Stafford and Marilyn Burrowes are Jamaica Observer Business Leaders 2013
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Stafford and Marilyn Burrowes, of Dolphin Cove are the Jamaica Observer Business Leader 2013 winners.
The Burrowes received the award from Jamaica Observer chairman, Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart and deputy chairman and chief executive officer, Adam Stewart a short while ago at the prestigious Awards ceremony held at the Jamaica Pegasus in Kingston.
“We’re just trying to inspire a nation,” Adam Stewart told attendees at the ceremony. “A country is built on a multitude of businesses…if businesses do well then the country will ultimately do well,” he added.
Stafford and Marilyn won the approval over a list of nominees, whose stories were published in the Observer over the past few weeks.
Nominees this year are business owners who have listed their companies on the Junior Stock Exchange (JSE).
Other nominees were John Mahfood, Jamaican Teas; Oliver Townsend, Knutsford Express; Marcus James, Access Financial Services Ltd; Mark Hart, Caribbean Producers Jamaica Ltd; Derrick Cotterell, Derrimon Trading Company Ltd; and Carol and Christopher Clarke, Caribbean Cream ‘Kremi’ Ltd.
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