“I bring vast experience in export and entrepreneurial development practices in the Caribbean area; opportunities to facilitate trade and investment in Barbados and access to Barbadian incentives to develop successful businesses and collaborations”

Export Barbados the sole government agency with the responsibility to develop a cadre of innovative businesses within both the manufacturing and services sectors with the capacity to penetrate the export market through export development, international collaborations and international investment. 

With a rich history of product manufacturing within the bio-economy, inclusive of an internationally renowned rum sector, chemicals industries, and a building medical equipment and medical services sector.  We are currently seeking to build a life sciences industry and have an interest in learning best practice in the development of that sector, creating linkages with successful entrepreneurs and in attracting investment into Barbados.  

BIDC/Export Barbados is in the business of enhancing the economic performance of the Barbadian economy.  To that end, our responsibility is to create economic opportunities for local entrepreneurs to participate in the export sector.  We are therefore embarking on building out a nascent industry and I am therefore particularly interested in learning about how Louisiana developed its Life Sciences sector, the infrastructure that is needed, the best practices, investment infrastructure and incentives and the partnerships that make the sector work.  Partnerships are critical to this effort and building those partnerships with the participating business would be beneficial.  Specifically seeking investment opportunities, best practice information, economic development collaborations.