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CEO of Training Authority, Keshelle Davis, wins Icon Award for Commerce

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7 years ago

July 27, 2017

Bahamas, July 27, 2017 – Nassau – International wealth coach, author and serial entrepreneur Keshelle Kerr Davis has been recognized as this year’s Bahamas Icon Award winner in the Area of Commerce.

The award comes after several years of outstanding achievements for Davis who has been presented at events in England, the United States, Caribbean, a featured presenter for popular reality television stars and the main speaker at the Les Brown Institute. The award committee focused on Davis’ outstanding contributions as a businesswoman, master trainer, author, and consultant.

Davis is also the founder, and CEO of the Training Authority and the former Executive Director of the Bahamas Chamber Institute, the education arm of the Bahamas Chamber of Commerce. Teaching business is a family affair as her husband Glen Davis is the head of department of Business at the University of The Bahamas.

“As someone who works tirelessly to translate my skills and passions into success for the Bahamian community, I am deeply honored and humbled to receive such a monumental recognition,” said Davis. “Now joining the ranks of our country’s most inspiring individuals, I look forward to many more years of projects and collaboration with our Bahamian community.”

Constantly importing the best minds in business and financial development from around the world, Davis has exposed Caribbean professionals and entrepreneurs to business leaders including Bill Walsh, Sharon Lechter, Tina Alton and Camilita Nuttell of the United Kingdom, and Brigitta Hoeferle of Germany,

In 2015, while serving as the youngest female appointed to the Bahamas Chamber of Commerce Board as well as the first female Executive Director of the Bahamas Chamber Institute, Keshelle led VAT implementation training workshops throughout the country’s business community and facilitated VAT town hall meetings in various communities. In this one year, she almost doubled the revenue for previous years by taking that division’s income into the six-figure range – a 105% increase since its inception.

By 2016, she was recognized in the Top 40 under 40 by the Professional Services Bahamas organization, a second of such honor and features on the cover of Global Woman Magazine in the UK in 2017.

To date has facilitated more than 100 seminars, workshops and personal development events reaching over 3,000 business and career professionals. She has done some pioneering work in the field of business development, having addressed a group of entrepreneurs in London on the topic of vision and been invited to return in 2017.

Within the last two years, Davis has launched The Entrepreneur Night, holding six of these events and impacting more than 450 local entrepreneurs and visionaries. She has also hosted 25 of her popular Dreamboard Party Experiences, reaching close to 1,000 individuals.

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Bahamas economic growth

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2 days ago

May 4, 2024

Shanieka

Rashaed Esson

Staff Writer

The Bahamas’ economy is in good standing according to reports from the Bahamas National Statistical Institute which released the Quarterly Gross Domestic Product Series. They indicate that quarterly GDP trends for 2023 saw increases compared to 2022, a sign of recovery from the Covid 19 pandemic.

The most significant increase was 9.9 percent in the first quarter of 2023, and the industries responsible for the growth include Accommodations and food, construction and Arts.

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RBC appoints new Country Manager and Area Vice President for Turks & Caicos

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2 days ago

May 4, 2024

Shanieka

RBC Royal Bank (Bahamas) Limited (“RBC”) is pleased to announce the recent appointment of Kerryl-Lyn King-Henry as Country Manager and Area Vice President (“AVP”), Personal and Commercial Banking, Turks & Caicos Islands (TCI).

In her new role as Country Manager and AVP, King-Henry will take on full responsibility for the bank’s operations, strategy, and development in the TCI market, with a strong focus on solidifying partnerships with the Government, regulatory bodies, and the local community.

King-Henry brings to the role a dynamism influenced by nearly 25 years of industry experience. Prior to her new appointment, she served as AVP of Business Banking in Trinidad and Tobago. She has held progressively senior roles within both personal and commercial banking, as well as various functional units.

King-Henry holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree, with a specialization in Leadership, FinTech and Big Data Analysis, in addition to a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration. Further enriching her professional profile, Kerryl-Lyn is a certified John C. Maxwell Coach, Trainer, Teacher, and Speaker. Her passion for leadership and development is matched by her commitment to community service, as she actively volunteers her time and leverages her professional expertise to mentor and support others. “

Kerryl-Lyn’s extensive experience and proven leadership capabilities make her the perfect choice to lead our operations in the Turks & Caicos Islands,” said Ericka Rolle, RBC’s Managing Director and Vice President, Personal Banking, The Bahamas and TCI.

“Her commitment to excellence, combined with a genuine passion for community engagement, aligns perfectly with our Bank’s purpose of helping clients thrive and communities prosper. We are excited to see the positive impact she will undoubtedly bring to her new role,” she added.

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Get your laugh on, March On show coming to Turks and Caicos with box office at IGA Friday and Saturday

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2 days ago

May 3, 2024

Shanieka

Dana Malcolm

Staff Writer

After resounding success in the Bahamas, hit play ‘March On, The Story of Us’ has been inundated with requests to take their show on the road, and the first location they’ll be hitting is Providenciales Turks and Caicos with tickets on sale this weekend from May 3 to 5.

Magnetic Media spoke to Gea Pierre, playwright, who told us the TCI was a natural first choice for the cast and crew.

“We started ‘March On’ in November 2023 and it was really an opportunity for us to tell a story, the story of the Bahamas and to encompass the nations that we have an amazing relationship with like the Turks and Caicos,” she continued “We really got a lot of people calling [for the play] from [the TCI], so much so we really had to pay attention.”

The response to ‘March On’ at home and abroad was overwhelming.

“To say it went well is an understatement, even before we opened we got calls from Canada, from all over the US with people wanting us to come and perform.”

And take the show on the road they did! Gea and her team have launched “March On: The Tour” and will be in Providenciales to perform on May 10th and 11th. It’s the first of a number of stops which include Nassau and several US locations.

A ticket booth will be set up from today, Friday May 3 in the foyer of IGA grocery store beginning at 1 p.m. Friday and then again all day on Saturday, allowing residents to purchase with cash.

Online tickets are available for purchase with credit cards. Then the full team returns on Friday, May 11 for the actual showing at 8 pm and their two showings on Saturday at 4pm and 8 pm. The venue is Brayton Hall, Providenciales under the patronage of Washington Misick, TCI Premier and First Lady Delthia Misick.

Describing the close familial relationships between the TCI and the Bahamas, for many on the crew it will be like coming home Gea told us, for others it will be a treat to visit for the first time, the places that their grandparents described.

Tickets are only $60 for general seating and $75 for VIP seating.

Gea maintained that the team wanted to keep the show as accessible to residents as possible.

As for why you should come out and see the play, other than the great price point:

“The way that people have responded to it is non stoplaughter, people have been moved to tears because there’s some emotion. It does not only lend to Bahamians. It’s a family drama, and anyone who’s ever been a part of a family is going to get something out of it, and something moving.”