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Florence Ada May Elizabeth Sheppard Johnson is Antigua’s newest centenarian

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Florence Ada May Elizabeth Sheppard Johnson, OM, was born to Amelia Isaac and James Alexander Sheppard on 19thJune, 1921.

The midwife recorded her name as Florence and born at Liberta, in the Parish of Saint Peter, Antigua and Barbuda. She has, however, never been known as Florence, but by what is suspected to be her baptismal name Ada May.

As a child, she was taken care of by an adopted aunt, the village teacher.  She attended the Gracehill Government School and, perhaps not surprisingly, she began her teaching career at a very early age at that institution.  The Pupil Teacher system was the order of the day then, and at the end of four years of teacher training she was awarded a scholarship to attend the Spring Gardens Teacher Training College in Antigua.

After college, she was assigned to the St. John’s Girls Government School which was then under the able and capable management of the late Mary Pigott where she taught for 22 years.  During this period she specialized in craft work and attended courses in Grenada and later at Brighton College of Arts and Craft in England.

She was next assigned to the Ministry of Education where she served in two capacities – (i) Supervisor of Girl’s Handicraft and (ii) Secretary to the then Administrator of Local and Overseas Examination.  This period lasted for 10 years.

After retirement from the government service and a much need rest for approximately 1½ years, Ada May again took up the teaching mantle at the Foundation Mixed (Miss Davis) School labouring there for 16 years, when she finally completely retired.  In all she served 52 years as an Educator.

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On a more personal note, she married the late Walter R. Johnson in the 1950s.  This marriage produced 6 sons – Maurice (deceased), Costayne, Lenworth, Karol, Michael and Patrick.  An adopted son Ivor James (deceased) completes the lineup of boys. She has 16 grandchildren.

She loves singing, dancing and music in general. During her singing days she sang in choirs such as the Spring Gardens Senior Choir (she was a Moravian then), the Community Players, and the St. Joseph’s and Holy Family Cathedral Church Choirs.

Ada May Elizabeth Sheppard Johnson was given national honours in 2017. She was named an Officer of the Most Illustrious Order of Merit, OM, for distinguished contribution to technical and vocational education.

She made great sacrifices for her children, grandchildren and others. She will always be remembered as a somewhat quiet and unassuming person, but with a fierce determination to accomplish the things she wanted to, and an abiding love for her country of Antigua and Barbuda.

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REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

(CONSULTING SERVICES – INDIVIDUAL SELECTION)

 

OECS MSME Guarantee Facility Project

Loan No.: IDA-62670, IDA-62660, IDA-62640, IBRD-88830, IDA-62650

Assignment Title: Senior Operating Officer (SOO)

Reference No. KN-ECPCGC-207852-CS-INDV

 

The Governments of Antigua and Barbuda, Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines have received financing in the amount of US$10 million equivalent from the World Bank towards the cost of establishing a partial credit guarantee scheme, and they intend to apply part of the proceeds to payments for goods, and consulting services to be procured under this project. 

The consultant will serve as the “Senior Operating Officer (SOO)” for the ECPCGC and should possess extensive knowledge of MSME lending with some direct experience lending to Micro, small and medium-sized businesses, knowledge of the internal control processes necessary for a lending operation and the ability to design and implement risk mitigation procedures. The ideal candidate should possess an Undergraduate Degree from a reputable college or university, preferably in Business, Accounting, Banking or related field, with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in lending, inclusive of MSME lending. The initial employment period will be for two years on a contractual basis. Renewal of the contract will be subject to a performance evaluation at the end of the contractual period. The assignment is expected to begin on September 30th, 2021.  The consultant will report directly to the Chief Executive Officer of the ECPCGC.

The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be viewed by following the attached link below. 

 

https://bit.ly/3iVannm

 

The Eastern Caribbean Partial Credit Guarantee Corporation (ECPCGC) now invites eligible “Consultants” to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have:

  • An Undergraduate Degree from a reputable college or university, preferably in Business, Finance, Banking or related field; and
  • Minimum of 5 years’ experience in MSME lending. Applicants should also have:
  • The ability to design and implement risk management procedures 
  • Extensive knowledge of MSME lending with some direct experience lending to small and medium-sized businesses
  • Extensive knowledge of MSME banking operations
  • Knowledge of the internal controls necessary for a lending operation and the ability to design and implement risk management procedures
  • Experience developing and presenting information in public, including responding to questions in real-time
  • Experience lending to MSMEs located in the ECCU
  • Knowledge of marketing and communicating with the MSME sector
  • Ability to draft procedures to be used in a lending operation
  • Familiarity with the mechanics of a loan guarantee program
  • Exceptional written, oral, interpersonal, and presentation skills, and
  • Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office suite.

The attention of interested Individual Consultants is drawn to Section III, Paragraphs 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers July 2016, [revised November 2017] (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest. A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Approved Selection Method for Individual Consultants set out in the clause 7.34 of the World Bank Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers. 

 

Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours 0800 to 1700 hours:

Eastern Caribbean Partial Credit Guarantee Corporation

Brid Rock, Basseterre,

St. Kitts.

Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form by e-mail by August 11th, 2021, to [email protected]

 

For further information, please contact:

Carmen Gomez-Trigg                                                            Bernard Thomas

Chief Executive Officer                                                          Chief Financial Officer

Tel: 868-620-8144                                                                  Tel: 869-765-2385

Email: [email protected]                                          [email protected]