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The following is a message from Premier and Minister for Finance Dr. the Honourable D. Orlando Smith, OBE.

In a statement following the devastating effects of Hurricane Irma, the British Virgin Islands’ (BVI) Premier Dr. the Hon. D. Orlando Smith, OBE has made it clear that restoration of the Islands economy will be a priority alongside ensuring requisite humanitarian aid.

The world is now aware of the destruction caused in BVI by Hurricane Irma, a record category 5 hurricane. Like all of us, I am heartbroken by the loss of homes and businesses but above all the loss of life the hurricane has wrought.

On 6 September, 2017 Hurricane Irma passed through the British Virgin Islands with reports indicating that the Territory suffered a direct hit.

BVI Finance’s Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Elise Donovan as the company’s new CEO. Donovan currently serves as Director of BVI House Asia, the British Virgin Islands Government’s representative office in the Asia Pacific Region, and is expected to come directly from that position to take up the role as BVI Finance’s CEO on October 1st 2017.

The Government of the Virgin Islands has announced that the Beneficial Ownership Secure Search system (BOSSs) has successfully gone live following the 1 July deadline.