Zhivargo S. Laing

Executive Director and Senior Policy Fellow of the Government and Public Policy Institute (GPPI), University of The Bahamas

Zhivargo Laing is a Bahamian economic consultant, former cabinet member and former member of the Bahamas House of Assembly for the Marco City Constituency. Mr. Laing has served as Minister of State in Youth, Sports and Culture, Minister of State in Education and Youth, Minister of Economic Development and Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance.

Mr. Laing most recently was a Chief World Trade Organisation Trade Negotiator for the Government and serves as Executive Director of the Government and Public Policy Institute at the University of the Bahamas.

Mr. Laing is the author of the books College, Career and Money – A guide for teens and young adults (with David Burrows), A Trust Out of this World, and Who Moved My Conch – Understanding Free Trade Agreements. He is the host of Z Live: Off the Record with Zhivargo Laing which airs daily 2PM to 4PM on Guardian Talk Radio 96.9.