b 1930
Claude attended St Alban’s Anglican School where he served as a teacher from years 1945 to 1954. He migrated to England in the latter part of 1954. He studied and graduated as a Mechanical Engineer from the Regent Street Polytechnic, London and worked with British Railways. He yearned to serve his native land and remigrated to Guyana in 1962 to take up an appointment with the Demerara Bauxite Company (DEMBA).
There, he served until year 1972, his final position being that of Coordinator, all Engineering and Technical Departments. On the nationalization of DEMBA. Claude functioned as the Deputy Chief Executive Officer, responsible for the daily operations of then renamed Guyana Bauxite Company (GUYBAU), Director, GUYBAU/GUYMINE, and Member of the Board of The Institute of Applied Science and Technology.
Claude continued his illustrious engineering and administrative career when, in year 1976, he was appointed Executive Chairman of the Guyana National Engineering Corporation (GNEC). From the GNEC his ascent within the corporate world took him to the Guyana Rice Board (GRB) where he was appointed to the position of Executive Chairman. 1979. In 1982 he was appointed Executive Chairman, Guyana National Industrial Corporation (GNIC) and its Chief Executive Officer in 1995.
From 1995 to present he served as a Director, GNIC and Chairman, GNEC. His corporate experience pioneered him to be instrumental in establishing GNIC as a totally workers’ owned company. Claude retired in 1995 but continued to serve GNIC as a minor consultant. Claude is also Director of NALICO & NAFICO. On the civic side he was Past President of the Jaycees of Guyana and Member of the Rotary Club of Guyana. His professional memberships included Past President of The Guyana Association of Professional Engineering (GAPE) and the Institution of Mechanical Engineers -1 Mech E, UK
