<div id="attachment_95367" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width:285px;"><a rel="nofollow" class="highslide" target="_blank" href="http://edition.channel5belize.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/413645_10151026930673988_2121834960_o.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-95367" title="Karen Bevans" src="http://edition.channel5belize.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/413645_10151026930673988_2121834960_o-275x300.jpg" alt="" width="275" height="300"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Karen Bevans</p></div>
<p><strong style="font-size:13px;">Karen Bevans, the Chief Operations Officer of the country’s largest telecommunications provider, Belize Telemedia Limited, has announced her resignation, effective the end of March. All indications are that the news came as a surprise to her colleagues and staff at B.T.L. Bevans has enjoyed long tenure at the company, enlisting in 1989. In 2009, Telemedia was nationalized by the government and Bevans was named Chief Operations Officer in February 2010. Bevans resigned two weeks ago, but the resignation was only discussed when the Board met on Thursday. So why would one of the most highly-paid executives of one of the largest companies in Belize walk away at this point? On the hierarchy at B.T.L., Bevans is positioned just under Executive Chairman, Net Vasquez, and Special Executive, Anwar Barrow. It has been reported that Vasquez intends to step down also at the end of March, which would leave Barrow, the Prime Minister’s son, in the leadership role at the company. There have been allegations of a less than cordial relationship between Barrow and Bevans, but today the C.O.O. dismissed those allegations outright. She told News Five that in January she completed twenty-five years with the company, and had set that as her milestone achievement. She told us that she will now be looking into other business pursuits, and after working in a demanding job for the past quarter-century, she is ready to do her own thing. B.T.L.’s Executive Chairman Net Vasquez today told News Five via phone that they were just as surprised as everybody else. And as to who would succeed Bevans? Vasquez says that eventually an executive of a four-member executive committee will assume the post.</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Via Phone: Ernesto ‘Net’ Vasquez, Executive Chairman, B.T.L.</strong></p>
<p><em>“All I can say is that it came as a surprise to us because she just wrote a letter and said that she wanted to step down. So whatever contract she had, she would like for it to come to an end. But she was very considerate, I would say, because we offered to provide professional advice to the company and things like that. So one day, the committee met with her the following day. And since there was a board meeting scheduled from last month for Thursday, we just took it to the board and the board merely accepted whatever she said in her letter—if that is what she wants, she is probably looking at her future being self-employed.”</em></p>
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<p><strong>Mike Rudon</strong></p>
<div id="attachment_95368" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width:310px;"><a rel="nofollow" class="highslide" target="_blank" href="http://edition.channel5belize.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Bevans-Resignation.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-95368" title="Ernesto ‘Net’ Vasquez" src="http://edition.channel5belize.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Bevans-Resignation-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Ernesto ‘Net’ Vasquez</p></div>
<p>“Sir even though she will be leaving, she has given you a lot of time like you said, and she will be retained as an advisory. Her departure will surely still leave a vacuum. Has the board given any thought as to who will take up that role?”</p>
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<p><strong>Via Phone: Ernesto ‘Net’ Vasquez</strong></p>
<p><em>“Yes I like that question because we had. We have beefed up the executive committee which consisted of two directors to four—it now includes Ambrose Tillett and Dr. Collin Young. So for the time being, they will be providing an oversight to the department that was under her portfolio. So we will have enough time to see who will succeed her. So we thought about that. That is what came out.”</em></p>
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<p><strong>Mike Rudon</strong></p>
<p>“Sir so those four persons, just to verify, are Dr. Collin Young, yourself, Anwar Barrow and Ambrose Tillett?”</p>
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<p><strong>Via Phone: Ernesto ‘Net’ Vasquez</strong></p>
<p><em>“Yes, four of us. We have had a committee of four from the first time we got in there four years ago. We did it just to take care of this situation and everything should run smoothly because she will still be advising us for the next twelve months after this. Very likely we will try to see who can come out. The executive committee is hands on. I am there every day. Director Barrow is there every day. So that’s already hands on. So we will very likely try to come out someone internally. So there is no problem there.”</em></p>
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<p><strong>As we said, Vasquez will soon be removing himself as Executive Chairman of the company. He will remain as Chairman, but the day to day running of the company will be handled by the Executive Committee. Bevans will be retained by the company for one year as Special Advisor.</strong></p>
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<p><strong style="font-size:13px;">Karen Bevans, the Chief Operations Officer of the country’s largest telecommunications provider, Belize Telemedia Limited, has announced her resignation, effective the end of March. All indications are that the news came as a surprise to her colleagues and staff at B.T.L. Bevans has enjoyed long tenure at the company, enlisting in 1989. In 2009, Telemedia was nationalized by the government and Bevans was named Chief Operations Officer in February 2010. Bevans resigned two weeks ago, but the resignation was only discussed when the Board met on Thursday. So why would one of the most highly-paid executives of one of the largest companies in Belize walk away at this point? On the hierarchy at B.T.L., Bevans is positioned just under Executive Chairman, Net Vasquez, and Special Executive, Anwar Barrow. It has been reported that Vasquez intends to step down also at the end of March, which would leave Barrow, the Prime Minister’s son, in the leadership role at the company. There have been allegations of a less than cordial relationship between Barrow and Bevans, but today the C.O.O. dismissed those allegations outright. She told News Five that in January she completed twenty-five years with the company, and had set that as her milestone achievement. She told us that she will now be looking into other business pursuits, and after working in a demanding job for the past quarter-century, she is ready to do her own thing. B.T.L.’s Executive Chairman Net Vasquez today told News Five via phone that they were just as surprised as everybody else. And as to who would succeed Bevans? Vasquez says that eventually an executive of a four-member executive committee will assume the post.</strong></p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Via Phone: Ernesto ‘Net’ Vasquez, Executive Chairman, B.T.L.</strong></p>
<p><em>“All I can say is that it came as a surprise to us because she just wrote a letter and said that she wanted to step down. So whatever contract she had, she would like for it to come to an end. But she was very considerate, I would say, because we offered to provide professional advice to the company and things like that. So one day, the committee met with her the following day. And since there was a board meeting scheduled from last month for Thursday, we just took it to the board and the board merely accepted whatever she said in her letter—if that is what she wants, she is probably looking at her future being self-employed.”</em></p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Mike Rudon</strong></p>
<div id="attachment_95368" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width:310px;"><a rel="nofollow" class="highslide" target="_blank" href="http://edition.channel5belize.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Bevans-Resignation.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-95368" title="Ernesto ‘Net’ Vasquez" src="http://edition.channel5belize.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Bevans-Resignation-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Ernesto ‘Net’ Vasquez</p></div>
<p>“Sir even though she will be leaving, she has given you a lot of time like you said, and she will be retained as an advisory. Her departure will surely still leave a vacuum. Has the board given any thought as to who will take up that role?”</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Via Phone: Ernesto ‘Net’ Vasquez</strong></p>
<p><em>“Yes I like that question because we had. We have beefed up the executive committee which consisted of two directors to four—it now includes Ambrose Tillett and Dr. Collin Young. So for the time being, they will be providing an oversight to the department that was under her portfolio. So we will have enough time to see who will succeed her. So we thought about that. That is what came out.”</em></p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Mike Rudon</strong></p>
<p>“Sir so those four persons, just to verify, are Dr. Collin Young, yourself, Anwar Barrow and Ambrose Tillett?”</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Via Phone: Ernesto ‘Net’ Vasquez</strong></p>
<p><em>“Yes, four of us. We have had a committee of four from the first time we got in there four years ago. We did it just to take care of this situation and everything should run smoothly because she will still be advising us for the next twelve months after this. Very likely we will try to see who can come out. The executive committee is hands on. I am there every day. Director Barrow is there every day. So that’s already hands on. So we will very likely try to come out someone internally. So there is no problem there.”</em></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>As we said, Vasquez will soon be removing himself as Executive Chairman of the company. He will remain as Chairman, but the day to day running of the company will be handled by the Executive Committee. Bevans will be retained by the company for one year as Special Advisor.</strong></p>
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