Newly Elected Executive Management Committee and Council of GCCI for the Year 2020/2021
The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) recently held its 130th Annual General Meeting (AGM) virtually in order to observe social distancing. President, Nicholas Deygoo-Boyer and his team reported on the performance of the GCCI over the past year and discussed what the future holds for the business support organization. To view the President’s speech, please visit the following link: https://bit.ly/2WePWXg. The GCCI’s Annual Report for the year 2019/2020 can also be viewed online at: https://gcci.gy/gcci-annual-report-2019-2020/.
At the AGM, elections for the Chamber’s 21-member Council were held and the following members were elected as the new Council of the Chamber for the year 2020/2021:
| No. | Name | Company |
| 1 | Nicholas Boyer | National Hardware Guyana Ltd. |
| 2 | Timothy Tucker | Rid-O-Pes |
| 3 | Dr. Roshan Khan | Social Rank Media |
| 4 | Gerald Gouveia Jr. | Roraima Airways |
| 5 | Kester Hutson | Dapper Technology |
| 6 | Deodat Indar | Sterling Products Ltd. |
| 7 | Anije Lambert | Project Development Consultancy |
| 8 | Shaleeza Shaw | Demerara Bank Limited |
| 9 | Komal Ramnauth | Kojac Marketing Agency |
| 10 | Javed Khan | Republic Bank Guyana Limited |
| 11 | Keon Howard | Winedaysgy |
| 12 | Marisca Jordan | RAMPS Logistics Guyana Inc. |
| 13 | Briony Tiwarie | BK Supermix Inc. |
| 14 | Shaam Outar | A&S Enterprise |
| 15 | Anita Ramprasad | Machinery Corporation of Guyana Ltd. (MACORP) |
| 16 | Navin Prashad | M.P. Insurance Brokers & Consultants |
| 17 | Dr. Vishnu Doerga | ActionINVEST Caribbean Inc. |
| 18 | Derek Stoby | Muneshwers Limited |
| 19 | Gavin Ramsoondar | JR Ranch Inc. |
| 20 | Khemraj Goberdhan | Diamond Fire & General Insurance Inc. |
| 21 | Samuel Arjoon | Guyana Beverages Inc |
Subsequent to the AGM, the new Council held its first Statutory Council meeting on Tuesday, 29 April, 2020 to elect from its body a new Executive Management Committee (EMC) for the year 2020/2021. The EMC comprises a President, Senior Vice President, Junior Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary and Immediate Past President. The elected Executives are as follows:
| No. | Position | Name | Organisation |
| 1 | President | Nicholas Boyer | National Hardware (Guyana) Ltd. |
| 2 | Senior Vice President | Timothy Tucker | Rid-O-Pes |
| 3 | Junior Vice President | Anije Lambert | Project Development Consultancy |
| 4 | Treasurer | Kester Hutson | Dapper Technology |
| 5 | Secretary | Shaleeza Shaw | Demerara Bank Limited |
| 6 | Immediate Past President | Deodat Indar | Sterling Products Ltd. |
The membership and Secretariat of the GCCI would like to congratulate the Councillors and the Executives and look forward to their stewardship of the GCCI in these challenging times.
The GCCI remains steadfast in its lobbying and advocacy work, especially under the threat of COVID-19 which has seen the caretaker Government implement “Stay at Home” orders to preserve the lives of Guyanese citizens. While the GCCI believes that such an order should remain in effect, we call for metrics to be used and a plan to be put in place to allow non-essential businesses to understand when they will be allowed to reopen and whether they will reopen understandably with conditions that encapsulate hours of operations, sanitizing, screening measures and social distancing practices. This type of planning and decision making allows businesses to reduce the anxiety of their workers and manage the expectations of customers so that social distancing can be effective.
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