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Chloe Bermudez

Chloe was appointed to the Board of Directors on March 10th, 2025. Chloe has been the Chief Executive Officer of the Bermudez Group Ltd. since 2017 and was elected Chairperson of its Board of Directors the following year. She is a seasoned executive with extensive leadership experience in overseeing corporate strategy, governance, and profitability. With a strong background in business transformation and significant regional experience in manufacturing and distribution, she has successfully enhanced operational efficiency and financial performance across multiple companies. Chloe also brings a strong entrepreneurial mindset to the Board of Massy Holdings Ltd.

Chloe holds a BSc in Microbiology from Imperial College London, an MA in Law from Cambridge University, and an LLM in Intellectual Property and Technology Law from Edinburgh University.

Roger Ramdwar

Roger is a career Internal Auditor with over 30 years’ experience, of which in excess of 20 has been in leading internal audit functions in publicly listed entities across the Caribbean Region. He leads a team spread across six countries and has articulated a vision for internal audit, that aligns with the Group’s and Portfolio’s strategic objectives and the expectations of its stakeholders.

Karlene Bailey

Karlene is a seasoned professional with over 23 years’ experience in the areas of risk management, asset management, strategic planning and leadership. She has a proven track record of success and a commitment to excellence, demonstrated by exceptional leadership in overseeing risk functions, evaluating investment opportunities and supporting organizations in their transformation journey.

Nadia McCarthy

Nadia brings more than 24 years of expertise in leading people, culture, transformation, and business strategies. A recognized strategic thinker, she has an established reputation for addressing complex business challenges, driving positive change, and delivering measurable business value through people.

Ambikah Mongroo

Ambikah has over twenty years’ experience leading various areas in the Massy Integrated Retail Portfolio including Commercial, Supply Chain and Operations. She has served as a Director on the Board of the Distribution and Retail Businesses in Trinidad, Barbados, Guyana, USA. Prior to her appointment as Executive Vice President & Chairperson Integrated Retail Portfolio Ambikah held the position of Senior Vice-President/Country Head, IRP Trinidad and Tobago. Ambikah is highly regarded for her strategic insights and is known for her ability to undertake complex commercial and operational challenges. She is a dynamic leader who excels in fostering organisational culture change, driving people-focused initiatives and leading robust transformational change that is aligned to business objectives and organisational growth. Ambikah was instrumental in the set-up of IRP’s Distribution Facilities in Guyana and Jacksonville and the Distribution Business in St Lucia, she also championed operations and process best practices across the Portfolio. She was most recently part of the team that led the acquisition of the Rowe’s IGA Supermarkets in the USA and continues to drive the major Strategic Initiatives in the Retail and Distribution businesses for the Massy Group.

Ambikah is a graduate of University of Lincoln, UK and completed the Ivey Executive Development Programme from Western University (Ivey Business School).

Colin Soo Ping Chow

Colin Soo Ping Chow is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA) of the UK. He was the former Executive Chairman, EY Caribbean and played an integral role in the successful integration of the EY Caribbean firm across eight countries.

He successfully led the firm’s growth and development as Executive Chairman and acted in the roles of the EY Caribbean Assurance and Consulting Managing Partner at different times.

Mr. Soo Ping Chow has accumulated a wealth of accounting, auditing and consulting experiences serving Pan Caribbean and international clients in the region.

He was a former president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Trinidad & Tobago (ICATT) and has also served as a member of the EY Americas Advisory Committee.

James McLetchie

James brings more than 30 years of financial, M&A, transformation, and strategy experience to Massy, with an emphasis on international M&A and growth. James started his career as an auditor, at Price Waterhouse in Trinidad. After 7 years, he left Price Waterhouse as an audit manager to complete his MBA in Finance and Management Information System (MIS) at Purdue University in the United States. He then joined PricewaterhouseCoopers, working in their Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York City offices, working with clients in many sectors to integrate their acquisitions focused on designing and delivering the full potential and synergies of those acquisitions.

James later joined McKinsey & Co, where he spent 13 years, designing and leading M&A integration programs until 2021. He was part of the McKinsey & Co global M&A leadership team and led the Merger Management and Organisation teams for the UK and Irish offices. He worked “on the ground” in over 30 cities across the world in countries including Brazil, Chile, United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Turkey, Japan, and India.

Most recently, James was Senior Vice President of Integration at AVEVA Group, a FTSE 50 company and world leader in industrial software company specialising in Power and Oil and Gas. James was responsible for integrating and delivering the value from AVEVA’s largest acquisition as well as their most ambitious business model transformation to a subscriptions business powered by cloud products.

Jeremy Nurse

Jeremy has served the Group for over 19 years in various roles including senior management positions and directorships on several of the Group’s subsidiary boards.  He has demonstrated exemplary and pragmatic leadership in overseeing the Group’s strategy function, as well as in the execution of divesting non-core and underperforming assets in recent years.

Jeremy Nurse graduated from the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus with an undergraduate degree in Mathematics and Physics with first class honours, and he holds two master’s degrees from Durham University and IE University. He holds a Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) from IE Business School and is a certified International Mergers & Acquisitions Expert charter holder.

Nigel Edwards

Nigel Edwards was appointed to the Board of Massy Holdings Ltd as a non-executive director on December 8th, 2022. Nigel is the Executive Director of the Trinidad and Tobago Unit Trust Corporation and has served in several executive positions, primarily in the financial services sector, over his career of over 25 years. Prior to his current role at the UTC, he served as their Chief Financial Officer. Before joining the UTC, he served in multiple roles, including Chief Executive, Executive Director, Finance Director, and Corporate Secretary in a diverse commercial group in Trinidad and Tobago.

Mr. Edwards has served as a non-executive Director on several listed companies on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange and on several public interest company Boards. Throughout his career, he has guided multiple complex mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganisations and restructuring efforts. He remains in active service to public authorities and several volunteer community organisations across Trinidad and Tobago.

He is the holder of an MSc. Finance from the London Business School and a BSc. Management Studies from the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine. Mr. Edwards is also a Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants (FCCA).

Marc-Kwesi Farrell

Marc Farrell is a proud Trinidadian, and the Founder and CEO of Ten To One Rum. Marc’s unique combination of deep cultural ties to Caribbean culture and intimate knowledge of the U.S. consumer market, have propelled him to help elevate the conversation around rum, and bring an inspired, award-winning product to market.

Prior to launching Ten To One Rum, Marc most recently held a number of roles at Starbucks as its youngest Vice President, leading the eCommerce business, U.S. Retail Lobby and Beverage Innovation, during his tenure. He was recruited to join the executive team after a serendipitous meeting with Howard Schultz, the company’s Founder and CEO. This followed earlier professional stints at Fidelity Equity Partners and Bain & Co. Farrell attended MIT at age 16, followed by Cambridge University and Harvard Business School.

Throughout his career, Marc has been focused on bringing unique products and experiences to life through a combination of digital and real-world channels, and continues to put this in practice in his entrepreneurial ventures today. Today he is an active angel investor and on the Board of Wheels Up (NYSE), and The Amazon BBA Advisory Council.