The Honorable Michael B. Halkitis

The Bahamas Ministry of Economic Affairs (The Bahamas)

The Honorable Michael B. Halkitis was born in Nassau, Bahamas. He attended St Augustine’s College and began his post-secondary education at the College of the Bahamas, now University of The Bahamas and earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics from the University of Western Ontario. Mr. Halkitis qualified as a Chartered Financial Analyst in 1995.
    
Mr. Halkitis was first elected to the Parliament of The Bahamas in 2002 and again in 2012. He currently serves as Minister of Economic Affairs and Leader of Government Business in The Senate. His portfolio responsibilities include Promotion of Financial Services, Small Business Development, Ease of Doing Business, Consumer Protection and International Trade.
    
Currently, he oversees the nation’s trade, financial services industry, aims to improve our country’s ease of doing business, and directs our country’s digitization efforts.