SKNNS salutes The ‘Fab’ 5 on IWD 2023 – Pat Walters…Passionate humanitarian with a vivacious personality

BRITISH-BORN AND EDUCATED PATRICIA ‘PAT’ WALTERS at heart is a humanitarian. She has lost none of her gargantuan and vivacious personality though perennially weighed down by personal and professional responsibilities.

For ‘Pat’ even on Wednesday, bet that dazzling, radiant smile will still be lighting up her sunny face.

Ms. Walters is a citizen of St Kitts & Nevis by descent. The UK-born, Caribbean woman is a very highly accomplished Business Transformation Leader.

She boasts more than a quarter of a century of international experience in the information, communication, and technology (ICT) sector.

Currently, she is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the firm, ‘The Cable’, St. Kitts, which operates in the country’s media and entertainment industry.

‘Pat’ as she is affectionately called, has worked in a variety of international organisations holding senior positions in the male-dominated field such as CEO; Senior Vice President (VP); Finance Executive, and other leadership positions, starting in the UK, the Turks & Caicos Islands, The Cayman Islands, The Bahamas, and Trinidad and Tobago, the land of the hummingbird, globally-famous annual Carnival, calypso, steel pan, and Soca.

Pat Walters after in house training with her employees recently

Walters was the first female Caribbean national to be named CEO of Cable & Wireless, and the first female CEO of a Telecommunications Company in the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis.

In a recent exclusive with www.sknnewssource.com Walters said the investments by her firm currently available throughout the 261 Km²twin-island Federation have lifted it to the top tier among regional territories in the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean (OECS) whose governments have a major hand in sponsoring developments in the information, communication, and technology (ICT) arena.

Pat Walters during one of her many charitable event which was a Cancer walk

According to the CEO, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize and Trinidad and Tobago are the other Caribbean countries with a similar ICT status as her country.

“With what we implemented since last year, the public is able to access free internet. This will certainly help in advancing development holistically,” Walters noted.

In her tenure as the top executive, Walters received the Cable &Wireless International Global Summit Award for Excellence in Change Management Leadership, ‘Taking on the competition and Winning’, and also spearheaded getting the company listed on the Eastern Caribbean Securities Exchange to a significant oversubscription of potential investors.

Pat Walters receiving one of her many awards

‘Pat’ is currently a Director of the St. Kitts & Nevis Chamber of Industry and Commerce, The Caribbean Cable and Telecommunications Association, and The St Christopher National Trust.

In her steadfast devotion to human welfare, Ms. Walters has never stopped believing in giving back to communities. Despite her daily personal and professional responsibilities, she continues mentoring/training and frequently speaks at International Empowerment forums for young professionals and Women at ICT conventions.

She still invests in human development by volunteering her time to non-charitable organisations.

As President of The LIONS Club of Tropical Gardens, Grand Cayman, ‘Pat’ won the Prestigious LIONS International Service Club Award for Marketing Excellence of their Annual Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign.

Doing what she loves best, Pat Walters reaching out to the public

Two years ago, she was inducted into the St. Kitts Pioneering Women’s Gallery and also has the distinction of raising money for sponsorship of some 5,000 free mammograms in the Caribbean. In October 2017, this female regional icon received the illustrious U Caribbean Excellence Award for International Impact.

The year before, ‘Pat’ was recognised as a ‘Leading Lady of The Bahamas’ a Bi-Annual Event which ‘honors Exceptional Leading Ladies in The Bahamas and celebrates their contributions’.

Long, gruelling hours in boardrooms wrestling with arcane, complicated, and deep social and economic issues never jaded ‘Pat’.

She remains a setter of trends with an enduring passion for service.

‘Pat’ still revels in facing challenges, while relishing transforming businesses and building durable, high-performing teams.