3rd Caribbean Conference on the International Financial Serv

3RD CARIBBEAN CONFERENCE ON THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL SERVICES SECTOR THE CARIBBEAN ENGAGING THE WORLD IN FINANCIAL SERVICES

Dr. Justin Ram Director of Economics Department Caribbean Development Bank

Justin Ram is currently Director of Economics at the Caribbean Development Bank. His specialisations are in energy, and development economics. He has previously worked as Senior Global Economist with WorleyParsons, as an economist with the United Kingdom’s (UK) Government’s Department for Transport and as Supervisory Economist with the Greater London Authority.  Justin has also been a Class Teacher at the London School of Economics and Political Science and was Lecturer in Economics at the University of the West Indies, St.  Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.  He has also worked as a consultant on many oil and gas and energy-related projects in Central Asia and Africa and with the World  Bank, United Nations and the International Labour Organization.  Justin has a PhD from the London School of Economics and Political Science, he also holds an M.Sc. in Economics from the University College London, B.Sc. in Economics from The University of the West Indies and a Post Graduate Certificate in sustainable environmental management from the University of California, Berkeley. 

Ilka Ritter Associate Expert International Tax Cooperation Section Financing for Development Office, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs

Miss Ilka Ritter is currently Associate Expert in the International Tax Cooperation Unit of the UN’s Financing for Development Office, working in particular on transfer pricing issues and the taxation of the extractive industries. In her previous functions, she advised foreign ministries and parliamentarians on taxation and governance issues while working for German Technical Cooperation and the European Commission. Previous to obtaining a Master in Public Policy, Ilka Ritter studied for a B.Sc. in International Business Studies and a B.A. in European Studies both at University Maastricht. Ilka Ritter holds various scholarships, inter alia from the German National Academic Foundation and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung.