A former senior United States career diplomat who is currently serving as Senior Director of International Government Relations with ExxonMobil has been named as the company’s representative at the Wednesday December 14 forum on oil and gas being staged by the Florida-based Guyanese American Chamber of Commerce (GACC).
Craig A. Kelly who is currently as ExxonMobil’s Senior Director, International Government Relations since 2014 will share the podium with other speakers that will include former Guyana Foreign Affairs Minister Carl Greenidge, former Vice Chancellor of the University of Guyana Professor Ivelaw Griffith, former Guyana Ambassador to the United States Dr. Riyad Insanally and Head of the Guyanese/American Chamber of Commerce Eldon Bremner.
Craig, who is expected to participate in a panel discussion that will be part of the forum is a former United States diplomat who spent 26 years in Foreign Service where he held a number of diplomatic positions in Europe and Latin America. He later served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs.
The December 14 forum is expected to be attended by other prominent Guyanese academics, development analysts and nationals residing in the US who have been paying a keen interest in the country’s emerging oil and gas industry.
The Florida-based Guyanese-American Chamber of Commerce (GACC), the organization hosting the event has been playing a role in creating linkages between emerging Guyanese businesses in the United States, a role that is expected to grow as the Guyana economy becomes increasingly responsive to the returns anticipated from the oil and gas industry.
