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LINKAGE SPECIAL EDITION 3/2018 AMCHAM T&T STALWART NICHOLAS GALT: THE HANDOVER LEADING THROUGH CHANGE HSSE & LEADERSHIP Building A Safety Culture IN THIS ISSUE: Cyber Incident Response Plan Our Economic Tipping Points The Not So Secret Secret of Great Leadership AMCHAM T&T AMCHAM ON THE INSIDE AS "THE PATHWAY TO THE AMERICAS", SOME OF AMCHAM T&T’S SERVICES ARE LISTED BELOW: Did you know? One-on-One Appointments AMCHAM T&T Organsing Your Event Our strong mix of formidable local and Through our local and international (Event must be trade or business-related) international member companies, strong connections as well as the international AMCHAM T&T can arrange the logistics of networking links, close association with the AMCHAM network, AMCHAM T&T can arrange your event, all arrangements including sending U.S. Embassy and alliances with the Association one-on-one appointments for companies out invitations via email or otherwise, and of American Chambers of Commerce in who are seeking to expand their business in special invitation to ministers / diplomatic Latin America and The Caribbean (AACCLA) Trinidad and Tobago and the Americas. corps, following up for responses, coordination all ensure rapid access to what you need of logistics at venue before and after function. to compete effectively both in local and overseas markets. We can therefore secure AMCHAM T&T Executive Info Session for members strategic information on doing Launching a new product or service? AMCHAM Join an AMCHAM T&T Committee! business in a particular country as well as T&T’s InfoSessions are an excellent way of • Chamber Experience and Imaging (CEI) set up introductions to the right business niche marketing to the decision makers of Committee organisations or companies in the U.S. and our 280 member companies, as well as to • Digital Transformation Committee throughout the western hemisphere. the wider business community. AMCHAM T&T will be responsible for sending out notices of • Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) the session to our members and the wider Committee AMCHAM T&T U.S. Business Visa business community, registration, organising • Legislative Committee Facilitation the room and refreshments as well as any You are eligible to use this facility for renewal other administrative duties that may arise. • Trade and Investment Committee of visas from the U.S. Embassy for business. • Security Committee In addition, when the automated visa Incoming & Outgoing Trade Missions • Transparency, Accountability and appointment services areas are ‘backlogged’, Governance Committee AMCHAM T&T may facilitate expedited visa Information is available upon request. appointments for business travel and training Please contact us if you are interested in for company personnel. This is available at no participating in any committee. AMCHAM T&T Monthly Meetings cost to the employees of member companies. All AMCHAM T&T's financial members are You will receive notices of our Monthly encouraged to have representation on the Meetings. AMCHAM T&T business is usually the committees in order to voice their issues and AMCHAM T&T Introductions first item on the agenda, followed by a guest to provide feedback for the lobbying effort You may already be in contact with a company speaker and a discussion session. Occasionally of the AMCHAM T&T’s Board of Directors. with whom you would like to do business or these meetings may take the form of a Committee meetings are another forum where make an alliance. AMCHAM T&T will send a Luncheon or Dinner. This may be the case members can share invaluable experiences letter of introduction for member companies, if there is a special event or an important and information with each other. To join a which will include details such as the length overseas visitor. 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Services Leader 1 (868) 299-0722 [email protected] @2018 PricewaterhouseCoopers Limited. All rights reserved. PwC refers to the Trinidad & Tobago member firm, and may sometimes refer to the PwC network. Each member firm is a separate legal entity. Illustration: BSGStudio/Allfreedownloads Illustration: A LOOK BACK AMCHAM T&T CONTINUES TO ADVOCATE FOR IMPROVING THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT IN T&T. MEETINGS WITH GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AMCHAM T&T CEO, Nirad Tewarie and Research Officer Aurelia Bruce appeared before the Parliamentary Joint Select Committee on the Cyber Crime Bill - the only Chamber to be called - as well as the Income Tax (Amendment) Bill and the Trinidad and Tobago Revenue Authority Bill. We also arranged meetings to advocate for issues important to our members; for example, our Express Courier Committee met with the Customs Comptroller, and representatives from our Security Committee along with Board Directors met with the incoming Commissioner of Police. Aurelia Bruce, Research Officer and Nirad Tewarie chat with Attorney General Faris Al Wari at the JSC WELCOME OF NEW US AMBASSADOR AMCHAM T&T welcomed U.S. Ambassador Joseph Mondello to T&T. Ambassador Mondello made his first public appearance at the AMCHAM T&T HSSE Conference & Exhibition and welcomed us to his home for our annual Ambassador's reception. 2 AMCHAM T&T LINKAGE Edition 3 / 2018 THE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME WAS LAUNCHED to engage with students of the Russel Latapy High School. Members and other stakeholders visited the students to share motivational speeches & training in conflict management. Other activities included a University tour, pizza parties and football-boot drives for the football team. AMCHAM T&T also supported the Citizenship Awards. NEW PRESIDENT Shelly Clifford Brophy presenting at the Women's Leadership Conference The second female President was elected to the Board of Directors - Patricia Ghany. There was an increase in the number of members who participated in the election process. This is the third year in a row that we've broken the Board voting record! NEW COMMITTEE We thank you for your engagement. AMCHAM T&T’s seven Committees and eight Sub-Committees continued to work on trade & investment, health, safety & NEW MEMBERS environment, security, legal matters, membership experience and The Chamber welcomed 16 new members to the AMCHAM governance. We also created the Digital Transformation Committee T&T family. Our members comprise some of the largest in our drive to improve the tech environment in T&T. Stay tuned for investment, finance, manufacturing, service, energy and export Digi Trans events in 2019! firms in T&T and we're proud that the AMCHAM T&T members represent 90% of the Foreign Direct Investment in T&T. TRADE MISSIONS AMCHAM T&T hosted two incoming trade missions - from the USA & Puerto Rico. We facilitated matchmaking between our members and companies who worked in industries as diverse as security, environment, financial services and manufacturing. DISASTER RELIEF For the third year in a row, AMCHAM T&T continued to work on disaster relief by partnering with the Joint Chambers and other stakeholders. The Chambers were able to respond immediately after the serious flooding in T&T to take food and emergency supplies to those most affected. With the Joint Chambers we donated $600,000 to three NGOs working on flood relief: the Living Water Community, Is there not a Cause (ITNAC) and SEWA TT. Thank you to the members who gave selflessly to make this possible. Working with members like you, who do not hesitate to give to others when they need it most, is one of the most rewarding parts of our jobs.