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Adam Foster says he has received a warm welcome to St Lucia and is up for the challenge of managing the newly renovated marina.
International Global Yachting (IGY) has announced the appointment of a new manager to head its operations in St Lucia.
Australia born Adam Foster has taken over the mantle of leadership at the new look Rodney Bay Marina, and will seek to position the docks as the Caribbean’s leading yachting facility.
“It’s really great to have been given the opportunity to serve the company in this part of the world where there are both challenges and opportunities, given the fact that the company has undertaken a major investment in a period of economic uncertainty.
“Our operations in St Lucia are still undergoing a physical transition and I am pleased to have been given the opportunity to guide the process, which will involve marketing and promoting the marina globally,” Foster said.
With a keen interest for all things marine, Adam Foster has worked in the industry for the past 17 years in Australia, the South Pacific region and Europe. The early part of his career included diving instruction and equipment service, bridge and wharf construction, hospitality, commercial vessel operation, new boat marketing, sales and service.
In 2000, Foster took on his first position in marina management with Cronulla Marina on Port Hacking (NSW). Looking to develop his management and operations skills even further, he joined Australia’s largest marina group, d’Albora Marinas, in 2005.
He started working as the marina manager at their Rushcutter’s Bay facility on Sydney Harbour for three years. In 2007 Foster was appointed Business Development Manager for the seven d’Albora marinas.
The new GM has trained marina staff throughout Australia and Asia for the Association of Marina Industries a subsidiary of the International Marina Institute and was awarded his Certified Marina Managers designation in 2008.
IGY Marinas employed Foster several months ago as Education Director where he wrote the IGY university training program and trained staff at all Caribbean locations and also Cabo Mexico.
Once the training was complete he was offered the position of General Manager of its Rodney Bay facility which brings him to St Lucia at this time.
“I am looking forward to my stint in St Lucia. I have received a warm response from the hardworking staff here and from St Lucians in general, and we intend to continue to play our part in overall development of the yachting product in
St Lucia,” Foster said.
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Goodf on ya, mate.
I had the pleasure of working alongside Adam in Port Hacking, Australia. Congratulations to Adam. He is very worthy of this position and I wish him all the best.
Best wishes Adam, great to see you making huge steps in the industry
Everyday, worthy St Lucians are being displaced by this kind of “foreign knows best” worship mentality.
I have nothing against Adam Foster and probably will do a greater job than many St Lucians, because most St Lucians are like drunkard sheep on white rum and will always need a shepherd to lead them to the slaughter.
However, I wonder if the Australians would have welcomed a St Lucian with open arms in Sydney like the retarded genius who did the hiring.
This kind of unpatriotic action would not have happened in Barbados. I do not believe that Barbados has any all inclusive hotels and that is why they do not have any SCCCANDALS. However, I also do believe that the ALMOND hotel chain is Barbadian and they are definitely all inclusive in brainwashed St Lucia. “UMM”
I know from experience. I am St Lucian and a 33 year Canadian citizen who was approached by a North American hotel management firm regarding a hotel management/ entertainment director dream job in Barbados to oversea several small properties.
Barbados refused me the job despite of me having North American and Caribbean experience in favour of a Barbadian local. The locally qualified is considered first and always.
Since Didier’s departure, isn’t there anyone in St Lucia who can simply manage Rodney Bay Marina? There’s nothing much to running RBM with the right staff. There has to be at least 2 and ½ people who can do this job with their eyes closed in St Lucia
Dantes
Continued
I know my sarcasm is brutal and my wrath takes no prisoners, but when the people and the government of St Lucia continue on a daily basis to destroy my “Mother Helen” despite my absence I must fight with all my might and hasten my return to “Mother Helen” before she is catastrophically extinguished by cowards who feeds on her abused saggy bosom like bloodsuckers.
Wake up St Lucia.
The shelves in your heritage store are almost empty because you and your government over the years have sold your rights and treasures to foreign interest in a blink of an eye and undo all that was thoughtfully, vigorously and ferociously achieved by those who fought for and preserved it.
The confidence you lack in your ability to function without running to Massa for help is just one of a multitude of disadvantages St Lucia has inherited over the years due to blatant corruption, greed, self pity and inadequate and poor education. When summarized, borders nothing short of treason against “Mother Helen”
Be warned: my complaint is absolutely not against the white race, but against the black race in order to ask the question “how long will it take for you to stand on your own two feet, believe in yourself, think for yourself, be patriotic, make your own decisions and be proud of whom you are from evolution or creation or both.? How long? How long? How long?
Dantes
Dantes, if you wanna blame somebody go blame your ‘unpatriotic’ friend Didier since he didn’t train anybody to replace him. Your grief is with Barbados so please don’t take it out on Foster, they were looking for the best qualified person and that’s who they got.
You have to remember that we have a brain drain where so many people have left and that St.Lucia has just taken off, so stop your foreign hatred (you live abroad for 33 yrs), we are one people and St.Lucia is very different so don’t try to put a wedge between them.
Anyways Australia is much like St.Lucia because we share the same Head of State, also have you heard of St.Lucia, Australia? It was named by a St.Lucian who moved there a long time ago.
Thank you Simon for your input
However, I stand behind my comments without apology.
Didier is not my friend I do not even know the man personally. I hate no one in the sense you are presuming. My family is composed of both white and black blood.
There are those who have wronged me in St Lucia and I am dealing with it legally.
I am quite aware that there’s a St Lucia in Australia, for you to assume that I perhaps didn’t know this is absolutely ridiculous.
Regardless of how many years I’ve live abroad, my rights as a St Lucian never expires, it is my bloody birthright until I am six feet down and even then nothing can erase it.
My problem is not Barbados my problem is any government of St Lucia that allowed all inclusiveness to destroy tourism with segregation, discrimination, exclusion etc.
You obviously did not read my comment carefully for you to think that I am a foreign hater of St Lucia.
Simon, you couldn’t possibly comprehend who I am, what I am, what I am about, my patriotism to St Lucia despite the fact St Lucia has done much wrong to me and my family.
You haven’t the slightest idea of my ambassadorship regarding St Lucia. I do not deal in RORO, it is beneath me.
Don’t tell me how to think, what to think and when to think it unless you have had the unfortunate privilege of walking in my shoes.
On the other had I guess you can think whatever you want because that’s what democracy is all about.
Dantes