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 theyre expected to wrap up the board so you could imagine its a very, very detailed process 140 boards and so theyre hoping to wrap up.

If you noticed, Cabinet has been meeting a lot and thats because theyre trying to wrap up boards. What theyre trying to do is get the critical boards that need to have the chairman or chairpersons in office. Theyve 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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