By LEANDRA ROLLE
Tribune Staff Reporter
lrolle@tribunemedia.net
THE Davis administration has appointed 19 Bahamians to various public board positions and is expected to meet today to finalise the remaining government appointments.
Press Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister Clint Watson announced the first list of board appointments during a press briefing yesterday.
Notable appointments include North Eleuthera MP Sylvanus Petty, who was named chairman of Water and Sewerage Corporation; Mount Moriah MP McKell Bonaby as executive chairman of Public Beaches and Parks Authority; Senator James Turner-Rolle, chairman of the Hotel Corporation of The Bahamas and Senator Quinton Lightbourne as chairman of the Bahamas Development Bank.
Other appointees include Barbara Cartwright, chairman of the Bahamas Mortgage Corporation; Pedro Rolle, chairman of Bahamas Power and Light; Anthony Kikivarakis, chairman of Bahamasair, Wendy Craig, chairperson of Bahamasair Navigation Services; Devard Francis, chairman of Civil Aviation Authority and Daniel Johnson, chairman of the Gaming Board.
Roderick Colebrooke has been appointed chairman of the Hotel Licensing Board; Senator Ronald Duncombe as chairman of Nassau Flight Services; Phillip McKenzie as chairman of the National Insurance Board; Tavares Laroda, chairman of the Port Authority; Andrew Edwards, chairman of Public Hospitals Authority; and Southern Shores MP Leroy Major, executive chairman of Bahamas Agricultural and Industrial Corporation.
The Airport Authority is being chaired by Paul Bevans, while Lucayan Holdings Ltd is being chaired by Julian Russel.
Terrel Young is the chairman for BAMSI.
As for the remaining appointments, Mr Watson said the government hopes to wrap up the matter today, adding that those chosen for board positions will be well-rounded and skilled from various backgrounds.
“Cabinet is still working on that,” he said. “Cabinet is expected to meet again tomorrow (Friday) afternoon to deal with board appointments and they’re expected to wrap up the board so you could imagine it’s a very, very detailed process – 140 boards and so they’re hoping to wrap up.
“If you noticed, Cabinet has been meeting a lot and that’s because they’re trying to wrap up boards. What they’re trying to do is get the critical boards that need to have the chairman or chairpersons in office. They’ve been trying to do that quickly and we can make some of those announcements for you. Again, it reflects the deepening of what the Davis administration is about, a well-rounded list of people of all ages, sectors, capabilities and skills.”
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ThisIsOurs 3 years ago
This right here is why we fail consistently.
I dont know any of these people or if theyre qualified or not so this is a general statement. A Board is the most senior posting in any company. You cannot post people there as a political favour or to give them some extra money because the MP post doesn't pay enough. In my opinion no MP should be on any board anyway, how they have the time to do justice to either post? This is why we fail we do not appreciate how important these positions are to the strategic direction of the organization and how important experience in the underlying industry or experience successfully executing at an equally senior posting is. So we put any old body there and they pose for 5 years while the company dies a 5 year death over and over again.
So since these are govt entities and they report to us, rather than a barebones listing of names what we should get is a requirements listing for the post and how the individual fits those requirements. Experience as an MP, cabinet minister or senator doesnt count. They're like the NIB card, been corrupted too much to trust as any indicator of competence or intelligence
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