First-time candidate Chad C. George eyes First District seat

Chad C. George

By MERRICK ANDREWS, Online News Editor

(JTV News) — Chad C. George, a specialist in the local financial services sector, on Friday, Feb. 17 announced his plan to contest the 2023 General Elections as an independent candidate in the First District.

The Carrot Bay resident told Cathy Richards on JTV’s The Big Story that it will be his first time entering the political ring.

“I am a first-time candidate so I have no experience in regards to running before but I have been around politics for a long time, so I do have experience on that front but not experience as being an actual candidate or an actual political figure,” George said.

Asked why the decision to run at this time, George replied: “I have been contemplating it for a while. Actually, since last year I have been contemplating it. I’ve had various people in the district come to me and approach me and ask me and tell me they think I would be a good representative for the district. And … I think I would be a good representative because I am a person who serves people. I put our country first and I see things that need to be done in the First District so that we can better the First District as well as the Virgin Islands as a whole. So, I decided to throw my hat in the ring so I can serve the people.”

George said he was raised in Carrot Bay by his mother and grandparents. He attended the Isabella Morris Primary School, the BVI High School (now the Elmore Stoutt High School), and the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College.

He said he was transferred to Norfolk State University in the state of Virginia, United States, where he achieved a bachelor of science degree in business with a concentration in finance (cum laude).

On his return to the British Virgin Islands, George said he took up employment in the financial services sector, specializing in compliance.

According to his LinkedIn profile, he was an assistant compliance officer at Citco B.V.I. Limited (six years, one month), the same position he held at AMS Financial Services Limited for one year and four months. He is a compliance officer at Rawlinson & Hunter Limited for nine years now.

George noted that he is an approved compliance/money laundering reporting officer. Specifically, his LinkedIn profile states that he achieved an International Advanced Certificate in Compliance and Financial Crime in 2010 from the International Compliance Association.

Now is the time to go from the private sector to the public sector to serve the First District, George said.

When quizzed further about his plans for the First District, George said though he is still collecting information from people in his community, the West End Ferry Terminal, road conditions in the First District, the tourism product in regards to the fishing areas, and “more stuff” to engage the youth of the First District are some of the things he has on his agenda.