Business Social — January 18, 2023
Aside from 'Cocktails and Conversation', members of the Development Bank of Jamaica's top brass found opportunity for collaboration with their Inter-American Development Bank counterparts. From left: Tariq Alli, IDB Group general manager, Caribbean Country Department and country representative — Jamaica; Audrey Richards, consultant, private capital at DBJ; DBJ programme manager — Boosting Innovation, Growth and Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Christopher Brown; Denise Arana, general manager, public private partnership and privatisation at DBJ; DBJ Managing Director Anthony Shaw; and Terry-Ann Segree-Brown, IDB senior specialist — private finance operations. (Photo: Karl Mclarty)
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January 18, 2023

Business Social — January 18, 2023

Innovative and alternative finance took centre stage last Thursday evening at the ATL Audi Showroom on Oxford Road in New Kingston as the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) invited Jamaica’s business class to talk about innovation, entrepreneurship and new models of investment. A collaborative effort of the DBJ’s Boosting Innovation, Growth and Entrepreneurship Ecosystem (BIGEE) programme and the Caribbean Alternative Investments Association (CARAIA), the corporate mingle, dubbed Cocktails and Conversations, featured an update from CARAIA Chairman Berisford Grey on the growth of alternative finance in the region. Additionally, CARAIA Nerisha Farquharson moderated a panel discussion with JMMB Securities General Manager Kareem Tomlinson and BIGEE Programme Manager Christopher Brown. Business Social offers insights.

Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica Executive Director Imega Breese McNab (left) shares courtesies with RevUP Caribbean and FirstAngels Jamaica founder Sandra Glasgow and PanMedia founder Knolly Moses (centre). (Photo: Karl Mclarty)
Greeting each other in passing are Development Bank of Jamaica Managing Director Anthony Shaw (right) and KPMG Chairman and Senior Partner R Tarun Handa. (Photo: Karl Mclarty)
Caribbean Alternative Investments Association Chairman Berisford Grey (left) — also the the chairman of Sygnus Group — had the full attention of the Environmental Solutions delegation: (from second left) Chief Strategic Officer Stephen Jones, Finance and Administration Manager Felix Whyte, and chemicals team leadDr Raylee Dunkley. (Photo: Karl Mclarty)
Giving life to the theme of the corporate mingle, Herbal n’ Noble CEO and Chief Formulator Michelle Richardson (left) and Sales & Marketing Executive Kenneth Richards (centre) enjoyed cocktails while in conversation with Jamaica Promotions Corporation vice-president — sales and promotion Norman Naar. (Photo: Karl Mclarty)
Cheers for the chairmen! KPMG chairman and Senior Partner R Tarun Handa and Sygnus Group Chairman Berisford Grey have a chat while sipping on cocktails. (Photo: Karl Mclarty)
Here, three is company for Inter-American Development Bank Senior Specialist Terry-Ann Segree-Brown, Innovate 10X founder and CEO Sheldon Powe (centre) and Environmental Solutions Chief Strategic Officer Stephen Jones. (Photo: Karl Mclarty)

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