Christian E. Mouttet

Mr. Mouttet is the Chairman and CEO of Victor E. Mouttet Limited and Chairman of Agostini’s Limited. He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree with a double Major in Business Administration and Political Science from Wagner College, New York.

Martin de Gannes

Mr. de Gannes joined the Board after holding several executive Human Resource leadership positions in both local and global companies within Trinidad and Tobago over the past 35 years.

A former first-place winner of the Open National Scholarship in Modern Studies from St. Mary’s College, his qualifications include a B.Sc. (Economics), and an M.Sc. (Industrial Relations), from the London School of Economics and Political Science; he is also a Fellow of the Institute of Canadian Bankers (with Honours).

He has also had the benefit of training in Management Development from Harvard Business School and Dispute Resolution Training from the University of Windsor, Canada. Mr. de Gannes is a past Chairman of the Employers’ Consultative Association (ECA).

He is a member of the Committee to review the Levels of Health Care Delivery by the Regional Health Authorities; a Board member of the Immortelle Vocational Centre; the Employers’ Solution Centre; and the Registration, Recognition and Certification Board of T&T.

Angela Lee Loy

Ms. Lee Loy is the Chairman of Aegis Business Solutions Limited, outsourcing and advisory services; Partner of Aegis & Co. and external audit company; and Chairman of recruitment agency Eve Anderson Recruitment Limited. She is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (UK), with over 40 years of professional experience, including 13 years serving as Partner responsible for the provision of Assurance and Business Advisory Services with PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Ms. Lee Loy is non-executive director of PHL and Chairman of the audit committee for Gulf Insurance Limited. In addition, she is President of the Trinidad and Tobago Coalition of Services Industries, and within the NGO sector, she is also Chairman of Social Justice Foundation and Chairman of Music Literacy Trust.

She has held several leadership roles, including the first female President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Trinidad & Tobago (ICATT) and first female President for the Institute of Chartered Accountants of the Caribbean (ICAC), where she was instrumental in the introduction of Practice Monitoring for accounting firms across the Caribbean region. She was also the Chairman of the National AIDS Coordinating Committee (NACC).

Simon Hardy

Mr. Hardy gained his formal education in the United Kingdom, having graduated with a Bachelor’s degree (Honours) in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Bristol. He then pursued a career in Accountancy, qualifying as a Chartered Accountant and earning his certification in Corporate Treasury Management in 2001 and 2003 respectively. Mr.Hardy is also a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Prior to returning to Trinidad, he worked in internal audit with two major international companies in the United Kingdom where he engaged with Senior Managers in trade, finance and operations. He also worked in India conducting risk assessments, examining service level agreements and ensuring good Corporate Governance.

Upon his return to Trinidad, he joined a locally owned hospitality business in 2007 as the Group Chief Financial Officer. Within two years, he was promoted to the position of Chief Operating Officer, a position which he held until he joined Prestige Holdings in 2014.

Neil Poon Tip

A graduate of St Mary’s University, Halifax, Canada with a Bachelor of Commerce degree, majoring in Marketing, Mr. Poon Tip holds several leadership positions within the food and beverage industry in Trinidad and Tobago. He is the Managing Director of Universal Foods Limited and is a Director of Associated Brands Investment Limited, as well as a number of family owned businesses. He is also a Director of Consolidated Biscuits Limited, Malta.

Mr. Poon Tip has served on a number of local public and private sector boards and is a past president of the Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers’ Association (TTMA) and past vice president of the Trinidad and Tobago Chamber of Industry and Commerce (TTCIC).

Kurt A. A. Miller

Mr. Miller is the Managing Partner and Head of the Commercial Department of Fitzwilliam, Stone, Furness-Smith & Morgan.

He joined the firm in 1986 and has been a partner since 1992. His areas of specialty are finance, banking, and corporate/commercial transactions. He has acted and continues to act for a broad range of local and international clients in the areas of commercial transactions, structured credit transactions, leverage lending transactions, sovereign and commercial bond issues, mergers and acquisitions, securitisation transactions and aviation transactions.

Mr. Miller is a graduate of the University of the West Indies (LL.B. Hons, 1984) and the Norman Manley Law School, Jamaica (Legal Education Certificate, 1986). He was admitted to practice in 1986 in Trinidad and Tobago and in 1991 in Jamaica. He is recognised in the Corporate / Commercial Trinidad and Tobago section of Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers.

Rene de Gannes

Mr. de Gannes is the General Manager Commercial of Kiss Baking Company Limited. A graduate of The University of the West Indies (B.Sc. Honours, Economics) in 1987, Mr. de Gannes has enjoyed success in the world of marketing communications and distribution, and brings to the table a variety of leadership skills developed at both local and multinational organisations. He is also an avid sports enthusiast and serves as a member of the Fatima Old Boys Association.