Mario Ebanks
Mario Ebanks: Candidate for West Bay West.
Chief Human Resources Officer at the Cayman Islands Airports Authority.
Biography:
- Eighth generation Caymanian, with great-grandparents from both sides being from West Bay, and from the Ebanks, Rivers, and Bush families;
- Resident of Coral Gables for the past twenty-eight years, along with his wife of 33 years, Lovenia Ebanks (nee Miller of North Side);
- Attended the Sir. John A Cumber Primary School in West Bay from 1969 to 1975. From an early age his leadership skills were recognized, as at primary school he was selected to play the leading role of the Prince in the drama production Cinderella. Then in 1975 his sporting and competitive skills enabled him to become the Victor Lodorum (Champion Boy) in the annual Sports Day for his House (Smith);
- Has attended the Church of God Chapel in West Bay from 1969 with his family, and he and his wife are still active members and workers in the West Bay congregation;
- Holds a number of qualifications, certificates and accreditations, and key amongst these are: 1986 graduate of the University of Miami, with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration with a Major in International Finance & Marketing, with a Minor in Economics & Public Affairs (as a BankAmerica scholar); and a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Tennessee in 2002, as a Deloitte scholar;
- Began a career in the Banking/Financial Services industry and has been exposed to a number of sectors. I was the first Caymanian manager of the Cayman Islands Chamber of Commerce in late 1980s, the youngest Country Manager within Esso Caribbean and Central America in the early 1990’s, a Senior Assistant Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Community Development in the late 1990’s. Served as the first Director of Labour & Pensions from 2012 to 2015, and from 2015 until the present he has been serving as the Chief Human Resources Officer at the Cayman Islands Airports Authority;
- While not being parents, He and his wife serve as “on call” parents to nieces and nephews, and for the past 2 years they have been serving as Host Parents for the Children’s Heart Project, an international humanitarian ministry of the Samaritan’s Purse;
- Long-standing professional and community volunteer and advocate, and a Past President of the Rotary Club Central, a Past President of Junior Achievement, a Founding Member and Past President of the Cayman Islands Overseas Students’ Association, a Founding Member and Past President of the Cayman Islands Society for Human Resource Professionals, and a Past Chairman of the General Assembly of the Church of God Chapels in the Cayman Islands;
- Has served on a host of Government Boards and Advisory Committees over the years, including, but not limited to: Business Staffing Plan Board, as Deputy Chairman; the Turtle Farm Board as Deputy Chairman; the Education Council; the Board of Governors of the now University College of the Cayman Islands; and a member of the 5-Year Agricultural Plan Review Committee;
- Community voluntary service has been diverse for the past 35 years, including organizations such as: the West Bay Heritage Committee, the National Trust, and Cayman Against Substance Abuse (CASA), and a member of the Board of Trustees of the International College of the Cayman Islands (ICCI).
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