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Grand Bahama Shipyard
REUBEN BYRD
Former Chief Operating Officer
PharmaChem Technologies
RANDY S. THOMPSON
Chief Executive Officer
FamGuard
LYRONE BURROWS
President
Securities Commission of The Bahamas
CHRISTINA R. ROLLE
Executive Director
The Insurance Commission of The Bahamas
MICHELE C. E. FIELDS
Superintendent
Bahamas Investment Authority
CANDIA A. P. FERGUSON
Director
Hertz
SIDNE McKENZIE-STUBBS
Assistant General Manager
Bahamas Technical & Vocational Institute
DR. IVA DAHL
President
Bahamas Power & Light
KEVIN A. BASDEN
Consultant to the BoD
Bahamas Telecommunications Company
LEON WILLIAMS
Chief Executive Officer
Investment Partners in The Bahamas
F
reeport, The Bahamas’ industrial
capital, is diversifying the country’s
economy, with the Grand Bahama
Shipyard at the helm of the maritime
industry, and PharmaChem Technologies
leading the value-added manufacturing
industry, making drugs to fight HIV/AIDS.
In order to have a competitive workforce
in those fields, the Bahamas Technical &
Vocational Institute customizes its diplomas
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Many thanks to:
Rt.Hon.PerryChristie,PrimeMinisterandMinisterofFinance;SirBaltronBethel,SeniorAdvisor to thePrimeMinister;Hon.PhilipE.BraveDavis,DeputyPrimeMinister&Minister
ofWorksandUrbanDevelopment;Hon.ObediahH.Wilchcombe,MinisterofTourism;Hon.C.V.HopeStrachan,MinisterofFinancialServices;Hon. JeromeFitzgerald,MinisterofEducation,ScienceandTechnology;Hon.KhaalisRolle,MinisterofState for Investment;Hon.Dr.Michael
Darville,Minister forGrandBahama; Hon.Forrester J.Carroll,BahamasConsulGeneral toNewYork;Dr.ValerieCarroll;AmbassadorCarltonA.Masters;GowonBoweandEdisonSumner,ChairmanandCEOofBahamasChamberofCommerceandEmployers’Confederation;andKevin
D.Seymour,Presidentof theGrandBahamaChamberofCommerce.Special thanks toBradleyRoberts,Chairmanof theProgressive LiberalParty, forhis invaluable support inNassauand toMelissaForbes forherunparalleledassistance inGrandBahama.
to fit the jobmarket’s needs. BTVI President
Dr. Iva Dahl says, “[A professional advisory
committee] reviews our curriculum and
gets back to us, so we tweak it to ensure our
students are equipped for the world of work.”
