LeRoy Rose was born on Young Island, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. He attended the St. Vincent Grammar School and the Emmanuel High School before going to the United Kingdom to join the Royal Air...lihat lebih banyakLeRoy Rose was born on Young Island, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. He attended the St. Vincent Grammar School and the Emmanuel High School before going to the United Kingdom to join the Royal Air Force. He served mainly overseas in Aden, Bahrain, the Persian Gulf, Cyprus, and Singapore in addition to detachments to several other places.
After his service with the air force, he was employed with Banque Belge in the city of London as its telecommunications manager. He later returned to St. Vincent to be general manager of the island’s marketing corporation. He was “head hunted” by CARICOM and managed the region’s marketing arm, CATCO headquartered in Barbados. During his tenure at CATCO, he travelled extensively throughout the Caribbean region and knows all the islands and states intimately.
He was invited back to St, Vincent to be executive director of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce where he stayed until retirement. In St. Vincent, he was also president of the Red Cross Society for an extended period.
He is married to Yvette DeFreitas, and they have three children: Michelle, Tshekedi, and Clifford. They also presently have five grandchildren.lihat lebih sedikit