MR. MAITLAND CATES
BOARD MEMBER
Mr. Cates was born in Rock Sound, Eleuthera, Bahamas.
Mr. Cates began his career with Sir Stafford L. Sands, Attorney-at-Law in 1957, after which he joined Andrae & Fingland in 1958.
He joined Price Waterhouse & Co. on the formation of P. W. Bahamas firm in 1963; transferred to London as student trainee 1964-1966; exchange visit to New York 1972; admitted to partnership 1973. He became the Partner in charge Freeport Office between 1979 and 1993, and retired in December, 1993.
In January 1994 he formed the firm Cates & Co., Chartered Accountants, and joined Chancery Corporate Services Limited in February 1994.
Mr. Cates is a licensed Public Accountant in The Bahamas and was appointed as a Justice of The Peace in November, 1998
He holds memberships in numerous professional bodies, including The Chartered Association of Certified Accountants, Bahamas Institute of Chartered Accountants (where he was a founding member, and served as Vice President between 1971-1975), Freeport Committee of Bahamas Institute of Chartered Accountants (member between 1974-1978), the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, and the Canadian Comprehensive Auditing Foundation.
Mr. Cates has received various awards and honours during his career including the Youth of The Americas Award for International Scout Service in 1988, the Order of the Condor for Development of Scouting in the Americas in January 1988, Bahamas Institute of Chartered Accountants (BICA) President's Award for contribution to the Accounting profession in the Bahamas in 2002 and the Paul Harris Fellow Award from the Rotary Club of Freeport for service to youth and the community in Grand Bahama.
Mr. Cates is a Director of Bank of Bahamas, Freeport Oil Holding Company Ltd., Immuno Augmentative Research (Bahamas) Ltd. and Sentinel Bank & Trust Ltd, where he serves as Chairman of the Board.
He was appointed as a member of the Securities Commission in August 2008.
