Business View Caribbean October/November 2018

90 91 AT A GLANCE THE GRENADA AIRPORTS AUTHORITY WHAT: A government corporation which oversees aeronautical travel for the Island of Grenada WHERE: Headquarters at the Maurice Bishop International Airport, St. George, Grenada WEBSITE: www.mbiagrenada.com/?q=airport cette-Williams was encouraged by a mentor in Trinidad’s Public Transport Service to apply for associate membership in the UK’s Chartered Institute of Transport (CIT), and she became the first Caribbean woman to win a CIT place through examination in 1983.While working for the Airport Authority of Trinidad and Toba- go (AATT), she persuaded her new employer to fund her part-time study at the CIT for a degree in international transport management.Within two years she graduated, the only woman to do so. It is no wonder, then, that today, Fran- cette-Williams has been tapped to be a lecturer and consultant for the program from which she once graduated. Francette-Williams continued to rise through the ranks and to seek further education. In 2008, she obtained a Master of Science degree in Airport Management from the University of the West Indies, and in 2010, she was appointed as the Aviation Training Officer for Trinidad and Tobago. She would continue in that role until moving to Grenada. “To understand what I have done in Grenada, you have to understand why I chose to live in the country,” Francette-Williams muses. “I’ve been in the aviation industry for over 34 years now; 30 of those years were spent in Trinidad and Tobago in the areas of operations, customer service, looking at the statistical overview of airports, and the like. For me, the aviation in- dustry has always been key to who I am. I have dedicated my life to aviation in the Caribbean.” Grenada is a tourist destination. It is also a spice Island, exporting nutmeg and cinnamon, among other agricultural products. And yet, THE GRENADA AIRPORTS AUTHORITY