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Sir Fred Gollop- Chairman
Sir Fred Gollop, QC, has been Chairman of the Nation Group of Companies for 34 years. He has served on the Boards of many Corporations in the public and private sectors and is at present a Director of First Caribbean International Bank Limited and Fortress Fund Managers' Limited. He was President of the Senate of Barbados from 1994 to 2008 and was knighted in 1996.  

Terrence Farrell - Group Chief Executive Officer
Prior  to  joining  One  Caribbean Media as Group Chief Executive  Officer  in June 2008, Dr. Terrence W. Farrell worked in both the public  and  private  sectors. He  was Director of Research and  later  Deputy  Governor  of  the  Central  Bank  of Trinidad  and Tobago (1992-1995) Within  the  private sector, he  was   Regional  Manager for a regional IT Services  company   from   1995 to 1997  and  Group  Executive  Director at  Guardian  Holdings  Limited   from 1998-2005, responsible for  Strategy  and Business  Development  and  President  of Guardian  General  Limited  from  2005-2006.  
He was President of Business  Insight Limited  from  2006-2008. He is a director of Republic  Bank Limited.   Dr.  Farrell  studied  Economics  at  the  UWI,  St.  Augustine and at the University of Toronto where he  obtained  his Ph.D in 1979, and holds an LL.B (London) degree. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Banking and Finance of Trinidad and Tobago.    

Mrs. Vivian-Anne Gittens - Director
Mrs. Vivian-Anne Gittens is the Chief Executive Officer of Nation Corporation and Publisher and Chief Executive Officer of the Nation Publishing Co. Limited.  She is a Certified Management Accountant and a trained Financial Management Consultant.Mrs. Gittens has worked as a Management Consultant locally and egionally, and as a Project and Investment Analyst with development agencies in the region.  Mrs. Gittens chaired the Public Utilities Board for the last 5 years of its existence and served as the Deputy Chairman of the Fair Trading Commission.

Mrs. Gittens served on the Boards of Sagicor Financial Inc, Sagicor Life Inc. and the Mutual Bank of the Caribbean.  She currently sits on the Board of the Nation Corporation, and The Nation Publishing Co. Limited.  

Mr. Joseph Esau 
Mr. Joseph Esau is a business executive of considerable skill and experience. He is Chairman of Prestige Holdings Limited and Agostini's Limited. Mr Esau also serves on several boards including The Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business and Habitat for Humanity Trindad & Tobago (Advisory Board). He is Financial Advisor to selective clients primarily in the area of new project financing, Mergers and Acquisitions and IPO projects.  

Mr. Harold Hoyte 

Mr. Harold Hoyte is a founding member of the Nation Group and is the former President and Editor-in-Chief of The Nation Publishing Company in Barbados. A former President of the Caribbean Publishing and Broadcasting Association, he remains active in media organisations including the Commonwealth Press Union and the Inter- American Press Association.

A former Commonwealth Press Union Fellow and Eisenhower Fellow, he was recognized by Columbia University in the United States for his contribution to Caribbean journalism with the Maria Moors Cabot Citation in 1984. He was awarded the Gold Crown of Merit (GCM) by Barbados in 2003, is a Distinguished Honorary Fellow of the University of the West Indies, and was awarded the honorary Doctor of Letters Degree by the University of the West Indies in October 2005.

 

Dr. Grenville Phillips 

Dr. Phillips retired as a principal of the Barbados and Eastern Caribbean practices of Coopers & Lybrand and Managing Director of Colybrand Company Services Limited on the merger of the international firms of Coopers & Lybrand with Price Waterhouse in 1998. He now practices as a private corporate and financial consultant. Dr. Phillips served as Chairman of the Barbados National Bank for approximately seven years and as Director of the Barbados Stock Exchange from its inception.

He was awarded his doctorate from Bradford University (UK) in 2004 and holds professional qualifications in Chartered Secretaryship, Accounting and Banking. Dr. Phillips was awarded the CBE in the Queen's New Year honor in 2000 for his contribution to accountancy and public service in Barbados.

 

Mr. Tracey Bazie
Mr. Tracey Bazie is a retired multinational business executive and has been a member of the Board of CCN/OCM since 2001. He started and ran businesses in many countries in the Middle East, Africa, Caribbean and Eastern Europe with several multinationals.  He previously served as Chairman of the Board of the IDC. Mr. Bazie was educated at Queen's Royal College, holds an L.L.B. degree from Durham University (U.K.) and an MBA degree from Columbia University in New York, U.S.A.  

Mr. Carl Mack 
Mr. Carl Mack is the Executive Chairman of JTA Supermarkets Limited. He sits on the Boards of Directors of Spancrete Caribbean Limited and East San Fernando Housing Development. He is also an Executive Member of the Supermarket Association of Trinidad and Tobago.  

Mr. Michael Carballo - Director
Michael Carballo joined the C L Financial Group of Companies when the Group acquired the Angostura Group in 1998 and has served in various capacities throughout that organization. Until recently, in his capacity as an Executive Director / Corporate Secretary, he was responsible for all matters relating to Angostura’s strategic investments before his recent appointment as the Group Financial Director of C L Financial Limited. He is a Board member of C L Financial Limited.

He is also the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Grace Kennedy (Trinidad) Limited. Mr. Carballo is a chartered accountant.  

Mrs. Dawn Thomas
Mrs. Dawn Thomas has been CEO of Caribbean Communications Network Limited (CCN) since August 2007. Prior to this, she spent fifteen (15) years with the Neal and Massy Group in various sectors and latterly held the position of CEO of Tracmac Engineering Limited and was a director of several boards. Ms. Thomas currently serves on the Board of Directors of the CCN Group (Trinidad), the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) and the Caribbean News Agency (CANA), Barbados.    Ms. Thomas holds a B.Sc. Industrial Engineering (Hons) Degree from the University of the West Indies (UWI).  




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Group Financial Controller
The Nation Corporation
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