Terah Rahming, who has been appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Freeport Airport Development Company, is pictured with her two children in this photo posted on her Facebook page in September 2018.
FREEPORT, Grand Bahama, August 22, 2022 — Deputy Prime Minister Chester Cooper, who is also Minister of Tourism, Investments, and Aviation, has announced the appointment of the Board of Directors of the Freeport Airport Development Company (FAD), noting the government’s goal is “to build a sustainable, resilient, modern facility that will facilitate the return of US pre-clearance and smoothly handle the increased air traffic that is continuing to come on stream for Grand Bahama.”
Chairman of the Board is Terah Rahming, a certified public accountant, who has ‘significant experience in business and finance,” Mr. Cooper said in a statement released on Sunday, August 21.
The other Directors include “Peter Rutherford, Managing Director of the Airport Authority; Cassietta McIntosh, an Attorney; Elbert Hepburn, a Businessman; Forrester Carroll, a Businessman; Julian Sawyer, an Engineer; Harold Williams, an Airline Executive; and a representative from the Tourism Development Company,” the statement said.
“The appointment of FAD’s Board is a major step toward the development of a world-class airport,” Mr. Cooper declared. “In addition to management oversight, the Board will serve as the evaluation committee of proposals that have been short-listed for a Public Private Partnership (PPP) for the redevelopment of the GBIA as a world-class airport.”
Last year, the Government of The Bahamas purchased the Grand Bahama International Airport (GBIA) through the Airport Authority.
FAD will function much like Nassau Airport Development Company (NAD) and is charged with overseeing the management and redevelopment of the airport that was significantly damaged by Hurricane Dorian.
Cooper maintained restoring Grand Bahama’s economy was a major pledge of the Prime Minister Philip (Brave) Davis’ administration, adding that a new state-of-the-art airport is a critical part of that restoration.
“The board will also provide oversight of all aspects of the airport’s redevelopment, which we aim to have completed sometime in 2025,” Mr. Cooper said.
“The goal will be to build a sustainable, resilient, modern facility that will facilitate the return of US pre-clearance and smoothly handle the increased air traffic that is continuing to come on stream for Grand Bahama,” the Deputy Prime Minister said.
