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ANNUAL REPORT 2023 33DirectorsMR. JEREMY MATOUK was appointed as an Independent Director of the Board of Guardian Media Limited in 2016. He also serves as Chairman of the Audit Committee. He attended St. Mary%u2019s College in Port of Spain and Clifton College in Bristol. He received his BA with Honours in English from the University of Pennsylvania and his MBA from George Washington University. He has been employed for the last 41 years in the Matouk Group of Companies and holds the position of Group Managing Director.He is the founder and owner of CRU Fine Wine Merchants, Trinidad and Tobago%u2019s first on-line wine store.He has served on several Government advisory committees over the years in Agriculture, Finance, Trade and Industry. He was a former member of the Board of First Citizens Bank at its inception and is currently a director of ANSA Merchant Bank Limited, Guardian Media Limited and the Pointea-Pierre Wildfowl Trust. He has been a member of the POS Rotary Club since 1986 and has served the club in many capacities in their charitable and social work.He is an avid golfer and snooker player.MS. SHARON CHRISTOPHER was appointed as an Independent Director of the Board of Guardian Media Limited in 2017. She is an Attorney at Law, Leadership Development Coach and a Motivational Speaker. For almost three decades she was an Executive in a Financial Services Group within the Caribbean. In the last decade of her career with the Group she was in the position of Deputy CEO. Ms. Christopher is a highly experienced Board Director having served on numerous Boards in various sectors locally, regionally and internationally.Ms. Christopher is the holder of a Bachelor of Laws degree, Upper Second Class Honours, from the Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies; A Legal Education Certificate from the Hugh Wooding Law School (from which she graduated as the Most Outstanding Student); and a Master of Laws degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science. She is a Fellow of the Institute of Banking and Finance of Trinidad and Tobago.She is the recipient of the Chaconia Gold Medal for her contribution to the Business, Banking and Finance sectors. JEREMY MATOUKNON-EXECUTIVEDIRECTORSHARON CHRISTOPHERNON-EXECUTIVEDIRECTOR