Caption: National Commercial Bank Jamaica Limited’s Deputy Group Managing Director Dennis Cohen (left) breaks his conversations with Alicia Lyttle (second left); CEO at US-based social media marketing company Monetized Marketing for this photo op. Bernadette Barrow, Manager, Small & Medium Enterprise – NCB Retail Banking and Oliver Chen, a Director of the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce.

The occasion was the announcement of the inaugural staging of the NCB/IDB SME Conference, which will be held on June 21-23 at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort & Spa in Montego Bay, St James under the theme “Facing Challenges – Embracing Opportunities”. Lyttle, who will be the keynote guest speaker, has been a leader in the Internet marketing industry for more than a decade. Since leaving her job 12 years ago as an environmental justice specialist in the White House, she has helped thousands around the world learn the power of the internet. The three-day conference is being hosted by the National Commercial Bank Jamaica limited (NCB) in partnership with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)/Multilateral Investment Fund. It is designed to provide NCB’s small and medium-sized business partners access to the best strategies and programs to help them excel.