The developer of The Landings is The Landing Limited, a St Lucian registered company. Its Directors and major shareholders are:

Craig Barnard
Craig Barnard is a shareholder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of The Landing Limited. He has a degree in International Hospitality Management from the Ecole Hoteliere de Lausanne, Switzerland. Craig worked extensively in Europe and the Caribbean before returning to St. Lucia to re-launch the family’s Malabar Beach as ’Rendezvous’, which is now one of the finest resorts in St Lucia. In 1987, the Barnard family purchased the Cariblue Beach Hotel which Craig turned into LeSPORT The Body Holiday. It enjoys one of the highest occupancies of any resort in the Caribbean and has achieved numerous service awards, Craig Barnard has held many positions and is currently:

  • Deputy Chairman of the St Lucia Tourist Board
  • Chairman of the Joint St Lucia Hotels and Tourist Board Marketing Committee
  • Director of St Lucia Distillers
  • Chairman of St Lucia Representative Services
  • President of Sunswept Resorts

In addition to the awards won by the resorts, he has also been presented with a number of awards during his career including: the St Lucia Hotel & Tourism Association’s highest honour, the Crystal Award; the St. Lucia Tourist Board’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003, and an OBE (the Order of the British Empire) which was presented by HRH Queen Elizabeth II for his services to tourism in the Commonwealth.

Frederick Devaux
Frederick Devaux is a shareholder and a member of the Board of Directors of The Landing Limited. He has been a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants since 1959 and a member of the Board of M & C Ltd, St. Lucia’s largest and longest-established commercial company since 1960. He currently holds the position of Executive Chairman.

Fred is also Chairman of the majority of the subsidiary companies within the M & C Group. He has served on numerous private sector advisory bodies and on the Boards of:

  • The St Lucia Employers Federation
  • The St Lucia Air and Seaports Authority
  • The National Insurance Scheme
  • The St Lucia Amateur Athletics Association
  • The St Lucia Olympic Committee
  • The National Economic Council
  • Fred was awarded the St Lucia Medal of Merit (Gold Class) in 1992 and the CMG in 2001.

Frank Heaps
Frank Heaps is the founding shareholder of The Landing Limited, is a member of the Board of Directors, and is the corporation’s C.E.O. He has conceived, financed, started-up and successfully managed several businesses, one of which was selected as one of Canada’s 50 Best Managed Private Companies and also received a Canada Award for Business Excellence in marketing. With degrees in Civil Engineering and Town Planning, plus over 10 years management consulting experience, including tourism developments, his CV includes 5 years experience advising at senior government levels on land and economic development policy. He lived in St Lucia in 1974-75 and worked for the United Nations Development Programme preparing economic development plans for a number of West Indian islands, including St Lucia.

Bernard Johnson
Bernard Johnson was born and raised in St Lucia where he founded and still manages St Lucia Cold Storage. He also founded and is the Managing Director of Tropical Homes Ltd. in St Lucia. This company has constructed 77 waterfront condominium units in Rodney Bay and is currently constructing a further 24. He has a reputation for building quality developments to a very high standard. Bernard lives on the water in Rodney Bay, and is an avid fisherman and yachtsman, having skippered his own boat across the Atlantic.

James Ranscombe
Jim is a shareholder and a member of the Board of Directors of The Landing Limited, and also serves as a marketing consultant for The Landings St. Lucia team. He is an award-winning advertising copywriter who founded two Canadian advertising agencies. Jim co-founded Tin Shack (formerly Blundstone Canada) and Australian Boot Company, importers, distributors and retailers of leading fashion brands that enjoy national distribution in Canada. Jim is also partner and marketing consultant to Canadian-made Iceberg Vodka, Gin, Rum and bottled water, the coolest drinks on earth.