Royston DeSouza

Royston is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and has several years of executive and business management experience in the Washington, D.C. area. He has also attended the University of Virginia at Darden Business School in order to enhance his management training. As president of JHD Media, he provides advertising and marketing expertise to small and medium sized businesses. In 2006, DeSouza retired from the Washington Post as Director of Sales & Marketing of Major Accounts.

Royston is a founding member and past president of the Organization of Caribbean Businesspersons (OCB), an organization dedicated to promoting Caribbean-American business ventures. This, combined with years of experience as co-owner of a successful restaurant catering to Caribbean nationals, gives him an intimate and broad understanding of international business issues.

Ansel Hall

Ansel has been driven to succeed since immigrating to the United States in 1983 to attend Howard University after obtaining his first degree in Trinidad from Valsayn Teacher’s College. He later pursued a graduate degree in Business Administration  from George Washington University.

Ansel has been in the freight forwarding business for over fifteen years. He started with Liberty Shipping International in various capacities. His strong interpersonal skills and operational background has driven his customer oriented management style. This style of management and knowledge of the industry quickly earned him the respect and admiration of our customers, employees, vendors, and destination agents. With the restructuring of the business, he has the duties and responsibilities of the Vice President whilst directing the operations aspect of Caribbean Cargo DC, LLC. He takes an annual trip to the Caribbean to be on the ground with our agents to experience the handling of cargo at destination.

He is currently the President and CEO of Caricare, Inc., a non-profit organization and an essential contributor to the success of Caribbean Cargo DC. He focuses both his business and personal efforts on the Caribbean community in order to remain in touch with the issues and challenges impacting the Caribbean community both here in the United States and abroad.

Bertram Smith

Bertram immigrated to the United States from Guyana, South America in the 1970’s and quickly established himself as a successful engineer with Fortune 500 companies that included Eastman Kodak and Hewlett Packard. His expertise in software engineering has enabled Caribbean Cargo DC to develop an exceptional computerized shipping oversight process.

He founded his first air cargo company in the D.C. Metro area seven years ago and has been fine tuning international freight forwarding procedures ever since. He is happily married with two grown children and volunteers at his church when not chasing golf balls through the woods or into water hazards.