{"id":716038,"date":"2023-09-05T10:05:27","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T08:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=716038"},"modified":"2023-09-05T10:11:01","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T08:11:01","slug":"business-talk-michael-martin-on-new-legislation-for-south-africans-to-become-st-kitts-and-nevis-citizens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/lifestyle\/716038\/business-talk-michael-martin-on-new-legislation-for-south-africans-to-become-st-kitts-and-nevis-citizens\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Talk \u2013 Michael Martin on new legislation for South Africans to become St Kitts and Nevis citizens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In this episode of Business Talk with Michael Avery, Michael Martin, Head of the St. Kitts and Nevis Citizenship by Investment Unit, discusses new legislation to be introduced to streamline this citizenship programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Martin boasts extensive experience in strategic planning and compliance, having served in top management positions in several companies &#8211; including the National Caribbean Insurance Company, National Bank Trust Company, and Sagicor Life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He holds a graduate diploma from the International Compliance Association and Manchester Business School, a certificate in International Trust Management from the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, and a certificate in Managing Financial Services from the University of the West Indies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Interview<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In this Business Talk interview, Martin explains key changes that are being introduced to the St Kitts and Nevis Citizenship by Investment Programme thanks to new legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He discusses how feedback both from internal sources and the international community has influenced this legislation and outlines how these changes will enhance the integrity and transparency of the programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Given the significance of these changes, Martin also addresses investors&#8217; concerns regarding potential future changes, and concludes by giving a timeline for the new legislation\u2019s implementation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the full interview with Michael Martin below.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2HkkRRNW2ZA?si=g1xjcn18gjbrADS4\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Martin is in charge of the St Kitts and Nevis Citizenship by Investment Programme and is intimately acquainted with the new legislation to be introduced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":716042,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9876],"tags":[15468],"class_list":["post-716038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-st-kitts-and-nevis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=716038"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":716044,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716038\/revisions\/716044"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/716042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=716038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=716038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=716038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}