The Ch­agua­nas Cham­ber of In­dus­try and Com­merce (CCIC) has said it wants to ac­knowl­edge and ap­plaud T&T Cham­ber of In­dus­try and Com­merce’s (TTCIC’s) Chief Ex­ec­u­tive Of­fi­cer (CEO) Gabriel Faria as he moves in­to a new sea­son of his ca­reer.

The Cham­ber is­sued a state­ment in light of the an­nounce­ment that Ian R De Souza will re­place Faria as TTCIC CEO ef­fec­tive to­day.

“Dur­ing his tenure as CEO of the TTCIC, Mr Faria was an out­spo­ken and fear­less ad­vo­cate for the busi­ness com­mu­ni­ty in T&T. His pas­sion for grow­ing busi­ness­es and pro­mot­ing the eco­nom­ic de­vel­op­ment of the coun­try will not be for­got­ten,” the CCIC said in the state­ment.

CCIC pres­i­dent Richie Sookhai said: “When Mr Faria spoke truth to pow­er, the busi­ness com­mu­ni­ty in T&T knew that they were not alone. Ad­di­tion­al­ly, the wis­dom of his per­spec­tives can be ap­plied to busi­ness­es of vary­ing sizes and across in­dus­tries.”

The CCIC said that as Faria en­ters a new phase of his life, “we are cer­tain that the busi­ness com­mu­ni­ty in the coun­try is look­ing for­ward to glean­ing from his men­tor­ship and guid­ing ex­per­tise. We at the CCIC ap­plaud Mr Faria as he makes way for his suc­ces­sor Ian De Souza. The CCIC wish­es Mr De Souza all the best in his tenure as CEO of the TTCIC.”