Peter Harris takes BTMI chair as government reshuffles tourism board for two-year term

Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Business executive Peter Harris has been appointed chairman of the Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc., replacing Shelly Williams, as the government reshapes the State tourism agency’s board in what Tourism Minister Ian Gooding-Edghill framed as a competitive recalibration for an evolving international market. Gayle Talma will serve as deputy chair. The appointments run for a two-year term.

The reshuffle goes wider than the chair seat. The new board pulls in a mix of hospitality operators, industry veterans, and public-sector representation: Sheldene Matthews-Mottley, Andrea Brome, Carol Roberts-Reifer, Ronnie Carrington, Jo-ann Roett, Patricia Affonso-Dass, Kevyn Yearwood, Nicholas Parker, Paul Collymore, Senator Ryan Forde, Cicely Callender, and Permanent Secretary Francine Blackman. Gooding-Edghill tied the timing explicitly to geopolitical risk, telling the press there is significant work ahead to accelerate Barbados’s tourism growth strategy given the global climate.

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Peter Harris takes BTMI chair as government reshuffles tourism board for two-year term