• Linx Suites Hotel Ltd - Premium Corporate Hotel conveniently located in the city of San Fernando between the Industrial Capital and the Petroleum sector of Trinidad - 15 employees.

• Vintage Car Rentals - years in operation - Largest Collection of Classic and Antique Cars in the Caribbean available for hire at major events such as weddings, graduations, photo shoots, movies, parades etc – 10 employees;

-BIO-Derek Smith is a qualified geologist for the past thirty-six years and is the Executive Chairman of Derek Smith and Associates Petroleum Consultancy Services Limited (DSPCL) as well as a Director of Professional Petroleum Services Limited (PPSL). In addition to being an Energy Consultant with a Masters Degree in the field, Mr. Smith is an accomplished entrepreneur and savvy businessman with five (5) successful Companies in Trinidad and Tobago. He frequently consults with executives from a variety of fields to help create synergistic solutions to a multitude of issues affecting today’s corporate climate.The Companies Mr. Smith owns/operates include:• Derek Smith and Associates Petroleum Consultancy Services Limited (DSPCL)- The newest addition to Mr. Smith’s group of companies. DSPCL offers a range of services to the local and international oil and gas industry with emphasis on Petroleum Services, Drilling Services and Field Operations;• Professional Petroleum Services Ltd (PPSL) - With offshore branches located in Ghana and Tortola - 14 years in operation and largest in its field in Trinidad & Tobago. – 18 Professional Consultants both local and foreign on payroll;

• Security Executive Surveillance & Law/Enforcement Limited (S.E.S.L. Ltd.) - Fully integrated Security Company - 30 years in operation and five (5) offices located throughout Trinidad. The company currently employs 800 persons and is registered with the Ministry of National Security as a bona fide Protective Agency;