Vernice Walkine

Nassau Airport Development Company
President & CEO

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Vernice Walkine joined Vantage Airport Group in 2010 when she took a position with the Nassau Airport Development Company (NAD), as Vice President of Marketing and Communications. She was given the additional responsibility for Commercial Operations in February 2012, and on March 1, 2013 became the President & CEO.

NAD operates the largest airport in The Bahamas, Lynden Pindling International Airport, and has managed its development, the single largest infrastructure project ever undertaken in the history of The Bahamas. Under her leadership, the airport has achieved a number of records for passenger performance and passenger satisfaction.

Prior to joining Vantage, Ms. Walkine achieved more than 30 years of experience and expertise in tourism development and marketing, having had a varied career at the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism, eventually being appointed in 2005 to the highest technical post in the tourism industry, when she became Director General, the first woman to hold that position. Under her leadership the tourism industry achieved a number of firsts, including the first time achieving 5 million visitors in a year.

Ms. Walkine holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Foreign Languages from Elmira College, Elmira, NY, and a Master of Business Administration Degree (Cum Laude) from the University of Miami.

She sits on the board of the Finance Corporation of The Bahamas (RBC/FINCO) and is a newly appointed Vantage Director on the Board of the Montego Bay Airport.