Mr Faure is accompanied by Ministers Jean-Paul Adam and Peter Sinon, Central Bank governor Pierre Laporte, and the chief executives of the Seychelles Investment Bureau Sherin Renaud, the Seychelles Tourism Board Alain St Ange and the Seychelles International Business Authority Steve Fanny.

The main aim of the forum – being held strategically in the margins of the United Nations summit on the Millennium Development Goals – is to showcase Seychelles to potential investors and to tell the world that Seychelles is ready and open for business.

Mr Faure will open the meeting and Dr Donald Kaberuka, president of the African Development Bank, will deliver the keynote address.

“Given that Seychelles has recently undergone a major economic reform programme, whose fruits are already being enjoyed by the business community, it is felt that the timing could not be any better for us to aggressively market our potential to the world,” said Mrs Renaud.

Coupled with reforms targeting the business environment, Seychelles is using the New York forum to send a strong message to the world that it wants the country’s business community to flourish and to be the growth engine of the economy.

The idea of an overseas forum, as explained by the Seychelles Investment Bureau, is for Seychelles to be more proactive and to go out to potential markets.
 

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