Karen Yip Chuck (General<br />
Manager, Corporate and Investment Banking, Republic Bank),<br />
Richard Beckles (Principal Consultant, The Legal Consultancy),<br />
and Maria Daniel (Partner, Transaction Advisory Services,<br />
Ernst & Young).<br />
This session is available from our Business Insights ondemand<br />
library at https://chamber.org.tt/paid/restructuringoptions-current-economic-environment/.<br />
Left to right: feature speaker Maria Daniel, panellists Richard<br />
Beckles, Karen Yip Chuck and Jeremy Bridglalsingh<br />
Left to right: Dr Ronald Ramkissoon, Allana Steuart,<br />
Joe Pires, Sheivan Ramnath, Arun Seenath<br />
January 29<br />
Insights into the Agricultural and<br />
Agro-Processing Industry<br />
Agriculture is a sector with enormous potential for<br />
diversification. This Business Insights session aimed to increase<br />
awareness about the incentives, opportunities and impediments<br />
for anyone operating in the agricultural sector.<br />
The feature presentation was by Senator Avinash Singh,<br />
Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture, Land<br />
and Fisheries. He focused in detail on government incentives<br />
and programmes.<br />
An interactive panel discussion followed, which allowed<br />
the audience to pose questions and make comments to the<br />
panellists: Senator Singh, Sheivan Ramnath (CEO, Agricultural<br />
Development Bank), Joe Pires (Managing Director, Caribbean<br />
Chemicals), Allana Steuart (Managing Director, Bertie’s Pepper<br />
Sauce), Arun Seenath (Tax Partner, Deloitte), and Ronald<br />
Ramkissoon (Economic Development Advisory Board).<br />
This session is available on demand from our BI library<br />
at https://chamber.org.tt/paid/insights-agricultural-agroprocessing-industry/.<br />
08<br />
<strong>Trinidad</strong><br />
and <strong>Tobago</strong> Chamber<br />
of Industry and Commerce<br />
www.chamber.org.tt/contact-magazine
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