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Arthur Lok Jack (Chairman)
A Guardian Holdings Director since March 1997,
Arthur Lok Jack became Chairman in 2004. As
one of the Caribbean region’s most dynamic and
successful entrepreneurs, Arthur Lok Jack has
grown his own business, Associated Brands Industries
Limited, into a major enterprise regionally.
Mr Lok Jack is Chairman of BWIA and the recipient
of the Chaconia Gold Medal in August 2004, he
has also been awarded the titles of Master Entrepreneur
(Ernst & Young), Caribbean Luminary (UWI), and
was bestowed a Doctor of Laws Degree (Hon) by
the University of the West Indies, in recognition
of his influence on Caribbean economic well
being. In further recognition, in 2005 The University
of the West Indies, Institute of Business was
renamed The Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School
of Business.
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H. Peter Ganteaume,
Deputy Chairman
Peter Ganteaume has had a distinguished career in finance, accounting and audit, since qualifying in June 1969 as a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, where he graduated 1st in the final examinations of the Institute in 1969.
Peter Ganteaume first led this Caribbean financial institution from 1999 to 2006, through a period of rapid expansion and growth in earnings. During this time GHL was named Caribbean Company of the Year 2000 and Trinidad and Tobago’s Most Admired Company in 2003. He came out of retirement in January 2008 to serve as its interim Group CEO for one year.
Mr. Ganteaume is a former Executive Chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers and has presented numerous papers on technical accounting and finance related subjects. He has also served as Chairman of the Accounting Standards Committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Trinidad and Tobago and as a member of the Board of Directors of the American Chamber of Commerce of Trinidad & Tobago. He has also been appointed by the Trinidad & Tobago Government to serve on Fiscal Review Committees.
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Jeffrey Mack,
Group Chief Executive Officer
Jeff Mack is a citizen of the United States. As the new Group CEO for Guardian Holdings Limited, he combines immense industry expertise with international experience and management know-how.
He has an MBA in Finance from Fordham University’s Graduate School of Business and holds the Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) as well as the Associate in Reinsurance (Are) designations. Jeff is also a skilled communicator, his first degree being in that field.
From 2004 to 2008, Jeff had been Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive of the four insurance companies of Providence Washington Insurance Group: Providence Washington Insurance Company, York Insurance Company, American Concept Insurance Company and Providence Washington Insurance Company of New York.
For 18 years prior to that he had been with Swiss Reinsurance, his last post being Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of Swiss Reinsurance’s Financial Services Business Group in Zurich, Switzerland.
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Douglas Camacho
Mr. Camacho is Group Executive Director
of Guardian Holdings Limited (GHL) and
President of Guardian Insurance Limited. He
is currently President of the Association of
Trinidad and Tobago Insurance Companies
(ATTIC), Chairman, of the Board of Governors
of the Trinidad and Tobago Insurance
Institute (TTII) and a Board Member of the
Insurance Association of the Caribbean (IAC).
Active in the industry for over 25 years, he
has been a member of the Guardian Holdings
Board since 1998.
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Philip Hamel-Smith
Philip Hamel-Smith joined the Guardian Holdings
Board in March 1997. An Attorney-at-Law, he
is the Managing Partner of M. Hamel-Smith and
Company. This former Trinidad & Tobago Senator,
Mr. Hamel-Smith has served as Vice President
of the Senate and is a member of the Law Association
of Trinidad & Tobago, the St. Kitts & Nevis
Bar Association, the American Bar Association
and the International Bar Association and Law
Society of the United Kingdom. Mr Hamel-Smith
is also a Director of The American Chamber of
Commerce of Trinidad & Tobago.
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Aleem Mohammed
Dr. Mohammed was appointed to the Guardian
Holdings Board in June 1998. A medical practitioner
by profession, Dr. Mohammed is Chairman of the
SM Jaleel Group of Companies.
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Selby Wilson
Mr. Wilson joined Guardian Holdings Limited
as a Director in March 1997. He is former Minister
of Finance in the Government of the Republic
of Trinidad and Tobago. Mr. Wilson is a Fellow
of the Certified Chartered Association of Accountants.
He now practices as a Telecommunications Policy
Consultant and currently works in an advisory
capacity with the Caribbean Telecommunications
Union. He has lectured at the tertiary level
in Management Accounting and Financial Management.
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Imtiaz Ahamad
Mr. Imtiaz Ahamad joined the Guardian Holdings
board in 2004. The CEO of Southern Sales and
Service Company Limited also sits on the Boards
of Automobile Sales Limited, Consolidated Insurance
Consultants and Consolidated Insurance Holdings.
He is Chairman of the Board of the South-West
Regional Health Authority in Trinidad & Tobago.
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Antony Lancaster
Mr. Antony Lancaster brings to the Board more
than forty years experience in the general insurance
field both in the United Kingdom and the Caribbean.
Prior to his retirement he served as Senior
Vice President of the CIGNA General Insurance
Operations in the UK and Ireland general insurance
operations. He joined the Guardian Holdings
Board in 2003.
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David Davies
Mr Davies brings to the Board extensive experience
in the pensions and the insurance industry,
spanning some 30 years, with strong technical,
commercial and general management skills in
business and strategic development, major restructuring
and business process improvements. A Fellow
of the Institute of Actuaries and previously
Chief Executive of Pearl Assurance and London
Life in the UK, he joins the Board of Guardian
Holdings Limited (GHL) as a non-executive Director.
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Fe Lopez-Collymore
Fé Lopez-Collymore is the General Counsel
and Corporate Secretary of the GHL Group based
in Trinidad and Tobago. Admitted to practice
as an attorney-at-law of the Supreme Court of
Trinidad and Tobago since 1981, she oversees
the provision of corporate secretarial and legal
services to the Group. Mrs. Lopez-Collymore
serves as secretary on several of the major
subsidiaries of the group, is a member of the
GHL executive team and serves as a director
on Guardian General Limited, the holding company
for the group’s general insurance interests
and Guardian Life of the Caribbean Limited its
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