Haiti - Economy : Installation of the new Board of Directors of the BNC
André Lemercier Georges, the Minister of Economy and Finance has proceeded Thursday to the installation of the new Board of Directors of Banque Nationale de Credit (BNC). The opportunity for the Minister, to invite the new Board members to contribute to the social policy of the State and to be more inventive in order to provide the public robust products that attract investment.
"...in my capacity as Minister of economy and finance, my first concern will be to promote growth through investment incentives of all kinds, especially the direct investment to stimulate job creation. In this perspective, it would be good that the BNC can develop more consistently its credit envelope, so that the potential investors can find the appropriate funding necessary. In this regard, I urge the Council to be more inventive in order to provide the public with robust products that attract investment in both urban and rural areas to stimulate the development eg, of tourism, agribusiness, housing and information technology and communication. My second concern is to maintain the macroeconomic balance of the country, in order to support the growth. To this end, the BNC should initiate the changes necessary to be competitive, in order to share the financial markets without having recourse to the public financing of Treasury..."
Composition of the new Board of Directors of the BNC :
Jean Philippe Vixamar, President [who succeeds to Guiteau Toussaint]
Fernand Robert Pardo, Vice-President
Dominique Angeline Renée, Director General [renewed]
Denis Constant and Jean Jacques Guéla [members]
The economist Jean Philippe Vixamar, President of the Board of Directors of the BNC declared "...during this term, the BNC will continue to focus on credit as a locomotive of its growth. In this regard, the project of the housing loan Kay Pa'm launched on June 19, will soon have its own local. In order to participate in the promotion of the national production, advocated by the Haitian government, the bank establishes a special credit for artisans, micro and small enterprises in production and processing through the 10 geographic departments of the country. The BNC will continue of course to refine in parallel its mechanisms of debt collection..."
