December 2016 | Business View Caribbean

60 61 base is predominantly made up of regional con- glomerates and organizations –“large clients who operate across the region.” Some of the industries EY serves include: Automotive & Transportation, Consumer Products & Retail, Financial Services (includes Wealth & Asset Management, Banking & Capital Markets, and Insurance), Health, Life Sciences (includes Biotechnology, Medical Technology, and Pharmaceutical), Media & Entertainment, Mining & Metals, Oil & Gas, Power & Utilities, Private Equity, Real Estate, Hospitality & Construction, Technology, and Telecommunications. “And we have a particular focus, obviously, on tourism– the large players in that space,” he adds. Another focus for EY Caribbean is the Public and ERNST & YOUNG Government sector. “Our governments in the region are facing the longest recession ever,” he says. “So, there are a lot of challenges in the public sector.We see it as very important to provide services to support our governments, be it in the terms of creating more effi- cient government processes, or coming up with new funding structures to fund public/private infrastructure partnerships.” Over the coming years, Sambrano says that EY Ca- ribbean will also work more closely with the SME sector –Small to Medium Enterprises – such as family businesses and small companies. “We’re making invest- ments in those businesses because we believe they will be the leaders of tomorrow,” he states. “Particularly in the Caribbean, entrepreneurship is important. As In order to better serve its clients in an ever-changing business environment, Sambrano reports that EY Caribbean concentrates, continuously, on its own best practices, creating the “work- place of the future.”