The Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) on Saturday mourned the passing of its President Eon Caesar.
Caesar died in Trinidad and Tobago on Friday.
In a statement, the GMSA said that for the first time in its 53-year history it had lost a sitting President. Caesar had been medivaced to a specialty hospital in Trinidad.
“At a very youthful 43, he has left behind an entity (GMSA) that was only just beginning to benefit from his expertise in Business Management and his passion for Information Communication Technology (ICT)”, the GMSA said.
It noted that it was only this past March that he was elected President. He had been serving as Vice President of the GMSA since 2013, holding responsibility for Security and Governance. He was the Managing Director of the electronic security services company, Safeway Security.
The GMSA said that in the past six months he had spearheaded the design, and led the early implementation of a Strategic Plan to align the GMSA even more closely with industry stakeholders, among other things.
“Eon Caesar’s passing is a shock, the after effects of which will linger for a very long time. We especially regret the fact that he will not be able to implement the new measures he had designed to enhance the effectiveness of the GMSA, and to participate in the nation’s drive to digitize our businesses, services and civil society as a whole”, the group said.
Meanwhile, the Private Sector Commission in a statement on Monday said it is deeply saddened by the passing of Caesar, describing him as a “stalwart son of the soil and dedicated member of Guyana’s private sector.”
It added “Eon served his country with distinction both as the President of the GMSA, where he tackled pressing problems faced by the manufacturing sector, and as a member of the PSC’s Executive where he addressed the cross-cutting issue of security, meeting with the country’s leaders in the security sector and offering innovative solutions to identified problems”.
