30 November 2011

GIIF: Appointment of new CEO

Steve Flynn having expressed his wish to focus his career in the area of corporate finance and at his request the Trustees have accepted his resignation with effect from 30 November 2011. Nikhil Treebhoohun has been appointed as replacement Chief Executive Officer with effect from 1 December 2011.

Nikhil Treebhoohun has extensive experience in export development and competitiveness issues gained from being Head of the Trade Section at the Commonwealth Secretariat, Director of the Export Processing Zones Development Authority and Executive Director of the National Productivity and Competitiveness Council in Mauritius.

He studied economics at the London School of Economics, Financial management at the University of New England, and Development Planning Techniques at the Institute of Social Studies. He was also a senior Fulbright Fellow at Georgetown University and is a Fellow of the World Academy of Productivity Science.

Nikhil Treebhoohun has 30 years professional experience of which 13 as chief executive of Intermediary Organisations (Export Processing Zones Development Authority and National Productivity and Competitiveness Council) involved in providing support for export development and productivity enhancement. From 2005 to 2011 he was the Head of the Trade Section of the Special Advisory Services Division of the Commonwealth Secretariat co-ordinating and managing international and county programmes to improve export competitiveness in the areas of professional services, tourism, trade facilitation, national and sector export strategies, and private sector development strategies. He was the project leader for a Commonwealth supported project in 2008 to develop a roadmap for the export of services, including global business services from Mauritius.

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