Philip A. Barnes

Philip A. Barnes holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree in Accounting and is a retired Certified Public Accountant. He trained with PriceWaterhouse in the Cayman Islands before moving into governance and public-sector roles.

He served as Chairman of the Board of the Maritime Authority of the Cayman Islands, as a Director of the Toronto Stock Exchange-listed Caribbean Utilities Company Ltd, and as Deputy Chairman of the National Housing Development Trust, overseeing the Authority's Operations Division. He was a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a Notary Public in the Cayman Islands.

He was a panellist at Mare Forum's 1st Mare Forum Panama forum in 2016 and gave the keynote address at the 1st Mare Forum Fort Lauderdale Yacht Summit in 2014.