H.E. Dr. E. Angus Friday, MD MBA
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Permanent Representative of Grenada to the United Nations

Curriculum Vitae

Summary: A successful businessman holding both MBA and medical degrees, committed to national development with pertinent experience in fund raising, economic development and private sector investment. Gained corporate management experience with major US blue-chip corporations and as entrepreneur raised US $4 million in venture financing in London in 2000. Became managing director of family-owned Glenelg Natural Spring Water on returning to Grenada in 2004, grew sales by 30% in 2005 and arranged over EC $1 million in financing for Glenelg in 2006. Also involved with community and church activities.

KEY SUCCESSES
Government
• Developed Finance Strategy for Grenada’s National Export Strategy (2006)
• Appointed as chairman of the Garden Group (2006)
• Deputy chairman of Grenada Board of Tourism (2006)
• Director of Petro Caribe Grenada Ltd. (2006)
• Commissioned by Highlands and Islands Enterprise for competitive analysis of Scotland’s Marine Science and Marine Tourism Industries (2003)
• Commissioned by Scottish Enterprise for competitive analysis of Bioinformatics Industry (2002)
• Appointed by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI, United Kingdom) to help develop Biotechnology industry portal (2000)

International Corporate
• Retained by the American Stock Exchange (New York) for European Outreach in Scotland (2003)
• Nominated for IBM’s World Council for Life Sciences (2001)
• Established global hepatitis portal for GlaxoSmithKline (1999)
• Formed joint venture project with Johnson & Johnson (1996)
• At Merck & Co (pharmaceuticals) re-organised sales force with sales exceeding £100 million (1994)

Entrepreneurship
• Re-organised sales-force at Glenelg in managing director’s role and grew sales by 30% in 2005
• Founded Atlantean Inc. and currently developing a boutique growth fund for SME and project development (2005)
• Post Hurricane Ivan, co-founded the Grenada Enterprise Alliance and organised successful regional entrepreneurial conference, Venturepoint 2005
• Founded and developed IntegriSys to valuation of US $18 million (1997 – 2001) and raised US $4 million in venture capital and corporate funding in role as managing director
• Nominated to board of a quoted Indian software company based in Bangalore, as non-executive director (1999)

WORK EXPERIENCE
1997 – present Glenelg Spring Water Inc: Director & Managing Director
Served as director from 1997. Took on role of Managing Director in June 2004 on passing of the company’s founder, Dr. E. P. Friday. Along with co-directors, hired new plant manager, improved HACCP compliance, re-organised the sales force, implemented sales incentive, trained delivery staff in customer service, revitalised the administrative function, upgraded the computer network, implemented credit controls and purchase order system. Post hurricane Ivan, negotiated half-pay with union and restarted manufacturing operation within three weeks in partnership with NERO, Red Cross and GRENLEC. Returned production levels to normal within four weeks. Presented Glenelg’s success story at SME Forum in Channai, India in 2005. Also in that year, grew sales by 30%. Raised EC $1.2 million in financing for the company as part of a new thrust to maximise opportunity of CSME by increasing the production capacity, extending the product range and building a regional brand.

2001 –present Atlantean Inc: Founder & Chief Executive.
Founded this company in 2001 as ‘TransAtlantic Ventures’ an economic development consultancy firm in the UK. Won contract with UK’s most successful regional development agency, Scottish Enterprise, to help develop Scotland’s bioinformatics industry. Commissioned by Highlands and Islands Enterprise to advise on Scotland’s national marine science strategy. Invited to present Scotland’s marine cluster development strategy at International Marine Biotechnology Conference in Japan. Retained by Select Financial Services in London to develop expansion strategy. Retained by the American Stock Exchange to develop European Outreach programme. On returning to Grenada, Atlantean is now established as a consulting firm which is developing a venture fund for SME and project development. Held Venturepoint 2005 conference.

1997 – 2001 IntegriSys Ltd. Founder & Chief Executive
Established IntegriSys as a medical informatics company employing internet-related technologies. Won contract with a national general practitioner (GP) association to provide information services to 30% of all UK GPs. Won accreditation from the NHS Information Authority. Established worldwide portal for GlaxoSmithKline. Raised US $4 million for this company via debt, lease and equity financing from venture capital institutions, banks and business angels. Established strategic alliances with IBM and BackWeb Technologies. Built IntegriSys to a valuation of US $18 million as valued by one corporate investor (Billam).

1995 – 1997 Health Systems Integrated Ltd. Co-founder & Managing Director
Established this medical technology firm with two of the UK’s leading General Practitioners (GPs). Established the first NHS intranet. Developed disease management software for heart disease, peptic ulcer disease, asthma, and prostate disease. Raised US $1 million from Johnson & Johnson. Sold software to Johnson & Johnson and used proceeds to establish IntegriSys Ltd.

1993 – 1995 Merck & Co. (UK subsidiary of a major US pharmaceutical company)
Joined Merck as a Healthcare Relations Physician. Established national ‘multi-fund’ groups with leading UK GPs. (This eventually led to the NHS Act in 1997 which called for all UK GPs to be re-organised into similar co-operatives.) Promoted to Project Manager to manage re-engineering of the sales force with sales in excess of £100 million. Also responsible for the new adjunct sales team of 36 representatives for national launch of Cozaar, a new billion-dollar drug for heart disease.

1991 – 1992 Grenada General Hospital: Junior Medical Doctor
Rotations in Medicine, Surgery, Paediatrics, Casualty and Obstetrics & Gynaecology. Voted representative for Junior Doctors on the Hospital Management Committee. Voted in as first intern to hold a post in the Grenada Medical Association.

EDUCATION

2006 International Faculty of Finance: (London)
Project Finance Course: Completed a 3-day course in Project Finance. Topics included: sources of project finance, structuring project finance, key stakeholders, private finance initiatives, risk management, legal implications, case studies.

1992 – 1993 Strathclyde Graduate Business School: (Glasgow, Scotland)
Degree: Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Special Electives: Advanced Finance, Advanced Strategic Management and Business to Business Marketing. Core Courses: Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Operations Management, Strategic Management, Public Management. Project: Cluster development analysis: Attracting Pharmaceutical R&D to the West of Scotland.

1985 – 1991 St. Georges University School of Medicine: (Grenada & United Kingdom)
Degree: Medicinae Doctor (MD)
Pre-Clinical Sciences in Grenada. Clinical Sciences at hospitals in the UK (Bath, Bedford, Edinburgh, Portsmouth, Winchester). Graduated at the United Nations Plaza in New York. Extra Curricular Activities: Operated two promotional companies; GQ Productions and Limelight Promotions. Highlight: Commissioned by the Grenada Carnival Committee to plan and orchestrate the Grenada Carnival City in 1987.

1983 – 1985 Waynesburg College: (Pennsylvania, USA)
Pre-Medical Programme. Courses were taken in Anatomy, Organic Chemistry, Physics, Medical Terminology, Calculus, Technical Writing, English Language. Extra Curricular Activities: Served as Student Senate Representative and Social Chairman for the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity with responsibility for fund raising through weekly social events.

MEMBERSHIPS & OTHER INTERESTS

Certified as a Yacht Skipper in the Spanish Canary Islands off the West Coast of Africa. Member of the Grenada Yacht Club. Certified as a SCUBA diver at age 12. Other activities include cycling, fitness training, yacht racing and reading non-fiction: geo-political developments, economic development, business biographies and entrepreneurship.

Contact Information:
Permanent Representative of Grenada to the United Nations
800 Second Avenue, Suite 400k
New York, New York 10017
Tel: 212-599-0301
Fax: 212-599-1540
E-mail: grenada@un.int