Public corruption, oil curse symposiums to begin today

Jul 06, 2017 News

The Caribbean Institute of Forensic Accounting (CIFA) in collaboration with the Guyana Oil and Gas Association (GOGA) will host two one-day special symposiums: “Public Corruption and the Oil Curse” and Lessons from Developing Countries” with co-host, the African Business Round Table.
The engagement will commence today at the Pegasus Hotel, Kingston at 09:00hrs. The other event will be held on Friday at the same venue and time.
The themes for these symposiums are ‘The ills of public corruption and the oil curse;’ and ‘The oil curse and its prevention.
Symposium Speakers Include Afra Rymond, a Professional Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and the Managing Director of Raymond and Pierre Limited; Dr. Kennedy Mkutu, an associate professor in International Relations, Peace and Security at USUI- Nairobi, Africa; Eric Williams, Principal Consultant and President of Royal Triangle Energy Solutions Limited (RTESL); Stephen Baker, Senior partner at Baker & Partners, English barrister and Jersey advocate; and Dr. Perry Stanislas, Leader of the Contemporary Issues in Police and Security Leadership and Management Programme run by Community and Criminal Justice Department at De Montfort University, United Kingdom.
Symposium Panelists Include Zalena Khan, Founder and Managing Partner of Zcloud LLC, a NetSuite Solution Provider Partner in the Caribbean and South America; Vicky McPherson,
A Shareholder in the Global Energy & Infrastructure Group and the Africa Practice Group at the international law firm Greenberg Traurig; and David Holukoff, Director of Grant Thornton, British Virgin Islands.
These symposiums would come at a time when several concerns are being raised with regards to the management of Guyana’s emerging oil and gas sector and government’s push for production by 2020.

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