Geoffrey Da Silva - After 2001

After 2001

Da Silva was dropped from cabinet following the 2001 elections, and became head of the Guyana Investment. An essay released the following year by the Guyana and Caribbean Political and Cultural Center for Popular Education argued that he significantly improved the agency's ability to attract investors. He 2005, Da Silva argued that Guyana was creating jobs by diversifying its economy away from traditional crops such as bauxite and sugar. He helped to organize the Guyana Trade and Investment Exposition in the same year, seeking increased Canadian investment in Guyana. Notwithstanding his leftist political background, Da Silva has called for increased private-sector involvement in Guyana's food packaging industry.

Ambassador to Venezuela, appointed December 2010