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Introduction
Global Directories Limited is the leading publisher of print and online directories in the Caribbean region with offices in 11 countries. Our 16 directories for the Caribbean are distributed in more than 30 countries.
Our Company
Connecting Communities through Commerce
Global Directories Limited is an international directory publisher that has been publishing high quality products for more than 40 years.
We connect people through commerce, building meaningful and enduring relationships that strengthen communities socially and economically.
We presently publish 16 directories in the Caribbean in partnership with independent telephone companies and business organizations that are distributed across more than 30 countries as well as online. We have offices in 11 countries, including one in Miami, USA, and employ more than 150 staff members.
Our directory operations in the Caribbean are conducted through our subsidiary Caribbean Publishing Company Limited (CPC), headquartered in Grand Cayman, which has been successfully publishing telephone directories in the Caribbean for more than 25 years.
Global Directories provides full directory publishing services including sales and sales management and training, ad and page production, database management, IT support, distribution, marketing and billing. We specialise in tailoring high quality, user-friendly, product-rich solutions for local markets that fully integrate traditional print directories with electronic directories for Internet and devices such as smart phones and PDAs.
Our Business
Stimulating growth
Global Directories serves by stimulating growth as a medium of economic and social growth in the communities we serve. Our business links consumer, advertisers, clients and government enabling them to do more of what they do best with better results.
Our products and services help build better-connected communities. We publish local telephone directories in the following 15 Caribbean countries:
Anguilla
Aruba
Barbados
British Virgin Islands
Bonaire
Cayman Islands
Dominica
Grenada
Jamaica
Montserrat
St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Lucia
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Turks and Caicos Islands
CPC also publishes a specialty directory, the business-to-business import/export Caribbean Yellow Pages.
Management
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Randy French, Chairman Bermudian Randy French is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of MediaHouse Limited, the Bermuda-based parent company of Global Directories Limited. Randy has been with the company since 1978 when he started working in the company’s commercial printing division, Island Press Limited. In 1981 he joined the Company's newspaper, the Bermuda Sun, becoming Publisher in 1994. In 1998 he became Chairman and CEO of the Group with overall responsibility for the directory, commercial print, newspaper and all other lines of business. |
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David Reid, Chief Executive Officer Based in Grand Cayman, Canadian-born David Reid worked for Ernst & Young, one of the “Big Four” accounting firms, in Corporate Finance in Canada and Bermuda for 14 years before joining Caribbean Publishing Company. During his time with Ernst & Young he gained a broad range of business experience through working with, and operating numerous companies in various industries. In 2000 he began working with CPC’s parent company in Bermuda on outsource publishing agreements with Cable & Wireless and joined the company in 2002. David holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Acadia University, Nova Scotia and is a Chartered Accountant, Chartered Business Valuator and Chartered Financial Analyst |
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James Corbin, EVP Operations |
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Susan Jones, Financial Controller |
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David Roberts, Director of Sales Australian David Roberts has more than 35 years experience in sales, sales management and marketing, with 30 years experience in the Yellow Pages industry alone. Starting as a sales representative in Melbourne, Australia, he was the country’s top sales representative for 18 months, before progressing to Region al Manager with responsibility for 255 staff and AUD$60 million in revenue. For eight years prior to joining Caribbean Publishing in 2002, David worked for a direct competitor to Australia’s Yellow Pages. He successfully ran the Jamaica directory operation for two years and was promoted to Director of Sales - Caribbean (October 2004) and then COO - Caribbean (February 2005). He is responsible for the company’s sales, publishing, marketing and distribution functions. |
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Plumaletta Berry, Director of Publishing Jamaican-born Plumaletta Berry has extensive knowledge and experience in directory publishing and database management for 16 years. She worked with Cable & Wireless Jamaica Directory Department at a senior executive level in the management of production and IT support. She holds a BSc in Computer and Management Studies from the University of Technology, Jamaica |
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Nina Tucker, Director of Marketing American-born Nina Tucker worked in production and marketing for a directory subsidiary of a regional Bell Operating Company in the US for more than 10 years before joining directory operations at MediaHouse in 1999. She holds a BSc in Graphic Communications management from Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh, USA. |
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Lynn Smith-Moore, Director of Communications Canadian Lynn Smith-Moore worked for Cable & Wireless for nine years during which time she managed regional advertising campaigns and product-man aged directories. She also played a key role in the contract negotiations for Cable & Wireless’ outsource publishing agreements. She hold a BA in Communications from the University of Calgary, Alberta. |
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Ken Martin, Special projects |
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