CSA Past Presidents - David Jean Marie

David Jean Marie

2015-18 Barbados

David Jean Marie is managing director of Barbados Port Inc (BPI) and was president of the CSA from 2015 To 2018.

David attained a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of New Haven and when he joined the staff of the then Barbados Port Authority in 1987 it was a public-sector organization with an old-style attitude to commerce and revenue.

Although the port authority was starting to see the benefits of computerization in the mid-1980s, the physical infrastructure and cargo handling equipment of Bridgetown Port were becoming out of date and inefficient.

David took over as head of BPI in 2012 and with a clear strategy to streamline operations, to contain costs, enhance revenue and build staff morale. He has been successful in all four of these ambitions.