Local manufacturing executive, Mr Carol Evelyn, has been elected President of the Carib-bean Association of Industry and Commerce Inc (CAIC).   Mr Evelyn, who is plant manager of API – Harowe Servo Controls Ltd in Sandy Point, St. Kitts, was elected at the 54 th Annual General Meeting of the CAIC held Friday at the headquarters of the Jamaica Manufacturers’ Association in Kingston, Jamaica.

President of CAIC Carol Evelyn

A Nevisian by birth, Mr Evelyn is now the 2nd national of St. Kitts and Nevis to be elected CAIC President, the first of such persons being Mr William Kelsick OBE who served from 1983 – 1985.  Mr Evelyn also becomes the fourth business executive from the OECS to be elected President of the Caribbean umbrella private sector organisation.  His other two OECS predecessors are Mrs Charmaine Gardener (CARASCO & Sons – St. Lucia) and Nigel John (Joseph John & Associates – Grenada), the latter now filling the role of Immediate Past President of CAIC.

Also elected to the new Board of CAIC was Mr Francis Kennedy (Grace Kennedy & Company-Jamaica) as Secretary and Mr Audley Walker (DFL Finance Limited-Trinidad) as Treasurer.  Mr James Moss-Solomon, former Immediate Past President to CAIC, will remain on CAIC’s Board as Special Advisor to the newly elected President.

The Board of Directors, members and staff of the St. Kitts-Nevis Chamber of Industry and Commerce heartily congratulate Mr Evelyn on his election as President of the CAIC,   and pledge the organisation’s fullest support to him in his new role.   It should be noted that Mr Evelyn also serves as a Director of the Chamber, holding the post of Chairman of the Manufacturers’ Division.   He is also a Past President of the Chamber, having led the organisation in this role from 2002-2003.