Three very powerful women involved in trade policy formulation and supply chain operations are among the panelists to lead discussions this Thursday, March 19, at a forum entitled ‘The Middle East Crisis: Implications for Global Trade and the Supply Chain” to be hosted by the World Trade Centre Georgetown (WTCG) from 5.30p.m. at the WTCG-44 High Street Kingston.
The forum, to be declared open by Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) and WTCG Executive Chairman Komal Samaroo, will feature analysis of the implications of the current Middle East Crisis on global trade including logistics and the supply chain with specific reference to Guyana and the rest of the CARICOM region and offer recommendations as to how regional enterprises might best navigate the implications of the crisis.
Three powerful women in the business of trade policy and supply chain operations- Dr. Kai-Ann Skeete, Trade Policy Research Fellow at the Shridath Ramphal Centre for International Trade, Law, Policy and Services based at the UWI Cave Hill Campus, Barbados; Ashley Van Lange, Operations Manager, RAMPS Logistics; and Patricia Bacchus, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Caribbean Container Inc. will be among the elite panel that will analyze the implications of the crisis.
They will be joined by international maritime consultant Eion Oudkerk and Simon Pantin, Amerijet’s Caribbean Regional Director.
Moderator of the Forum, WTCG Executive Director Wesley Kirton says “it is critical, notwithstanding the constant almost daily new developments in the crisis, to begin to analyze its implications and to seek to identify some strategies which could be applied to navigate these implications thereby cushioning the worse possible impact of the crisis. It is said that the best way to deal with the future is to anticipate and we at WTCG have organized this forum to look ahead and to plan ahead to deal with the implications.”
A networking reception will follow the forum.
