Announcement of Newly Elected Executive Management Committee and Council of GCCI for the year 2024/2025
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The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) held its 134th Annual General Meeting (AGM) virtually last Wednesday, March 27, 2024. During the meeting, remarks were delivered by the Guest Speaker, Ms. Lorena Solorzano Salazar, Guyana’s IDB Group Country Representative and outgoing President of the GCCI, Mr. Kester Hutson.
Following the dissolution of the GCCI’s 2023/2024 Council, 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 2024/2025:
| NAME | COMPANY | |
| 1 | Timothy Tucker | Rid-O-Pes |
| 2 | Richard Rambarran | NCB Capital Markets Guyana Inc. |
| 3 | Kester Hutson | Dapper Technology Inc. |
| 4 | Komal Ramnauth | Kojac |
| 5 | Rosh Khan | Social Rank Media |
| 6 | Keon Howard | Electric (Guyana) Inc. |
| 7 | Kathy Smith | Dover Water Proofing Techonolgies Inc. |
| 8 | Geraldo Alphonso | Innovations America |
| 9 | Evie Kanhai-Gurchuran | Envisage Marketing & Technology Company |
| 10 | Kristia Ramlagan | Lodestar Inc. |
| 11 | Rayad Boyce | Sonic Business Services |
| 12 | Gavin Ramsoondar | Zarc Properties Inc. |
| 13 | Delmar Walcott | Icon LNG Guyana Inc. |
| 14 | Mary Nagasar | Hand-in-Hand Group of Companies |
| 15 | Carlos Mendonca | Ricks and Sari Agro Industries Ltd. |
| 16 | Brian Edwards | Green Agro Services & Supplies Inc. |
| 17 | Devon Seeram | Payless Variety Store |
| 18 | Melisa McRae-George | Guyana Payroll Solutions |
| 19 | Navin Prashad | M.P. Insurance Brokers & Consultants Limited |
| 20 | Paul Archer | Loss Control & Risk Management Guyana |
| 21 | Priyanka Sookraj | Ascension Business Services |
Subsequent to the AGM, the new Council held its first Statutory Council meeting on Wednesday, April 3, 2024 to elect from its body a new Executive Management Committee (EMC) for the year 2024/2025. The elected EMC comprises a President, Senior Vice President, Junior Vice President, Treasurer, and Secretary.
Additionally, the Immediate Past President of the GCCI is given the opportunity to serve as an Ex- Officio member of the EMC, as such, Mr. Timothy Tucker will serve in this position on the EMC. Former Senior Vice President, Mr. Richard Rambarran was also appointed on the EMC as an Ex- Officio member.
The complete Executive Management Committee is as follows:
| POSITION | NAME | COMPANY |
| President | Kester Hutson | Dapper Technology Inc. |
| Senior Vice President | Kathy Smith | Dover Water Proofing Techonolgies Inc. |
| Junior Vice President | Gavin Ramsoondar | Zarc Properties Inc. |
| Secretary | Melisa McRae-George | Guyana Payroll Solutions |
| Treasurer | Brian Edwards | Green Agro Services & Supplies Inc. |
| Ex-Officio Member | Timothy Tucker | Rid-O-Pes |
| Ex-Officio Member | Richard Rambarran | NCB Capital Markets Guyana Inc |
The membership and Secretariat of the GCCI would like to congratulate the Councilors and the Executives and look forward to their stewardship of the GCCI.
The GCCI’s Annual Report for the year 2023/2024 can also be viewed online at: https://gcci.gy/annual-report-2023-2024/.
