Aadil Baksh belongs to the third generation of the family that migrated from the Essequibo island of Wakenaam more than sixty years ago to Plantation Affiance where, today, the business complex known as Imam Bacchus and Sons extends over 300 acres of what used to be a sugar estate.
The founder of one of the biggest, most visible businesses on the Essequibo Coast, Imam Bacchus’s first investment at Affiance was in rice. He bought a rice mill from a British businessman named Mr. Seymour. The company remains in the rice business to this day but has since expanded its operations to embrace a host of other sectors including light manufacturing, wholesale and retail food distribution, poultry production, rice, vegetable and cattle farming.
These days the company runs the Bacchus Nursery and Primary School at Affiance and also serves as a distributor for the John Deere brand of agricultural machinery.
The company is run by a Board of Directors comprising close family members. The Board is chaired by Samad and Adam Bacchus,