New leadership for St. Kitts Tourism Authority

~~Adz:Left~~Basseterre; St. Kitts - The Ministry of Tourism, Sports & Culture announces that a new Board Chairman, Mr Alfonso O’Garro, and a new CEO, Ms Rosecita Jeffers, have taken up office at the St Kitts Tourism Authority with effect from Friday, August 1st. Mrs Jeffers’ appointment comes after an extensive executive search for a new CEO over the past several months. 

Mrs Jeffers is a University of the West Indies (UWI) trained tourism professional who successfully operated her own tourism and special events management business for the past four years. Prior to her entrepreneurial experience, she was a member of the management team at the Ministry of Tourism and the Tourism Authority for several years. 

Mr O’Garro has a long career in private sector sales management and is the owner of ‘Driftwood’, a successful local chain of duty free shops and a leading wine supplier to hotels and restaurants on St Kitts and Nevis. Both Mr O’Garro and Mrs Jeffers have been appointed for a period of three years.

Minister responsible for Tourism, Senator Ricky Skerritt, welcomed both appointments and said that they could be seen as further evidence of the Government’s commitment to empowering local people while building a dynamic Tourism Authority which will continue to improve its understanding of the requirements of the tourism marketplace and its varied stakeholders.