Business View Caribbean | Volume 8, Issue 12

22 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN VOLUME 8, ISSUE 12 POWER QUEST ION Haley Walker, Grant County Regional Airport Manager, Grant County, Oregon: “Well, my daughter will be 15 and she will be starting to drive. So spending time with her, learning/teaching, road trips. Just watching her grow. I’m really looking forward to that.” Patrick Keenan, President of Phoenix International Holdings, Inc, Largo, Maryland: “I would look forward to more clear and reasonable government regulations with respect to COVID. Because in the end it does affect how we work. We believe we’ve done a good job of solving this problem internally, but we work for clients offshore on oil rigs and on supply boats, for example. And we’re in close quarters. Different clients are going to have varying expectations with respect to regulations and we understand that. But much of it is a response to multiple different government requirements, whether it’s Department of Defence or OSHA, depending on the size of the company, etc. It does cause some inefficiency in the workplace.” Andrew Mackay, Director/General Manager of Gorham’s Ltd, Pembroke, Bermuda: “We’re looking forward to normalcy. The big thing we are hoping is for the supply chain to fix itself, because at the moment there is so much finger pointing going on about how the supply chain has broken down. We’re hoping that the higher powers that control the supply chain really crack down on what has caused it. There’s no reason for a shipping container to go up 700% in cost. It makes no sense. The positive thing is, I think we’re going to come out of it smarter and better prepared.” Alan Shettlesworth, President & COO at Main Bank, Albuquerque, New Mexico: “I’ve got one simple business answer – I’m just excited for 2022. The business and commercial expansion activity, at least here in Albuquerque, is unbelievable. This year is a record year for us and next year we’ll continue with another good year. On the personal side, we’ve got my wife and four-year-old son set up with skis for the first time, and my nine-year-old daughter and I already know how to ski, so we are really going to hit the slopes this year. I am so pumped for that!”