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Two board mem­bers of the Trinidad & To­ba­go Au­to­mo­bile As­so­ci­a­tion (TTAA), Sel­wyn Richard Per­sad and Daryl Geawan were both nom­i­nat­ed and spe­cial­ly se­lect­ed as two out of 30 at­ten­dees from 17 clubs world­wide to take part in the 11th edi­tion of the Fédéra­tion In­ter­na­tionale de l’Au­to­mo­bile-FIA Uni­ver­si­ty Emerg­ing Lead­ers Pro­gramme 2022.

The pro­gramme is ex­clu­sive­ly ded­i­cat­ed to FIA Mem­ber Clubs. The 11th edi­tion was held in Barcelona, Spain, from May 16 to 20, 2022.

The FIA Emerg­ing Lead­ers pro­gramme, is a col­lab­o­ra­tion be­tween the FIA and the Uni­ver­si­ty of Esade Busi­ness School.

Par­tic­i­pants came to­geth­er to share their ex­pe­ri­ences and train for the fu­ture of Mo­bil­i­ty and club trans­for­ma­tion un­der the FIA.

FIA pres­i­dent Mo­hammed Ben Su­layem vis­it­ed the par­tic­i­pants on the fi­nal morn­ing to share some in­sights on his vi­sion for the FIA un­der his pres­i­den­cy, and to share in the dis­cus­sions with the par­tic­i­pants.

T&T’s Darryl Geawan, second right front, and Selwyn Richard Persad, sixth, with other participants of the FIA University Emerging Leaders Program 2022, pose with FIA’s President Mohammed Ben Sulayem, centre front.

This was the first time in the 11-year his­to­ry of the pro­gramme that the pres­i­dent of the FIA has vis­it­ed.

The par­tic­i­pants, as spe­cial­ly in­vit­ed VIP guests of the FIA, were af­ford­ed the op­por­tu­ni­ty to at­tend the F1 Spainish Grand Prix hav­ing re­ceived pri­vate tours of the pad­docks/pits and safe­ty ar­eas.

The FIA is an as­so­ci­a­tion es­tab­lished in 1904 to rep­re­sent the in­ter­ests of mo­tor­ing or­gan­i­sa­tions and mo­tor car users.

The FIA is most­ly known as the gov­ern­ing body for many au­to rac­ing events, such as the well-known For­mu­la One.

Per­sad and Gae­wan are both board mem­bers of the TTAA (Trinidad & To­ba­go Au­to­mo­bile As­so­ci­a­tion), a non-prof­it or­gan­i­sa­tion which is a full af­fil­i­ate mem­ber to the FIA un­der the Mo­bil­i­ty arm.

The TTAA is the on­ly or­gan­i­sa­tion in T&T re­spon­si­ble for all In­ter­na­tion­al Dri­ving Per­mits and mo­bil­i­ty ser­vice to its mem­bers.

Per­sad and Geawan toured one of largest wine pro­duc­ers in Spain with oth­er par­tic­i­pants, and re­ceived their Diplo­mas for the de­vel­op­ment of mo­bil­i­ty and club trans­for­ma­tion.