WILBERT O. BASCOM is Chief of the Bureau of Internationl Banking in the State of Florida. He was formerly an Assistant Lecturer at the City of London College, Adjunct Professor at the Florida State University College of Business and Visiting Professor at the Florida International University Department of Economics. He was also a Senior Managing Director of the Guyana National Cooperative Bank. He served as a Financial Advisor to the Government of Dominica, West Indies. Currently, Dr Bascom is a member of the Conference of State Bank Supervisors’ International Banking Council and the Florida International Trade and Investment Council. He is also Chairman of the Florida Export Finance Corporation’s Board of Directors.