THE organisers of the International Energy Conference and Expo Guyana 2023 have announced that the World Bank’s representative for Guyana and Suriname, Diletta Doretti, will be addressing the event in February.

Doretti is responsible for maintaining the day-to-day dialogue and solid partnership around the World Bank’s programmes in both countries.
Since joining the institution in 2002, she has held various positions at the World Bank, with the most recent being Senior Private Sector Development Specialist for the World Bank West Africa region, based in Mali.

Doretti has strong and diversified World Bank experience in leading teams and in corporate assignments, including country engagements and developing the World Bank’s strategies around the private sector, entrepreneurship, and innovation.

Kurt Baboolall, Chief Executive Officer of the International Energy Conference and Expo Guyana 2023, said: “The World Bank representative, Ms. Doretti will give all stakeholders present at the conference a glimpse of how the US$44M allocated to Guyana last year will be spent on skills development in the emerging energy sector. We are pleased to welcome Ms. Doretti onboard for this year’s conference.”

Doretti is among a number of speakers slated to deliver addresses at the Conference and Expo, including world- renowned economist and academic, Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs, and CEO of the Hess Corporation, John Hess.

There are also a number of Heads of Government expected to deliver remarks, including: President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali; Presuident Chandrikapersad Santokhi of Suriname, and Dr. Keith Rowley, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago.

This year’s Conference and Expo is being hosted under the theme: “Harnessing Energy for Development”, and will be held from February 14-17, 2023 at the Marriott Hotel in Georgetown, Guyana.

It is expected to assemble Heads of State, government officials, policymakers, academics, industry professionals, and global energy thought-leaders.