Minister of Foreign Affairs Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett handing over the Exequatur to newly appointed Honorary Consul for Portugal Geoffrey Da Silva

Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Office for Investment (GO-Invest) Geoffrey Da Silva yesterday took up an additional portfolio as Honorary Consul for Portugal in Guyana after being given the Exequatur from Minister of Foreign Affairs Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett.

The handing over ceremony was held in the office of the Foreign Affairs Minister and Da Silva, in an invited comment, said he would use the opportunity to build stronger trade and investment relations between Portugal and Guyana.

Da Silva was Minister of Trade, Tourism and Industry from December 1999 to March 2001, and Presidential Adviser on Governance at the Office of the President for one year from November 1998.

Prior to this, he served as Consul General in Toronto for Guyana, School Community Adviser on the Toronto Board of Education, and Supervisor with the Ontario Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations, in Toronto, Canada. (GINA)