ECFH Donates $136,000.00 to Sir John Monument

The East Caribbean Financial Holding Company (ECFH) is a platinum sponsor of the Government of Saint Lucia initiative to construct a monument to the late Sir John Compton, former Prime Minister of Saint Lucia. ECFH made the $136,000.00 donation officially at a brief ceremony on Thursday at the ECFH Financial Centre on Bridge Street. Chairman of ECFH, Mr. Victor Eudoxie handed over the contribution to Senator the Honourable Guy Mayers who is Chairman of the Sir John Compton Legacy Committee that is coordinating the project.

In his remarks, Senator Mayers praised ECFH for being the first member of the corporate community to respond to the Government’s request for financial assistance towards the project. He commended the Group’s Chairman for the company’s promptness and willingness to contribute at the highest level of sponsorship. Mr. Mayers hoped that other private entities would follow ECFH’s example.

 Mr. Eudoxie expressed the Group’s unwavering commitment to the proposed monument to Sir John and said that there was never a question of ECFH’s support of such an initiative. He stated that “As a wholly indigenous company, ECFH, felt that it was imperative that we contribute to this vital undertaking by the Government of Saint Lucia. Our vision states ‘Global growth from local roots’ and this initiative allows us to honour our commitment to the latter part of this vision…our roots, our history”.

The monument of Sir John will take the form of a nine-foot bronze statue of the late Prime Minister and it will be built by renowned Saint Lucian sculptor, Ricky George. It is expected to be completed sometime in 2011.