The TUESDAY INTERVIEW: Flow Trinidad president and COO John Reid

IT WAS ALMOST 18 MONTHS ago when we first profiled Columbus Communications, the growing cable and telecom company owned and run by Canadians.Originally launched by Newfoundlander Phil Keeping and currently run by CEO and Newfoundlander Brendan Paddick, the company owns an undersea fibre loop that lands on 17 Caribbean countries as well as cable operations in The Bahamas, Jamaica and Trinidad. Backed by billionaire Michael Lee-Chin (AIC Investments) and the founder of the Clearwater Seafoods conglomerate, John Risley, Columbus is run by former Persona Communications executives. According to John Reid, president and COO of cable operator Flow Trinidad and another...