On Thursday 14th March, the Hon. Premier Easton Taylor-Farrell, welcomed representatives from two investment organisations to explore partnership opportunities in Montserrat:
Mr Atam Sandhu of DMA Invest has delivered investment programmes for over 70 countries and has managed hundreds of high-level trade and investment summits and trade missions.
Mr Rick Gambetta is the founder of GreenCrowd LLP, a company with a strong track record of supporting projects in the renewable energy sector, amongst others.
This visit follows from the successful engagement of the Montserrat delegation at the UK-Antigua trade and investment summit earlier this week by the Hon. Premier, Martin Parlett (Head of PMO) and Alba Smeriglio (Development Attaché, Governor’s Office).
Key highlights from the one day visit:
The Hon. Deputy Premier, Dr Samuel Joseph and his team gave an overview of the renewable energy situation in Montserrat, followed by site visits to the geothermal and solar project sites.
The MCWLE team had the opportunity to hear about successful examples implemented in other countries of transitioning to renewable energy. Mr Gambetta shared relevant experiences from GreenCrowd’s projects in similar developing geothermal markets and presented options for enabling greater investment interest in Montserrat’s geothermal and other renewable capabilities.
A productive discussion on trade and investment opportunities, with The Hon. Premier, the Hon. Deputy Premier, and Hon. Minister Mr Crenston Buffonge, as well as the Hon. Financial Secretary, Deputy Financial Secretary, Head of PMO and Development Attaché (Governor’s Office). This includes the opportunity to attend a key trade and investment event in the UK later this year as well as discussions on fine tuning our roadmap for investments in Montserrat.
A visit to the Diaspora Engagement Event at the Good Life in Little Bay, where the visitors sampled some local products and engaged in discussions with some of the private sector reps presented at the event.
A debrief of the day’s activities and next steps with H.E. The Governor, Mrs. Sarah Tucker.
