Grand
Cayman (GIS) –
In a first for the Caribbean, Cayman Islands Postal Service Deputy
Postmaster General, Operations and Human Resources, Ms Melissa
Martinez-Ebanks was elected to the Express Mail Service (EMS)
Cooperative Board at its General Assembly in Berne, Switzerland. 

At
the meeting last month, which was also attended by Cayman Islands
Postmaster General Ms Sheena Glasgow, Ms Martinez-Ebanks became the
first person from the Caribbean who has been elected to the EMS
Cooperative Board in its 21-year history. The Board comprises
nine elected ad
personam
(on an individual basis) members.

EMS
is the courier product of the postal industry for documents and
merchandise.

The
EMS Cooperative was set up at the 22nd
Congress of the Universal Postal Union in Beijing, China in September
1999 to promote enhanced support among members.

With182
designated operators worldwide, EMS transports eight million packages
every week, according to the EMS website www.ems.post.

Responding
to her accomplishment, Ms
Martinez-Ebanks said, “The opportunity to contribute at this level
and to represent the perspective of a small-island Post is a
tremendous privilege!  I am excited by the challenge and the
opportunities it offers my team as we continue on our journey to a
World Class Postal Service.”

She
added:
“I view the accomplishment as a team effort and am very proud to
belong to such a hard-working and diligent team that makes up the
Cayman Islands Postal Service.”

CI
Postmaster General
Glasgow added that she was deeply proud of Ms. Martinez-Ebanks’
latest accomplishment. “Over the past several years, Ms
Martinez-Ebanks has been instrumental in driving the CIPS’
improvement in its mail operations performance and delivery
standards. 

“She
has also assisted regional posts with implementation of electronic
advance data, a challenge for all postal operators in the industry’s
current environment. I’m sure that she will continue to be an
excellent representative for the Cayman Islands at international
levels of the postal industry.”

After
the EMS General Assembly, Ms Martinez-Ebanks and Ms Glasgow remained
for the Postal Operations Council meeting that followed. These
were the final meetings of both bodies prior to the 27th
Congress of the Universal Postal Union scheduled for August 2020 in
Abidjan, Cote d’Iviore.

(GIS)

Photo caption:

Cayman Islands Deputy Postmaster General
(Operations and Human Resources), Ms Melissa Martinez-Ebanks was
elected last month to the global Express Mail Service Cooperative
Board. She is the first from the Caribbean to be elected to the board
in its 21-year history.