Sunswept Estates

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 The Body Holiday, Le SPORT. 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:

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.

Ollie Gobat - Managing Director Sunswept Estates.

Ollie is the Managing Director of Sunswept Estates. He has previously worked in Mexico and established his own tourist entertainment business alongside his father's Mexican hotel group.

On leaving university, he spearheaded the completion and operation of David Lloyd's first health and fitness club in Adelaide, Australia as General Manager. With a staff of over 100, he learnt about construction and team-building, as well as using his many talents to organize everything in this 5 star club from crËches to restaurants.

Ollie has also worked with a Paris based tour operator and has a good understanding of Caribbean tourism.

Michael Bryant Director Sunswept Estates.

Michael is the marketing director at Sunswept Resorts, one of the most successful hotel groups in the Caribbean. He has been in the travel and property industry for 30 years and brings a wealth of experience to Sunswept Estates. Working in the Caribbean, Spain, Africa and the UK has provided him with the kind of international experience demanded by the Travel and Tourism industry in 2006. Michael has lived in Saint Lucia since 1995 and is a permanent resident. He is a keen yachtsman and loves horseriding.

Brian Booth - Commercial Director

Brian Booth, a BSc Graduate with post-graduate Marketing Honours, has more than 33 years varied business experience in Africa, Australia, England and the Caribbean. He is a Member of the Hotel and Catering International Management Association.
Brian’s association with SunSwept Resorts began in 1993, he was appointed Financial Director at SunSwept Resorts in October 2004 becoming the Commercial Director and Group Corporate Secretary in March 2005.

As the Commercial Director for Sunswept Estates, Brian consults and advises the senior management teams of the resorts on the planning strategies of their business practices. He particularly advises and assists the management on developing strategies geared to successful implementation by motivating the teams and individuals to devise and then meet product development and innovation targets, all of which drive the bottom line.

Michael Green - Sales Executive

Michael, originally from Dublin in Ireland, has lived in St Lucia for 25 years and now- not surprisingly calls it home. Michael discovered the Caribbean through his love of sailing and landed on St Lucia after circumnavigating the world. He has competed in first class yacht racing and won many prestigious events. He represented Barbados in the Seoul Olympics of 1988 and for St Lucia at Atlanta in 1996. He is a resident of St Lucia and runs his own company “CATS”, providing sea tours to visitors on his fleet of Catamarans-“Endless Summers”. Michael is the ideal person to talk to about the island and the ins and outs of buying property in St Lucia.

Maggi Harrison - Sales Executive

Maggi arrived in St Lucia quite recently in 2005 and she has every right to offer advice on buying property in St Lucia as that was what brought her here in the first place-to buy her own place in Marigot Bay. Maggi’s intent is to fit the right buyer to the right property and she found a good grounding in that, matching freelance film technicians to the right production companies whilst running her own agency in the UK. After diversifying into real estate, Maggi worked with a number of high quality developers-Bewley Homes, Bryant Country Homes, Berkeley Homes and for five years prior to moving to St Lucia with Harrods Estates, working on such projects as Harrods Village in Barnes and Trevor Square in Knightsbridge.

Maggi is a Londoner and has a keen interest in African Safaris, French Food and adventurous travel!

Simon Octave - Sales Executive

Simon Octave is St Lucian but was actually born in the UK. Simon is one of Sunswept's key sales managers and is currently based at The Jalousie Plantation. After several years of training in sales and marketing in the UK, Simon returned to St Lucia to practice what he learned in his home country. Sunswept Estates are pleased to have such a talent!