Appointment Of Board Members
On August 1, 2009, the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority Act 2009 ("the Act") came into force. In accordance with the Act a new Board has been appointed and the public is hereby advised of the composition of the new Board as follows:
Chairperson
Wayne Aranha
Chairperson
Mr. Wayne Aranha - Chairperson.
Mr. Aranha joined PricewaterhouseCoopers in the Bahamas in 1976 and spent 24 years as a partner before his retirement in 2008. He is a member and past President of the Bahamas Institute of Chartered Accountants and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He was a director of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of the Caribbean and he is currently a member of the board of the new Insurance Commission of The Bahamas.
Non-Executive Members
Mr. J. Paul Morgan Deputy Chairperson.
Mr. Morgan is an independent advisor on policy and regulatory frameworks in the Energy, Telecommunications (ICT) and Water sectors. He has spent his career of 38 years to date in utilities. He is the former Chairman of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organization, former Chairman of the Organization of Caribbean Utility Regulators, and former Chairman for two terms of the Office of Utilities Regulation in Jamaica. He is a past President of the Jamaica Institution of Engineers.
Ms. Katherine Doehler.
Ms. Doehler is a communications specialist with 25 years experience working in Canada and internationally in the telecoms, broadcasting and cable TV fields. She is a founding member of the Executive Committee of the Canadian Network for the Advancement of Research, Industry and Education, a past member of the Canadian Standards Association Standing Committee on Telecommunications, and a past Director of the Board of the Telecommunications Applications Research Alliance. She is a partner of Syntel Consultancy Inc.