I did not plan to talk about the demands and challenges of your profession. Instead Ms. Lee Loy (Angela) gave me permission to introduce a topic which I hope is of personal interest to you, since from my vantage point, it should have considerable national interest.
Even if you hadn’t thought about it, I would like to enlist your personal support, and that of a credible and respected organization like ICATT, in getting national recognition for the importance of a financial literacy programme. Let me first give some background as to why I am convinced that we need such a programme.