Peter De Groot

Dr. Peter De Groot is the Managing Director of Fairfield Group of Companies, including Fairfield Rice Inc (Rice Milling and Exporting) and Fairfield Investments LTd. (Rice Cultivation and Poultry Production). He holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Degree in Animal Poultry Science from the Tuskegee University in 1982. Later he acquired his doctorate in Veterinary Medicine from the same university in 1984. He also stands as Director of John Fernandes Group of Companies. From 2002 – 2004, Dr. de Groot served as Past-Chairman of the Private Sector Commission; he is currently the Honorary Consul General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (since 2005); Chairman of the Corporate Members Group of the Private Sector Commission (since 2005); Director of the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) (since 1992) and the Director of National Agricultural Research Institute (NARI) (since 2007).

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Stabroek News | Investment opportunities abound in rice -Peter de Groot
Guyana Times | MRL causing all millers to get a bad name - Dr De Groot
Land of Six Peoples | Brazil business team explores joint ventures with Guyanese

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