Jeff Joseph With IDA Staff and Investors
Invest Dominica Authority (IDA) extends deepest sympathies to the family and friends of Jeff Joseph, referred to as Jeff Jo or simply Jeff as he was warmly known to the staff of IDA.
Recognising the importance of the “Jeff Jo musical connection” in the French West Indies, IDA, earlier this year, entered into a special contractual agreement with Jeff Joseph to identify and target investors in Martinique and Guadeloupe, and to coordinate all the French West Indies investment promotion activities on behalf of the IDA. The IDA is pleased that out of this working relationship with Jeff two successful FWI investment missions were undertaken in July 2011.
As recently as Friday, November 18, 2011 Jeff Joseph and a leading French Investor were in Dominica finalizing business plans for a new venture initiated from the investment mission in Guadeloupe.
Jeff Joseph was passionate about using his music and business acumen in the FWI to expand investment in Dominica. He provided top business contacts to the IDA which the Authority would not have had access to otherwise. He will be greatly missed as a dear friend, patriotic Dominican, one of our leading entertainers and as a business man who followed his dreams to the very end.
The Authority, on behalf of the Honourable Minister for Employment, Trade, Industry and Diaspora Affairs and the Board of Directors express deepest sympathies to his family, friends and fans. Rest in Peace, Dear Jeff.