Geoffrey Cave

CHAIRMAN

Mr. Cave is Chairman of one of the islands leading retail stores, Cave Shepherd, a public company listed on the Barbados Stock Exchange. Geoffrey Cave , who holds a B. Comm. from McGill University of Canada, joined Cave Shepherd, a family run business, in 1963. He held various positions in the company, became Managing Director in 1970, and was later elected Chairman in 1975, a position he maintains today. Under his leadership, Cave Shepherd has grown to become a trusted household name in Barbados . His tremendous vision and sound judgment has resulted in a company that is broad and diverse in its operation with interest in retail, financial services and tourism related industries.

He has a distinguished career in business in Barbados being involved as Director and Chairman of several leading private and public companies in Barbados . He also served on the Board of several government and non-governmental organizations and has been an advisor and trustee to numerous schools, universities and charities. 

Mr. Cave is a Justice of the Peace and at the turn of the century, he was awarded the Barbados Centennial Honor. In 2001, Mr. Cave was honored with the Caribbean Master Entrepreneur Award. In the Queens New Years' Honors List in 2003, he was appointed Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.

M. Anthony Shaw

Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Shaw started his professional career with KPMG and worked with them in Montreal as a Senior Auditor and Toronto as a Tax Manager. Subsequently he joined Scotiabank in Toronto and was posted at Scotia Plaza in a Commercial Banking role. This was followed by a series of International postings in the USVI, Kingston Jamaica and finally in Barbados.

Mr. Shaw Holds a B. Comm. from McGill University in Accounting and Management Information Systems, a Graduate Diploma in Public Accounting from McGill, and is a member of the Ontario Institute of Chartered Accountants. He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Canadian Bankers.

He has been on the Council of the Barbados Chamber of Commerce since 2005 and has been on the Executive Council of the Barbados Youth Business Trust since 1999.

DOUGLAS ORANGE

DIRECTOR

Mr. Orane is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Grace Kennedy Limited. He was appointed CEO in 1995 and, in 1998, assumed the position of Chairman.

Mr. Orane's career at Grace Kennedy began in 1981 when he joined the company as Corporate Planner. Since then he has held several leadership positions in almost all areas of the highly diversified Group. An engineer by training, Mr. Orane holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Glasgow University . He is also a graduate of the Harvard Business School where he earned a Masters degree in Business Administration.

Under his guidance, Grace Kennedy has articulated a vision of transforming itself from a Jamaican trading and finance company into a global consumer products and services Group by the year 2020. His insistence on benchmarking to the best companies internationally, has resulted in Grace Kennedy's dominance in the Caribbean, and its continued profitability even in an unpredictable Jamaican economy.

Mr. Orane possesses an active social conscience and leverages his position as a leader of industry to highlight the possibilities in Jamaican society. As President of the Private Sector Organization of Jamaica (for two terms between 1992 and 1994) he gained national attention for his incisive, rational and pragmatic views on topical issues, particularly on electoral reform. In 1998, he chaired a Task Force to examine ways to reduce waste in the public sector. Implementation of the resulting recommendations, known as The Orane Report, have to date saved the Jamaican government some US$3.5 million. In 1998, he was appointed an Independent Senator in the Jamaican Senate, a position which he held for four and a half years. He continues in the philanthropic footsteps of previous Grace Kennedy Chairmen, lending his active support to the company's programmes for inner-city residents and youth.

JOHN WILLIAMS

DIRECTOR

JOSEPH TAFFE

DIRECTOR

ROGER CAVE

DIRECTOR

DESIREE CHEREBIN

DIRECTOR