Here’s why no one has replaced Maynard at BVIPA
April 28, 2023 marked the one-year anniversary of the arrest of former BVI Ports Authority Managing Director (MD), Oleanvine Maynard. Yet, to this day, the organisation has not filled the vacant post.
Maynard was arrested in Miami along with former Premier Andrew Fahie, after a months-long sting operation by the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). The DEA alleges that the duo was conspiring to traffic cocaine from the BVI to the United States. Maynard is set to appear in a US court soon.
Last year, the BVIPA posted a job vacancy on December 20 — one day after our news team broke the story that no one had been hired to fill the vacancy Maynard left.
BVI News sought answers from the Marketing Director of the BVIPA, Natasha Chalwell this week and she said the organisation is in the process of finding the right person to fill the high-ranking post.
“The BVIPA are currently searching for a new Managing Director. A first round of interviews has already been conducted based on a pool of candidates screened. However, a second round of interviews is required,” Chalwell told our news centre.
She also gave some insight into why the process is taking so long, stating that leaders are interested in finding the best candidate.
“The BVIPA’s Board of Directors is taking the hiring process seriously and wants to ensure that they choose the most suitable candidate for the role. The organisation is committed to finding the best possible candidate for the Managing Director post and is willing to invest the time needed to make an informed decision.”
At the time of Maynard’s arrest, there were public speculations that the post couldn’t be filled because Maynard had not properly resigned. BVI News asked Chalwell whether these reports are true and she said:
“The former MD has been terminated. Therefore, it poses no challenge with this search.”
After Maynard’s arrest, the organisation appointed a new board of directors. In addition to the post of Managing Director, the website shows two other vacant posts on the management team: the Director of Finance and Deputy Chief Financial Officer.
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The whole thing stinks to high heaven and a police investigation into the whole place needs to be done as soon as possible.
Is the name Chalwell connected to the barges?
After Maynard’s arrest, we don’t hear much about her and her situation in Florida. It’s as if she is rotting away in Miami.
I personally don’t expect a public outpouring of support of any kind given the allegations, but I hope that her close family and friends are checking in on her to lend her support.
In this life, you know who your real friends and family are when you get yourself in trouble. We can all do with support when we are our worst.
Again, I don’t expect Joe Public to lend her support, so don’t come for me. You are entitled to feel whatever which way you feel about her and her situation.
I hope she is doing ok and will get a fair trial. The detention center she is being housed in Miami is not for the faint of heart. You have to be strong to survive incinerations there.
Is Patsy still running that place?
I am available!
Give it to Wiggy
To be honest I prefer him as Speaker
One thing I’ll say, she’s Eating well, not sure about the Sleeping.!
oliveswine was either an idiot or greedy to fall for such an obvious setup
She was on suicide watch
Yes she is married to one of them. All kind of conflict of interest does go on in thus place.
married to who ?
And the Board don’t have any idea of what they are doing. Several qualified persons applied for the job.
That chair lady needs to go. Stuck up grumpy old woman. Too bad her party did not get in.
The Port has to be one of our biggest embarrassments. A disorganised bureaucratic nightmare staffed by some really dreadful people ( and a lot of good guys and gals struggling to get anything done ).
Patsys Palace, its very expensive headquarters, looks like it was designed by Stevie Wonder and built by Ray Charles. And thats just the outside. Go in and you think you walked in on Ripleys Believe it or Not.
It all urgently needs sorting out.
She do not have to resign, she must be fired for bridge of contract and abuse of her office. There by using her office for the importation and distribution of a control drug or drugs… Why this little place so corrupt. The board of Directors are a bunch of crap (nonentity) dunce. properly resign what, there is lack of confidence in Maynard so she is atomically terminated. Remember it is her son that contacted her and she contacted Andrew. You people are wicked.
Don’t worry that building soon look like her one stop mall. Outside of that building looks terrible and let’s not get started on the fire escapé ?
For a businesswoman who does not keep receipts you sure want to be in everything except a grave ??
Incinerations!!! Great balls of fire!!
@ rastarite. Clearly meant incarceration. Could not correct once sent, but incineration at that Miami Dade Correction Center is not a bad description either. It’s as I said earlier by all reports about that place is one of the worse prisons in America.
You is a f**it, you just jealous of her. She worked at BVIPA before and she knows what she has to do. The problem at BVIPA is the last 2 boards made a mess of the place and this new board trying to clean up the mess. I know I work there and has been victimized for years.
You would know, thats why you didnt apply dummy.
Everybody in management fighting for that spot and none of them ain’t ready. The staff in Port very unhappy struggling with underpayment and robbing the staff the condition I see what they facing at the road jetty is horrible. Port staff I praying for you all kye need step his a** in and do his post as communication and works.
They dont want qualified people.