New Permanent Representative of Trinidad and Tobago Presents Credentials

The new Permanent Representative of Trinidad and Tobago to the United Nations, Neil Nadesh Parsan, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.

(As provided by the Protocol and Liaison Service)

Dr. Parsan presently serves as Senior Advisor at Dentons - the World's Largest Law Firm, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Parsan Cross, a Global Strategic Advisory firm located in Washington DC and served as Special Advisor to The World Bank Group. He is the Chairman Emeritus of the Board or the Global Alliance for Surgical, Obstetric, Trauma, and Anesthetic Care (The G4 Alliance) and a Board Trustee of the Pan American Development Foundation (PADF), an Inter-American system organization reaching millions in the Western Hemisphere. Ambassador Parsan has many years of international business experience executing many projects globally with a focus in the Caribbean and Latin America.

Dr. Parsan assumed the position of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United States of America, nonresident Ambassador to the United Mexican States, and Permanent Representative of Trinidad and Tobago to the Organization of American States (OAS) in 2011. He also held the Cabinet position of Executive Secretary for Integral Development at the Organization of American States (OAS). As Cabinet Secretary overseeing 350 employees and a $100 million budget, he managed over $1 Billion in project financing delivering services to 34 countries of the Western Hemisphere. He also managed an Inter-American Development Cooperation Fund (DCF) that provided seed funding for Country initiatives that promote Triangular and South-South cooperation. Dr. Parsan also had direct responsibility to oversee the management and execution of over 1200 projects related to Hemispheric Development in the areas of sustainable cities, sustainable energy, integrated water resources management, adherence to environmental law, competitiveness, micro-, small and medium-size enterprise development, culture and tourism, development cooperation, labor and employment, human development and education. He also successfully fundraised annually for execution of various projects.

He earned his Undergraduate Medical Degree at the University of the West Indies, Faculty of Medical Sciences, where he graduated with Distinction. After spending eight (8) years as a Lecturer/Tutor at the Faculty of Medical Sciences (UWI), he pursued a Master of Business Administration (MBA), where he graduated as Top Student with Distinction. He also holds a Registered Financial Consultant (RFC) Degree, a CACM from Harvard University School of Public Health, and a World Trade Professional Degree from ITM Worldwide in Sweden.

Dr. Parsan was also awarded an Honorary Doctorate for Education, Culture, and Humanitarian work from the Americana University, registered with Cambridge University (UK) and the Congress of Mexico. He served as Chairman of the Global Gas Council; Chairman of the International Gas Union (IGU) Global Ambassadors Network and a Director of the Young Americas Business Trust (YABT). He previously served as Chair of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CIDI) and Chair of the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States. He was also the Chief Executive Officer of HealthNet Limited. He has also been given the following recognition: Conferred the title of Colonel Honorable Neil Parsan by the Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, U.S.A.; Award for Leadership by the City of Philadelphia and the Africa and Caribbean Business Council; Proclamation of Ambassador Dr. Neil Parsan Day in the Cities of Boston, Hartford, Doral, and Miami; Statesman Award from Memorial of Congressman Payne; and the key to the City of Broward County, Florida. He is an Honorary Member of the International Committee on HIV/AIDS on Capitol Hill, the Women's Foreign Policy Group, the American Association of People with Disabilities, and the Americas Society. Ambassador Parsan is also on the Board of Advisors of the National Student Leadership Foundation of the USA. He was a Director at several Companies and has consulted on several special projects locally and internationally.