Trinidad and Tobago Delegation to Visit Middle East, New York for Presentations About...

Trinidad and Tobago Delegation to Visit Middle East, New York for
Presentations About Its New International Financial Center
WHO: Hon. Minister of Finance Karen Nunez-Tesheira
Ewart S. Williams, Governor, Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago
Vishnu Dhanpaul, Ministry of Finance
Mr. Samuel Martin, Chairman First Citizen Bank,
Mr. Earnest Littles, President, Trinidad and Tobago Tourism
Development Corp.
Ms. Hazel Marcelle, Trinidad and Tobago International Financial
Center.

WHAT: The delegation is traveling to Dubai and Qatar to meet with
government and industry officials to discuss the country's plans
and goals and for the new Trinidad and Tobago International
Financial Center (TTIFC). The delegation will then travel on to
New York for meetings at the Institutional Investor's Trinidad and
Tobago Investor Round Table. The delegation will discuss the TTIFC
with representatives from Moody's, Standard and Poor's, Credit
Suisse, JP Morgan, UBS and CitiGroup.

WHEN: The delegation has its first round of meetings scheduled for June
16-17 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and June 18-19 in Doha,
Qatar. The delegation will conduct meetings in New York on June
23.

WHERE: Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Doha, Qatar and New York.

CONTACTS: Beverly Foster, in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago,
(868) 776-8491
Hazel Marcelle, traveling with the Minister, (868) 735-1376
Eric Rosenberg, in Washington, D.C., at (703) 409-4932

**MEDIA AVAILABILITY**

For parties interested in setting up interviews with Hon. Minister of
Finance Karen Nunez-Tesheira at any point throughout the visit, please
contact:
Middle East and Global Financial Journalists contact: Eric Rosenberg,
(703) 409-4932 or Nu Wexler, (202) 689-4295 Nu.Wexler@ogilvypr.com
Caribbean journalists contact: Beverly Foster, in Port of Spain, Trinidad
and Tobago, (868) 776-8491 or Hazel Marcelle, traveling with the Minister,
(868) 735-1376
SOURCE Minister of Finance: Trinidad and Tobago