Prospect Reef Management Company gets new board members
According to the minutes of the Cabinet Meeting of February 16, 2024, chaired by Governor Daniel Pruce at the Premier's Conference Room where all members were present, new board members have been appointed for periods spanning 2-3 years.
The new members comprise of Businessman, Mr. Collingston George as Chairperson, for a period of three (3) years with effect from January 1 2024 until December 31, 2026, and Ms. Kerrel Wilson as Director, a business owner and legal secretary for the same period.
Others include a former House of Assembly Speaker, Ms. Ingrid A. Moses-Scatliffe as Director, a lawyer, and the Leader of the Opposition's nominee, for a period of three (3) years with effect from January 1, 2024, until December 31, 2026; and Ms. Kimberly Kuntz as Director representative from the tourism industry is recommended for a period of two (2) Year with effect from January 1, 2024 until December 31, 2025.
It further detailed that the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism, Culture, and Sustainable Development or designee be appointed as an ex-officio member.
Previous member re-appointed
Cabinet also decided that Previous member Mr. Nathaniel Isaac, a business owner and the former Managing Director of the Prospect Reef Management Company, has also been re-appointed for two (2) years with effect from January 1, 2024 until December 31, 2025.
Further, the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sustainable Development will instruct the Attorney General's Chambers to draft the respective Instruments of Appointment.
Virgin Islands Premier and Minister of Finance Dr Wheatley has said that seeing the re-development of Prospect Reef is a priority area for him in office.
“Madam Speaker, the Government's vision is to have a branded hotel with much-needed conference facilities. As the term of the Board's membership has expired, we have commenced the process of appointing a new board and one of its mandates will be to issue a request for proposal for the re-development of Prospect [Reef],” Premier Wheatley said during the question and answer Segment of the House of Assembly (HoA) on September 5, 2023.
The Premier was at the time answering questions posed by Opposition Leader Hon Ronnie W. Skelton (AL) during the continuation of the Second Sitting of the First Session of the Fifth HoA on plans for the land of the former resort.
13 Responses to “Prospect Reef Management Company gets new board members”
Hey here is a simple start. Assign PWD, Solid Waste and Environmental Health together don't just flatten what needs to be flattened and clean up the place. Then we can go from there. If we can't have AC in hospital emergency room, how we going fix Prospec
That waste of taxpayers’ dollars should have been bulldozed several years ago.
See? And no one had to pay one red cent for my unsolicited expert advice.