Education
Sir Edmund taught in elementary schools on the island bewteen 1951 and 1954.
Sir Edmund taught in elementary schools on the island bewteen 1951 and 1954.
In 1970, Sir Edmund established the St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla National Bank Limited which has grown in assets from US$75 thousand to US$0.957 billion making it the largest indiginous bank in the Eastern Caribbean. Sir Edmund also established the National Bank Trust Company, the National Caribbean Insurance Company, and the St. Kitts and Nevis Morgtage and Investment Company, together forming the National Bank Group of Companies.
He was sworn-in as the 3rd Governor General of the independent nation of St. Kitts and Nevis, at midnight of January 1st, 2013.
He is a founding member of the Standing Committee of Chief Executives of Indigenous Commercial Banks (now termed the Caribbean Association of Banks). Sir Edmund held several top-level executive positions and directorships in companies and corporations in the private and public sectors in St. Kitts and Nevis and throughout the Leeward and Windward islands of the Eastern Caribbean between 1971 and 2012.
Sir Edmund continues active involvement in several non-profit organizations including the Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park Society and Rotary International.
Sir Edmund is married and has six children.