26 January 2010

Mauritius : BOI Investment Mission to India

The Vice-Prime Minister, Minister of Finance and Economic Empowerment, Dr Rama Sithanen, led an investment mission from 16 to 22 January to New Delhi and Mumbai in India. The delegation comprised the Chief Executive Officer of the Financial Services Commission of Mauritius, the Managing Director of the Board of Investment (BOI) and senior executives of the BOI.

The objectives of the mission, which was organised by the BOI, were to position Mauritius as a services platform and promote investment opportunities in addition to reinforcing the image of Mauritius as a reputable and attractive financial services centre with modern legal and regulatory framework for global business.

The mission aimed at increasing awareness of opportunities in Mauritius as a financial platform to African countries for outbound investments and particularly encouraged Indian financial intermediaries to set up in Mauritius to service international clients seeking to invest in India as well as Indian clients seeking business opportunities.

The seven-day mission which was effected with a view to enhancing the visibility of Mauritius on the Indian market focused mainly on several meetings with the business community and officials from the government of India, in order to position Mauritius as a competitive services platform.

Networking events including plenary sessions bringing together the players in the financial sector were also held. A series of investor roundtable were organised in several sectors namely, information and communication technology and business process outsourcing, hospitality and real estate and pharma and healthcare.

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