Based in Trinidad, Dr. Kirk Meighoo is an Author, former Senator, University lecturer, and media personality.

Dr. Meighoo is author of Politics in a 'Half-Made Society': Trinidad and Tobago 1925-2001 and co-author of Democracy and Constitution Reform in Trinidad and Tobago with Court of Appeal Justice Peter Jamadar. Dr. Meighoo has the unique honour of being the only West Indian to have launched a book in the UK House of Commons in Westminster.

Dr. Meighoo sits on the Advisory Board of the CARICOM Integrationist. He was also the Intellectual and Academic Advisor to the UWI – CARICOM Project and for many years a Fellow at the Trinidad and Tobago Institute of the West Indies. Dr. Meighoo was a close collaborator with the late Lloyd Best, one of Trinidad and Tobago’s most celebrated intellectuals, serving as Honorary Fellow, Director, and Contributing Editor at the Trinidad and Tobago Institute of the West Indies and the Trinidad and Tobago Review.

Dr. Meighoo served as an Independent Senator and also in various governmental capacities, including Vice-Chair of the Constitutional Reform sub-committee of the Vision 2020 process, and on the President's Committee for National Self-Discovery.

Dr. Meighoo formerly lectured at the University of the West Indies in Trinidad and Jamaica, and was a founder of the University of Trinidad and Tobago. He has been ranked in the Top 0.5% of academics searched in the world on the website Academia.edu. He was Wilberforce Scholar at the University of Hull, UK, working under the late Dr. Eric Williams’s last scholarly collaborator, Professor Paul Sutton. His work on politics and development have been published in The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs, Commonwealth and Comparative Politics, Keesing’s Annual Register (First edited in 1758 by Edmund Burke), Jane’s Sentinel, among others.

In addition to being a founder of the British-Caribbean Chamber of Commerce and consulting for multinational energy companies, Kirk’s background and global experience has given him a unique perspective on emerging economic and social trends as we emerge into this post pandemic world.

Click here to see my books at - https://www.amazon.com/author/derrenjoseph

But if you connect with me on LinkedIn and I will give you a link to download the ebook for free - http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/derren-joseph-ea/2/533/34

In terms of my background, my name is Derren Joseph and I am a part of a finance practice that works with entrepreneurs and expats doing business internationally. I am frequently asked for opinions that extend beyond taxation. It is not unusual for me to spend time with my clients and colleagues discussing socioeconomic trends and their impact on specific geographies and industries.

The present pandemic is perhaps the single most important event of our lives. It will shape our world in unimaginable ways. I wrote a book in the hope that it may help entrepreneurs like you and my clients. Entrepreneurs who operate internationally and must now pivot and retool themselves and their teams for what is to come.

Of course, I must admit my more selfish motives. I too need to pivot and to adapt to the unfolding revolution. A revolution in the way we do business internationally. I wrote this book to improve my own chances of survival.

I decided to approach this in a more formal way than I normally would. Like many, I have read extensively, and I have tried to acknowledge this by naming those responsible for ideas that are not my own. What I have also done is spoken to people.

I have spoken to around 150 people in my network. Some are well known but most are not. What they all have in common is that they have done...

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Based in Trinidad, Dr. Kirk Meighoo is an Author, former Senator, University lecturer, and media personality.

Dr. Meighoo is author of Politics in a 'Half-Made Society': Trinidad and Tobago 1925-2001 and co-author of Democracy and Constitution Reform in Trinidad and Tobago with Court of Appeal Justice Peter Jamadar. Dr. Meighoo has the unique honour of being the only West Indian to have launched a book in the UK House of Commons in Westminster.

Dr. Meighoo sits on the Advisory Board of the CARICOM Integrationist. He was also the Intellectual and Academic Advisor to the UWI – CARICOM Project and for many years a Fellow at the Trinidad and Tobago Institute of the West Indies. Dr. Meighoo was a close collaborator with the late Lloyd Best, one of Trinidad and Tobago’s most celebrated intellectuals, serving as Honorary Fellow, Director, and Contributing Editor at the Trinidad and Tobago Institute of the West Indies and the Trinidad and Tobago Review.

Dr. Meighoo served as an Independent Senator and also in various governmental capacities, including Vice-Chair of the Constitutional Reform sub-committee of the Vision 2020 process, and on the President's Committee for National Self-Discovery.

Dr. Meighoo formerly lectured at the University of the West Indies in Trinidad and Jamaica, and was a founder of the University of Trinidad and Tobago. He has been ranked in the Top 0.5% of academics searched in the world on the website Academia.edu. He was Wilberforce Scholar at the University of Hull, UK, working under the late Dr. Eric Williams’s last scholarly collaborator, Professor Paul Sutton. His work on politics and development have been published in The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs, Commonwealth and Comparative Politics, Keesing’s Annual Register (First edited in 1758 by Edmund Burke), Jane’s Sentinel, among others.

In addition to being a founder of the British-Caribbean Chamber of Commerce and consulting for multinational energy companies, Kirk’s background and global experience has given him a unique perspective on emerging economic and social trends as we emerge into this post pandemic world.

Click here to see my books at - https://www.amazon.com/author/derrenjoseph

But if you connect with me on LinkedIn and I will give you a link to download the ebook for free - http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/derren-joseph-ea/2/533/34

In terms of my background, my name is Derren Joseph and I am a part of a finance practice that works with entrepreneurs and expats doing business internationally. I am frequently asked for opinions that extend beyond taxation. It is not unusual for me to spend time with my clients and colleagues discussing socioeconomic trends and their impact on specific geographies and industries.

The present pandemic is perhaps the single most important event of our lives. It will shape our world in unimaginable ways. I wrote a book in the hope that it may help entrepreneurs like you and my clients. Entrepreneurs who operate internationally and must now pivot and retool themselves and their teams for what is to come.

Of course, I must admit my more selfish motives. I too need to pivot and to adapt to the unfolding revolution. A revolution in the way we do business internationally. I wrote this book to improve my own chances of survival.

I decided to approach this in a more formal way than I normally would. Like many, I have read extensively, and I have tried to acknowledge this by naming those responsible for ideas that are not my own. What I have also done is spoken to people.

I have spoken to around 150 people in my network. Some are well known but most are not. What they all have in common is that they have done business across borders and in many cases, across several countries. They have also done so with some degree of success. I have captured a few of the interviews as videos such as the one you are watching but most spoke with me privately and I must therefore respect their privacy.

So where are we now? We are bruised, battered and scared. Scared of what awaits us. It is my hope that this book helps you as it has helped me.



My message? It’s simple. You must diversify your lifestyle.

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