British American Tobacco Caribbean - Patricia Bacchus

Position: Non-Executive Director, appointed to the Board of Directors of Demerara Tobacco Company in September 2019.

Skills & Experience: Since 2014, Patricia has held the portfolios of Managing Director and Board Chairperson of Caribbean Container Inc. (CCI) – a publicly listed company engaged in Manufacturing Activities. Prior to this, she held several other positions within the Company, including Director of Administration and Chief Operating Officer, since joining CCI in 2006. Patricia has significant experience stretching across various sectors, having held Directorships on many State Boards and private sector organisations over the last 10 years. Patricia has chaired the Board of the Environmental Protection Agency and most recently, she chaired the Board of the Guyana Office for Investments (GO-Invest) for four years. Patricia has sat as a Director on the Guyana Gold Board, the Protected Areas Commission Board, the Board of Atlantic Hotel Inc. (Marriott) and the Privatisation Unit Board. She served on the Council and Executive Management Committee of the Private Sector Commission (PSC) and on the Council of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI). For a few years, Patricia lectured part-time on the LLB Programme at the University of Guyana, in areas such as the Law of Corporate Management.

Qualification: Patricia is an Attorney-at-Law by training. She graduated from the Hugh Wooding Law School with a Legal Certificate of Merit in 2006, having secured several academic awards – including the Government of Guyana Prize for the Most Outstanding Law Graduate. In 2004, Patricia secured her LLB at the University of Guyana, where she received the Pro-Chancellor’s Medal for the Best Graduating Law Student.