Word reaching our newsroom is that the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the BVI Health Services Authority (BVIHSA) is Trinidadian Paula Chester-Cumberbatch.
According to our National Democratic Party (NDP) sources, Chester-Cumberbatch received the nod over local applicant Dr Ronald E. Georges.
The BVIHSA is to make an announcement at a press conference on the new CEO later this morning, September 5, 2016.
Chester-Cumberbatch will replace the outgoing CEO Darlene Carty-Baptiste.
About Paula Chester-Cumberbatch
In 2012 almost one year after she was fired as Chief Executive Officer of the South West Regional Health Authority (SWRHA) for not issuing suspension letters to medical professionals under investigation in the death of a young mother, Paula Chester-Cumberbatch was appointed in the same position, only this time in the Tobago Regional Health Authority (TRHA).
According to her Facebook profile she was Tobago Regional Health Authority’s Chief Executive Officer from February 16, 2012 to September 9, 2014, and South West Regional Health Authority Chief Executive Officer from November 2009 to March 2011.
Additionally, she was with the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation as Assistant Secretary (Executive Member) from October 8, 2002 to December 31, 2015.
At the University of West Indies St Augustine she was a Lecturer (part-time) from September 1999 to 2011.
Her education includes – Howard University Class of 1993 · MBA · Heath Services Administration · Washington, District of Columbia. Howard University Class of 1991 · Marketing · Washington, District of Columbia and St. Joseph’s Convent Class of 1979 · Bhubaneswar, India
As an Entrepreneur she is Co-Owner/CEO Trini Sisters FingerNails 2 Go – TT · November 2015 to present -Providing Digital Nail Art Printing On Natural And Artificial Nails In Seconds, Including A Selfie, Using The Latest Technology From Tensator (Portugal), Hewlett Packard (Germany) And FinerNails Go (UK). (BVI Online)
