Business View Caribbean - August/September 2018

56 57 CAYMAN ENTERPRISE CITY CAYMAN ENTERPRISE CITY F or years, the two main economic driv- ers in the Cayman Islands were finan- cial services and tourism - both of which took major hits in the wake of the global financial crisis that began in 2008. “One of the things that the government was looking to do, going forward, was to develop projects that would help to create some economic diversity in the Islands,” explains Charlie Kirkcon- nell, Chief Executive Offi- cer of Cayman Enterprise City (CEC), a new business development project in the Caymans. “They were looking for additional ‘legs’ for the economy, so that, in A SUPERIOR BUSINESS JURISDICTION Cayman Enterprise City Campus Rendering