Almost two weeks after International Women’s Day and during Women’s History Month, Kathy Smith is elected to serve as President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI).
Mrs. Smith is the Managing Director of Dynotech Construction Chemicals and former Vice President of the GCCI.
Mrs. Smith was elected on Friday when the Chamber held its 135th Annual General Members Meeting to elect a new management committee and council for the period 2025/2026. The GCCI is the Caribbean’s oldest business chamber.
In a statement released by the Chamber Mrs. Smith indicated that among her interests was the development of women entrepreneurs.
“This focus and commitment to building the capacity of our members continues with this new role. But as the first woman president of the GCCI, I want to utilize this privilege to positively contribute to the development of women entrepreneurs. Because of my background and the strong and confident women like my grandmother who was a businesswoman in her own way, their influence moulded me, and the assertiveness and confidence that I have in approaching not just business but life—I want to see that inculcated in all the women entrepreneurs in this country,” she stated.
According to Mrs. Smith her objectives of advocating and fostering opportunities for women entrepreneurs to ensure that their businesses are sustainable and profitable. “It does not matter whether it is a micro-business—that is a one-woman operation—or a small firm. The GCCI wants to see our women-owned and MSMEs thrive and succeed.”
Elected to form the new executive council are – Senior Vice President, Mr. Gavin Ramsoondar; Junior Vice President, Mr. Brian Edwards; Treasurer, Mrs. Melisa McRae-George, and Secretary, Mrs. Kristia Ramlagan-Prescott. The Council also invited Councillors, Immediate Past President, Mr. Kester Hutson, Past President Mr. Timothy Tucker, and Past Senior Vice President Mr. Richard Rambarran to serve on the Executive Management Committee as Ex-Officio Members.
Members forming the council are: Ms. Dee George of Herdmanston Lodge; Mr. Delmar Walcott of Pinnacle Solutions; Mr. Devon Seeram of Payless Variety Store; Mrs. Evie Kanhai-Gurchuran of Envisage Marketing and Technology Company; Mr. Eusi Evelyn of Green State Oil & Gas Services Inc.; Mr. Keon Howard of Electric (Guyana) Inc.; Mr. Komal Ramnauth of Kojac; Ms. Mary Nagasar of Hand-in-Hand Group of Companies; Mr. Navin Prashad of M.P Insurance Brokers and Consultants Ltd.; Mr. Orson Ferguson of Vista Holdings Inc.; Mr. Paul Archer of Loss Control and Risk Management Guyana; Mr. Rayad Boyce of Sonic Business Services, and Mr. Rosh Khan of Social Rank Media.