Caribbean Association of Banks (CAB) / CEC Webinar

In early July 2025, CEC and CAB jointly hosted a webinar on Financing of Energy Efficiency Projects. The session was introduced by Wendy Delmar (CAB) and Eugene Tiah (CEC).

The webinar gave an introduction to Energy Service Companies (ESCOs) and their role in the Caribbean presented by Goncalo Mendes, EuroCham of TT.

Andre Escalante (Energy Dynamics), gave an overview of the history of ESCOs and an review of the state of play today in the region.

There was then a roundtable on “Financing ESCOs and Energy Efficiency” moderated by Melanie Chen (CEC) with the following panelists:

  • Andre Escalante, Energy Dynamics
  • Avin Hardeo, Republic Bank
  • Lavern McFarlane, Caribbean Development Fund / CRAF
  • Stefanie Nour, Econoler
  • Sergio Robredo, CAF Development Bank

CEC thanks both CAB and our speakers and panelists for their collaboration. There will be follow up webinars in the future.  Please find the link below for the presentations used for the webinars. 

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