Seasoned business leaders and financial experts including The Hon. Zhivargo Laing, Minister of State for Finance; Mr. Jerome Gomez, Fund Administrator of The Bahamas Entrepreneurial Venture Fund and a principal in the chartered accounting firm Baker Tilly Gomez; Mr. Dionisio D?Aguilar, Immediate Past President of The Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and President of Super Wash Laundromat and Chairman of AML Holdings Ltd. formerly known as Abaco Markets; and Mr. Tennyson Wells, President of Sanctuary Investments Ltd, (The Owners of Yuma Estates, Lyford Hills and South Seas Land Developments); tops the lists of speakers slated to address The 2009 Visionary Business Leaders & Entrepreneurs Awards Conference.

The conference is scheduled for Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. at the Sheraton Nassau Beach Resort on Cable Beach and will be held under the theme, ?How to Recession Proof Your Business & Prepare for Prosperity.?

The business conference which is being organized by Visionaire Marketing, a marketing and public relations firm and sponsored by The Bahamas Entrepreneurial Venture Fund, which was established by the Bahamas Government in 2005 as the vehicle to manage the Government funded Venture Capital Fund for small business funding along with The Ministry of Finance seeks to create a forum for businesspersons to exchange knowledge, information and ideas on ways in which they can better cope with the recession; as well as discuss the importance and need to begin formulating post recession plans for the year 2010 & beyond.

Other major speakers will include Dr. Myles Munroe, President of Bahamas Faith Ministries International; Mr. Sandy Schaefer, President of Robin Hood and personal branding and professional communications expert, Mrs. Stacia Williams, President of Total Image Management and many more. Also various key government organizations responsible for the development and promotion of local businesses, entrepreneurship and tourism have also been invited to participate.

Business owners, entrepreneurs, senior executives and managers from local businesses and companies throughout the country are being encouraged to attend the conference.

Organizers from Visionaire Marketing, which also produces the business television show called Visionaries, which broadcasts on ZNS TV 13 and JCN Channel 14, thanked The Bahamas Entrepreneurial Venture Fund and The Ministry of Finance along with the many dynamic business leaders who will be speakers as well as the sponsors and donors that have all expressed a keen interest and given their strong support for the conference.

?Such a conference is needed at such a crucial time in our nation, when many business owners continue to struggle to keep their doors open and unemployment continues to be a major concern,? said Visionaire Marketing in a press release.

Other major sponsors include Sanctuary Investments Ltd.; Super Wash Laundromat; Bahamas Local.com and Milo B. Butler & Sons Ltd., with special gift donations by Atlantis, Paradise Island; Robin Hood, Switcha and Bahamasair.

A major highlight of The 2009 Visionary Business Leaders & Entrepreneurs Awards Conference will include the Visionary Awards luncheon in which various outstanding businesses persons will be recognized for business excellence.

For more information on the conference persons can contact 323-5908 or e-mail visionairemarketing@coralwave.com

by Visionaire Marketing