BVICCHA Votes in New Board Members
On 15th October 2020, the BVI Chamber of Commerce and Hotel Association (BVICCHA) held their annual general meeting (AGM) virtually for the first time. The highlights of the meeting included having the Junior Minister of Trade and Economic Development, Honourable Shareen Flax-Charles as the guest speaker, and the General Elections that were held during the meeting. Honourable Flax-Charles briefed the business representatives on the happenings for the business and economic sectors. Her speech included the
From the Chairman's Desk: AGM 2020 Remarks – “Stronger & More Resilient''
Good Afternoon fellow Directors and Members of the BVICCHA. In October 2018, when this Board of Directors was elected we knew we had a monumental task on the heels of the 2017 hurricanes; and 12 months later when I became the interim Chairman, I had no idea of how much of an adventure awaited us. It is quite a balancing act as the BVICCHA is actually two organisations in one and sometimes has competing priorities for the same scarce resources, but the vision of being the proactive voice of business