New CEO says transforming GPL will take time

Albert Gordon

New Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) Albert Gordon says that the company has a vision of enhanced performance at the level of a “world-class utility” but cautioned that it will take time.

Speaking yesterday at the Cara Lodge, where GPL reported on its performance for 2017, Gordon, who has been at the helm of the company for only two months, said there are significant infrastructural constraints that are preventing it from performing at the optimal level.

“There have been substantial improvements by the way of capital projects and changes in operations but there is still a lot more to be done and we are trying to accelerate that rate of transformation by accelerating the capital projects,” he said, while noting that some of the capital projects have already been planned but the company has not been able to find funding for them.