CHIEF Executive Officer of Global Seafood Distributors, Mrs. Allison Butters-Grant presented President David Granger with a crystal fish paperweight in February, 2018, as a token of appreciation.

His Excellency David Granger, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is saddened at the death of Mrs. Allison Butters-Grant, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Managing Director of Global Seafoods Distributors.

In a statement, the President said Mrs. Butters- Grant was greatly admired and respected as a female entrepreneur and trailblazer. He noted that only last year he toured her company and noted that the operations were, “entirely in keeping with Government’s food security policy”. His Excellency extends heartfelt sympathy to her husband, children and other relatives.

Meanwhile, the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association Limited said too that it is deeply saddened by the passing of Butters-Grant, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Global Seafood Distributors and Executive Board Member of GMSA. “Mrs. Butters- Grant was greatly admired and respected as a successful female entrepreneur. In our interactions with Ms. Butters-Grant, she exhibited commitment to doing more for Guyana and creating opportunities for young people. She always brought new ideas and perspectives to the GMSA. We will miss her. Guyana will miss her,” the GMSA said.

Butters-Grant died of cancer in the US on Sunday night. Butters-Grant had migrated to the US but returned to Guyana to establish Global Seafood Distributors, a processing and packaging facility which supplies seafood products locally, to the Caribbean and the US.
The company, which is now well established, does value-added processing of grey snapper, banga mary, trout and other wild-catch fish, producing products such as seasoned fish, fish fillet, nuggets, steak, headless and head-on fish. Guyana Gold Fields, the Guyana Defence Force and the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation are among its local customers.

The company also exports fish to the US, Trinidad and Tobago, and Jamaica and is famous for its boneless and skinless saltfish. In March 2018, President David Granger had toured the West Ruimveldt facility and said that the company’s operations were “entirely in keeping with government’s food security policy”.