CURRICULUM VITAE 
 

ERIC ANTHONY ABRAHAMS, B.A.

KINGSTON 8

JAMAICA WEST INDIES 

EDUCATION: 

1958-1961   University of the West Indies

                        STUDIED: History, English Language and Literature

                        First Vice President – Guild of Undergraduates

                        Chairman – Students Union 

1953-1958   Jamaica College

                        Deputy Headboy

                        Captain:  Cricket Team; Tennis Team; Athletic Team

                        Cambridge School Certificate

                        Cambridge Higher School Certificate 

1961-1962   School Teacher 

1962    Awarded Rhodes Scholarship – Oxford University 

1963-1965   Oxford University

                        STUDIED:  Jurisprudence

                        President of Oxford Union 
 

EXPERIENCE: 

1965-1967   Television Reporter – B.B.C. Television

                        Covered – Coups in Ghana, Nigeria 

                        Appointed Assistant Director of Tourism of Jamaica 

1968    Appointed Assistant Director of Tourism of Jamaica

                        Responsibilities:  Hotel Development Promotions      

Director of Urban Development Corp. 

Director of St. Ann Development Company 

Director of Kingston Waterfront Redevelopment Limited 

                        Chairman/Director of Tourism 

                        Director of Air Jamaica 

                        Re-appointed Director – Urban Development Corp. 

                        Chairman of Jamaica Hotel School 

                        Member of Government Bilateral Air Negotiating Team 

                        Chairman of Jamaica Attraction Development Company,

                        Created the following attraction:  Evening on Great River

                        and Rafting on the Martha Brae River. 

1969-1974   Chairman of River Rafting Authority 

1974-1976   Active in National Politics

                        Unsuccessful Candidate – Jamaica Labour Party – East

                        Portland 

1976-1978   Member of the Senate 

                        Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of Tourism Techniques

                        Jamaica Tourism Consultancy Firm 

1978-1980   Director of Organization of American States, Regional

                        Program on Tourism.

                        Participated in O.A.S. Technical Programs in Haiti,

                        Dominican Republic, St. Lucia, Barbados, Grenada,

                        St. Kitts and Bolivia. 

1980-1984   Member of Parliament – Minister of Information on

                        Tourism 

1984-1994   Tourism Marketing Consultant.

                        Principal Clients:  Ruder Finn & Rothman Public Relations

                        Consultants

                        Jamaica Hotel & Tourism Association

                        Air Jamaica

                        Sandal Hotels 

1994-2007   Chairman & Managing Director of Breakfast Club Co. Ltd.

                        Co-host of Morning Current Affairs Programme

                        Breakfast Club. 

2005– Present   Managing Director of NewsTalk 93FM