After serving successfully in various senior capacities with Grand Bahama Power Company (GBPC) for the past 35 years, Carlton Bostfield takes on yet another role, his latest assignment, Director of Technical Services, announced officials at the Power Company.

In his new position, Bostfield is charged with leading a team of project managers and engineers, in the implementation of preventative maintenance programs, establishing technical policies, procedures and regulations and providing expertise for the evaluation and addition to new generating facilities.

"Carlton's move into this new position is critical at this time in our development," says Alan Kelley, President and CEO of GBPC. "We have embarked upon an aggressive plan to sustain electricity reliability and are exploring new generating systems. In addition, we want to ensure that we have a robust equipment maintenance program which will enable us to minimize costs and maximize equipment efficiency. He will play a lead role in this effort."

Prior to his move, Bostfield served as Director of Environmental Health, Safety & Security for seven years. He also held other senior positions including Shift Engineer, Plant Operations Man-ager, Total Quality Control Coordinator and Project Manager, Planning and Sche-duling Manager and Y2K Transition Team Manager.

Currently a doctoral candidate with the University of Phoenix, Bostfield has an MBA with the University of Miami, and a Bachelors of Science degree in Professional Management from Nova Southeastern University.

He was also awarded a full Electrical Engineering Tech-nological certificate from the City and Guilds of London Institute in 1985 and is a registered Electrical Incorporated Engineer with the Engineering Society and the Institution of Incorporated Engineers, London.