Hotelier is new BPI chairman

Veteran hotelier Peter Odle is the new Chairman of the Barbados Port Inc. (BPI).

He takes over from Senator Lisa Cummins, who is now the Minister of Tourism and International Transport.

The rest of the board members remain the same, with the Deputy Chairman being Dennis Cadogan.

Odle, the owner and director of the Mango Bay hotel in St James, has over 37 years’ experience in the hotel industry and owns other businesses in the tourism sector.

On Wednesday morning the new chairman went on a familiarization tour of the hub of Barbados’ trade and logistics infrastructure with other members of the facility and members of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy.

Other board members are Capt. George Fergusson, retired Captain of Barbados Port Inc., Lisa Gale (Lisa Gale Consulting International Trade and Business Consultant), Iain Thomson (Maco Magazine), Ricardo McConney (Nation Publishing Co. Ltd.), Janice Brown (Attorney-at-Law, Fig Tree Family Office Ltd.), Reynold Grant (Retiree), Esworth Reid (Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Maritime Affairs and The Blue Economy), Sir Roy Trotman (Barbados Workers’ Union) and David Jean-Marie (Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer BPI). (MM)