BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Sept 3, CMC – The acting chief executive officer of the Barbados Water Authority (BWA), Keithroy Halliday, will from November 1 this year, assume the position of chief executve officer of the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) in Trinidad and Tobago.
Halliday, has already informed BWA staff of his resignation following seven years in the post, saying also that in his new role, he will lead a restructured nine-member leadership team at WASA.
During his tenure at the BWA, Halliday is credited with advancing the BWA’s financial position, maintaining it as a zero-budget entity for the past four years. Under his leadership, the BWA has covered all its operational expenses without external funding, except for significant capital projects deemed national priorities.
He is also credited with helping secure significant grant funding from the Green Climate Fund through the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre, aimed at bolstering the organisation’s climate resilience and mitigation efforts.
Halliday, who first became BWA’s general manager in February 2017, told staff “I wish to extend my heartfelt appreciation to each member of the authority for what I regard as your unwavering dedication, relentless effort, and support throughout my time with the authority,”
Halliday, a certified sustainable development professional, spent a decade in Trinidad and Tobago as a general manager in the telecommunications retail industry.
He is currently a doctoral student at the Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business in Trinidad, where his focus is on Intelligent Water Systems. He holds an MBA and postgraduate qualifications from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland, and has served as a Research Associate in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of South Florida since 2018.
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