After months of speculation and rumors abound, Consultative Forum member Drexwell Seymour has resigned from his post.
Seymour, of South Caicos decent has been previously reported by several local media houses to be on his way out of the forum but up until last week has never acted upon those reports.
Sources closed to Seymour tell RTC news that he considered the move by the Governor last month to have the TCI budget read and passed without any discussion or response by the Forum to be a slap in the face and the proverbial straw that broke the camel’s back.
However as Seymour departs the Governor’s office has named Provo businessman John Phillips as his replacement and newest forum member.
Governor Gordon Wetherell said quote: “It is with regret that I received last week the resignation of Mr Drexwell Seymour as a Member of the Consultative Forum. I am grateful to him for his contribution to the work of the Forum.
At the same time, I am glad to announce the appointment of Mr John Phillips to the Forum. He will bring with him a wealth of valuable experience of the business world.”
Born 1950 in Aberdeen, Scotland, Phillips arrived in Turks and Caicos Islands in 1987 and in 1992 merged his interests in company management and insurance management with those of McCollum and Newlands to form Claymore Group.
He is perhaps best known as the General Manager of Provo car company Mac Motors. Over the years has served on JOCOM and Conco for development of financial services and inward investment as well as serving for many years as secretary and later President of the Turks and Caicos Islands Golf Association.
PRC without limitations in February 1998; Naturalized citizen December 1999; Belonger May 2007
