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DRIVEN BY PASSION AND PRIDE
SENIOR MANAGEMENT
Mr Shekur Suntah, Mrs Aruna Devi Bunwaree Ramsaha, Mr Shakeel Goburdhone, Captain Louis Benoit Barbeau,
Mr Narad Dawoodarry, Mr Shreeganesh Ganga,Mr Chandradutt Rogbeer,
Mr Shekur Suntah Mrs Aruna Devi Bunwaree Ramsaha
Director-General Deputy Director-General (Management Support Services)
Mr Suntah made his debut in 1981 as Civil and Structural Engineer Mrs Aruna Bunwaree Ramsaha is a Fellow of the Association of
in the UK after graduating in Civil Engineering from the University of Chartered and Certified Accountants (FCCA) and also holds a Masters
Leeds in 1980. In 1987 he took up employment with Sir Alexander in Business Administration (MBA).
Gibb & Partners (Mauritius) as Structural Engineer. He joined the then
Mauritius Marine Authority as Civil Engineer in 1988. He subsequently After a brief career in the banking sector she took up employment with
obtained a M.Sc. (Eng) in Maritime Civil Engineering from the University accounting firms both in the UK and in Mauritius.
of Liverpool, UK, in 1992, following which he was appointed Port
Engineer in August 1993. He retained this position until December She subsequently joined the Mauritius Ports Authority as Accountant
1998 when he was promoted Deputy Director-General. He occupied in 1993 and was promoted as Finance Manager some four years later.
this senior position up to August 2006 when he was appointed Acting Since 2008, she occupies the post of Deputy Director General of the
Director-General. Till date, he holds the post of Director-General of the Mauritius Ports Authority.
Authority since his appointment in November 2007. Mr Suntah is a
Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT). Mr Shakeel Goburdhone
Deputy Director-General (Technical & Operational Services)
Mr Suntah has been directly involved over the last 15 years in all aspects
of the major Port Sector Reform Programme and has spearheaded the A graduate in Civil Engineering in 1987 from the University of Mauritius,
aggressive marketing initiative for the emergence of Port Louis Harbour Mr Goburdhone read for a Master’s in Business Administration in 1996.
as a regional container transhipment, cruise and bunkering hub. He joined the Authority as Civil Engineer in 1990 and was promoted
Port Engineer in 1999. Previously, he was employed as Civil Engineer
He has to his credit the launching of the Ports Association of Indian with Sir Alexander Gibb and Partners and reckons some twenty-two
Ocean Islands and was elected President of the Association in March years of experience.
2011 for a period of two years. He is also a Director of the Board of
the Port Management Association of Eastern and Southern Africa, In May 2015, he was appointed Deputy Director-General.
which was established by the United Nations Economic Commission
for Africa, of which MPA is a member since 1988. Mr Suntah is also the Captain Louis Benoit Barbeau
alternate Director on the Board of the International Association of Ports Port Master
and Harbours.
Captain Barbeau joined the Authority in October 1991 as Pilot and
Mr Suntah also holds directorships on several boards of companies and was promoted to the post of Senior Pilot in 1999. In May 2004, he
port related organisations. He is currently the Patron of CILT Mauritius. was appointed Assistant Port Master and subsequently Port Master in
Moreover, he is a regular speaker and moderator at international Ports June 2009. He obtained a Master’s Certificate in 1989 from Australia,
and Logistics Conferences worldwide since 2001. a Graduate Diploma in Port & Terminal Management in 1999 from the
Australian Maritime College and an MBA in Maritime & Logistics in
2010 from the University of Tasmania.
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