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.. The
Commonwealth Business Forum
Trinidad-and-Tobago On behalf of
our Director-General, Dr Mohan
Kaul, I have the honour to invite
you to the Commonwealth Business
Forum (CBF) taking place in
Port-of-Spain,
Trinidad-and-Tobago from 23rd to
26th November 2009, in
conjunction with the Commonwealth
Heads of Government Meeting
(CHOGM). As you may be aware, the
forum is one of the CHOGM
associated events, which adds a
significant business and economic
dimension to the biennial Heads
of Government
meetings. Organised by
the Commonwealth B;l;lusiness
Council (CBC) in collaboration
the Government of the Republic of
Trinidad-and-Tobago, the
Commonwealth Business Forum will
provide a valuable opportunity
for dialogue between business and
government leaders from the
modern Commonwealth and beyond,
aiming towards building new
economic and financial
architecture in the global
economy, and ensuring that it is
inclusive and beneficial to
all. The forum is a
biennial, high-profile business
event which will be attended by
some 800 business leaders to
include: Bajaj Auto, BA, BP,
Cable & Wireless, De La Rue,
Diamond Group, First Caribbean
International Bank, First
Citizens, KPMG, Mott McDonald,
QI, RBTT, SNC Lavalin, Standard
Chartered Bank, Unilever, Virgin
Atlantic, and other business and
community leaders from 40
different countries. There will
be over one hundred inspiring
eminent speakers &endash; 20
Heads of Government and 60
Ministers, focusing on the theme
"Partnering for More Equitable
and Sustainable Future &endash;
the Commonwealth and the
Americas" Confirmed
and Invited Speakers
Include: (Africans in
bold type) Hon
Patrick Manning Prime Minister
of Trinidad &
Tobago HE
Rupiah Banda President
of Zambia Hon
Bruce Golding Prime Minister
of Jamaica Hon
Sheikh Hasina Prime Minister
of Bangladesh HE
Yoweri
Museveni President
of the Republic of
Uganda Ms
Anna Kajumulo
Tibaijuka Executive
Director, UN-Habitat Hon
Tillman Thomas Prime Minister
of Grenada Hon Syed
Yousaf Raza
Gilani Prime
Minister, Pakistan Hon
David Thompson Prime Minister
of Barbados Prof
Joseph E.
Stiglitz 2001 Nobel
Prize Winner for
Economics Dr
AB Hayward Group Chief
Executive, BP Hon Hope
Ruhindi Mwesigye Minister of
Agriculture, Animal Industry And
Fisheries Group Managing
Director & CEO, QI
Ltd HE
Edwin W.
Carrington Secretary-General,
Caribbean Community Amb Luis
Fernando Andrade
Falla Secretary
General, Association of Caribbean
States Sir
Dwight Venner Governor of
the Eastern Caribbean Central
Bank Ms
Helen Clarke UNDP
Administrator Mr
Paul Skinner Chairman,
Commonwealth Business
Council Mr
Rahul Bajaj Chairman Bajaj
Auto Mr
Pascal Dozie Chairman,
Diamond Bank Group Mr
Louis Farrugia Group Chief
Executive, Simonds Farsons
Cisk, Malta Sir
Allan Fields KCMG,
Chairman, Cable & Wireless,
Barbados Mr
Michael Prior President
& CEO, Atlantic
Tele-Network Mr
Rajendra Pawar Chairman,
NIIT, India
.
The
Commonwealth Business Forum which
coincides with the 60th
anniversary of the modern
Commonwealth provides an ideal
platform to promote practical
ways to enhance trade and
investment, to build new business
partnerships, and to contribute
to key policy recommendations
presented to the CHOGM. Drawing
on the extensive Commonwealth
network, which includes a wide
cross-section of developed and
emerging markets, this Forum will
build on the success of previous
Forums in London, Johannesburg,
Abuja, Malta and Kampala.
Dato' Vijay
Eswaran