Speakers

• Dr. Compton Bourne, O.E., Professor Emeritus - Key Speaker
• Dr. Roy Thomas Honoree
• Drs. Ram Dwarka, Anton de Kom University, Suriname – Business Forum
• Mr. Gregory McGuire, National Gas Company – Business Forum
• Ms. Angella Persad, T&T Chamber of Industry and Commerce – Business Forum
• Dr. Marlene Attzs, Department of Economics
• Mr. Bryan Khan, Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago
• Professor Timothy Shaw, Director, Institute of International Relations
• Samantha Joseph, Labour and Human Capital Development
• Mr. Martin Franklin, Department of Economics
• Ms. Donna Ramjattan, Sustainable Economics Development Unit
• Ms. Josanne Leonard, Miribai Communications
• Dr. Suzanne Burke, Department of Creative and Festival Arts   

Ms. Angella Persad

Biography

Ms. Angella Persadis the Executive Chairman of The Office Authority Limited, her family holding company, with interests in Trinpad, Media Sales, Eric Solis Marketing and Office Express. These companies collectively have been in existence for more than 100 years and currently employ more than 400 individuals.
Prior to joining the family business in early 2007, Angella served as the Country Managing Partner of Ernst & Young Trinidad where she also led the Transactions Advisory Services Practice.  
Before that, she was employed at Development Finance Limited for 8 years culminating in the positions of Senior Corporate Manager and Corporate Secretary.

Angella holds an MBA with Distinction from the Manchester Business School and a Masters Degree in Accounting from UWI . She is also a Fellow of the UK Institute of Chartered Secretaries & Administrators.

Angella was elected to the Board of the Trinidad & Tobago Chamber of Industry and Commerce in 2005 and served as Senior Vice President from 2007 to March 2009.  She is also a Director of the Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business.
She is married with two children.