Making a lasting contribution
Lieutenant Commander Carl Farley
A former science teacher (Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics), Carl joined the staff of the Mobil Oil Barbados Refinery as Laboratory Supervisor in July 1986. He has progressed through various positions in four (4) major petroleum organisations, namely the former Mobil Oil Corporation now ExxonMobil, Royal Dutch Shell, Sol Caribbean Ltd. and presently the West Indies Oil Company (WIOC). Major positions held included Planning and Production Manager (Mobil Oil); Health, Safety & Environment Advisor (Shell Central America & the Caribbean); Operations Manager Southern Caribbean (Shell Oil Products Latin America); Group Operations Manager (Sol Caribbean Limited) and presently Chief Operations Officer with the West Indies Oil Company where he is responsible for Terminal, Marine, Engineering, Maintenance, Health & Safety, Agency and Supply in Antigua & Barbuda and Dominica. Lieutenant Commander Carl Farley joined the Barbados Regiment in April 1984 and being a schoolteacher at the time, also joined the Barbados Cadet Corps as a Potential Cadet Officer (PCO). This commenced a long and dedicated career in the Barbados Defence Force, serving as Second in Command (2IC) the No.9 Company, Parkinson Memorial Secondary School; Officer Commanding (OC), the No.7 Company (Frederick Smith Secondary School); and OC the Barbados Sea Cadet Programme (Sept 1993). He attained the military rank of Lieutenant Commander and was later assigned as Battalion Commander in the newly formed Special Units Battalion, comprised of the Barbados Cadet Corps’ Band, the Sea Cadet Unit, the Shooting Unit and the Medical Unit. He was promoted to Deputy Commandant of the Barbados Cadet Corps in April 2014 and served in that capacity until he resigned in August 2020 to take up his present post in Antigua. Carl is a past President of the St Lucy Secondary School Alumni and The UWI Alumni Association (Barbados Chapter) in which he served for the period 2013 – 2015 and later as a floor member. He oversaw the Alumni chapter at a difficult period when funding for Barbadian students was discontinued by government, placing the education of several students and potential
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Lieutenant Commander Carl Farley is the ninth of ten (10) children and the first of his generation to earn a university degree. He attended the St Lucy Secondary School, now Daryl Jordan Secondary, The Barbados Community College and The UWI Cave Hill Campus. His initial interest was the sciences and he earned ‘A’ Levels in Physics, Mathematics and Chemistry. A trained Petroleum Chemist, Carl Farley has spent more than thirty-six (36) years in various capacities in the petroleum industry. Carl holds a BSc (Hons) in Business Management and an MSc in Project Management & Evaluation from The UWI at Cave Hill. He also holds an International Certificate in Oil and Gas Operational Safety from the National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health (NEBOSH), UK.
Lieutenant Commander Carl Farley delivering an address at The UWI Cave Hill Campus Matriculation Ceremony, 2013
THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES CAVE HILL CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT TO COUNCIL 2021/2022
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