Anthony Travers

Anthony Travers Chairman of Cayman Islands Stock Exchange was made an Officer of theLink title Most Excellent Order [OBE] for his services to the Government and the Financial sector August 1998 Mr Travers , Senior Partner at Maples & Calder has been the driving force behind a large number of the developments in the financial sector over the last 20 years. Apart from being one of the prime movers in the creation of the Exchange , he has been instrumental in preparing legislation governing financial services , including the Fraudulent Dispositions Law 1989, the Exempted Limited Partnership Law 1991 and the Mutual Law 1993. The Governor of the Cayman Islands Mr John Owen said "Anthony Travers has contributed enormously to the development of the Cayman Islands as a leading financial sector and this honour is in recognition of a job well done "

March 2009 The Cayman Islands Financial Services Association (CIFSA) announced today the formation of a task force of leading representatives of the financial services industry that will engage with relevant authorities in the U.S. and other nations to help build understanding and acknowledgement of the global benefits of Cayman’s financial services sector.

The task force will be headed up by newly-appointed CIFSA Chairman Mr. Anthony Travers, currently Chairman of the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange, who has represented the financial services sector in relation to the Organisation for Economic Development and Cooperation (OECD) Harmful Tax Competition Initiative and the European Union Savings Directive.

Anthony Travers quoted in the Guardian 25 September 2009 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/sep/25/cayman-debt-crisis-budget-postponed

Sept. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Anthony Travers, chairman of the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange, talks with Bloomberg's Elliott Gotkine and Margaret Brennan about the outlook for increased government regulation of tax havens.

Travers, speaking from London, also discusses the tax transparency treaties the Cayman Islands has signed with the U.S. and European Union. Source: Bloomberg) http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aYNQ5KKI1V_4

Link to CIFSA - Cayman Islands Financial Services Association - Chairman Anthony Travers OBE http://www.caymanfinances.com/